The Aston Martin Vantage GT8 is a road-licensed racing car. Blue racing blood runs through it, as it comes from the V8 Vantage GTE race car (contending in the FIA WEC Championship). It's the most powerful and lightest V8 Vantage ever, thanks to its carbon fiber bodywork and aerodynamic lines. This combination means only one thing - even better driving characteristics.
All models of the brand Aston Martin have in their DNA racing genes, which at the racing car Aston Martin Vantage GT8 are especially pronounced. Last but not least, he was "fertilized" with the help of a thoroughbred race car V8 Vantage GTE. Nevertheless, it can also be driven on normal roads, even though there is a monstrous power unit under the hood. Namely, the engineers dedicated it to a modified one 4.7 liter V8 engine with 446 hp (328 kW, 490 Nm), whose power is transmitted to the wheels by a 6-speed manual or 7-speed sequential Sportshift II gearbox. From 0 to 100 km/h it is launched in 4.4 seconds and accelerates all the way up to 305 km/h.
The model dress (read body) of the Aston Martin Vantage GT8 is stitched from carbon fiber, and the "cut" is quite similar to the "cut" of the model Vantage GT12. With this, his weight was reduced by an additional 100 kilograms (weighs 1510 kg, which is 100 kg less than its predecessor). These include carbon fenders, side skirts, bumpers and a front and rear diffuser. If these extremes are not enough for you, there is more aerodynamic package (Aero) with which the Vantagu GT8 grows air deflector worthy of Moby Dick's tail, and a bunch of other aerodynamic elements have been added. It is also "attached". carbon roof, and centrally located titanium exhausts and polycarbonate back glass. All "soles" are from Michelin tires Sports Cup II, which they put on five- or seven-spoke cast iron rims or magnesium.
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It is a limited edition that will count 150 vehicles and three color combinations - white-green, gray-blue and green-lime. What about the interior of the Aston Martin Vantage GT8? This one is also poisonous, but above all sporty, yet it also has air conditioning, a multimedia system (AMi II infotainment) and a Bluetooth connection. Last but not least, it is also a "road". Even the interior somehow couldn't escape the carbon fiber treatment found in the texture of the door panels and shell seats. For the basic version you will have to shell out approx. 210 thousand euros, but you have to take the plunge, because the series has almost been snapped up by buyers. If you miss this "promotion" (vehicles will be delivered to buyers by the end of the year), it's coming soon new limited edition, which Aston Martin now promises two each year.
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