Hot on the heels of the successful introduction of the sought-after new 15 Model Year Vanquish, Aston Martin is revealing two new special edition versions of its ultimate GT: The Vanquish Carbon Black and Carbon White.
Offering Aston Martin’s desirable Carbon Black, or Carbon White, special edition treatment to the Vanquish Coupe or Volante creates a sports car with a powerful road presence to match its 200 mph-plus performance.
A Carbon Black special edition will be one of the stars of the Aston Martin stand at the forthcoming Paris Motor Show and the car on display perfectly accentuates the Super GT nature of Vanquish through a strong dark theme, underpinned by a unique combination of lightweight carbon fibre as standard.
The contemporary Carbon White special edition, meanwhile, also creates a dramatic visual appeal, contrasting the carbon fibre and dark elements against eye-catching Stratus White paint.
Striking new features available as standard for both Carbon Black and Carbon White editions include black window surrounds and ten-spoke gloss black alloy wheels. Inside, the theme continues with a choice of accent colours and materials that showcase a combination of standard carbon fibre features and black hardware.
However the key to these monochrome special editions is the ability to add highlights of colour; through an accent brake caliper, or an accent stitch or welt, giving the customer the freedom to decide how much accent colour to use.
Eye-catching features distinguishing the Carbon editions from their standard Vanquish siblings include an exposed carbon fibre roof panel (coupe only), carbon fibre side strakes and carbon fibre mirror caps and arms. Meanwhile a machined carbon fibre ‘wings’ badge is available for the first time as an option on the special edition cars.
Some of the distinguishing features inside the Carbon special editions include machined carbon fibre sill plaques with Carbon Black or Carbon White logos; a herringbone Carbon fibre facia; black anodised centre stack rotaries; Obsidian Black leather with optional contrast stitching in accent colours and black gearshift paddles with accent coloured leather tips.
Aston Martin Design Director Marek Reichman said: “I’m sure the Vanquish Carbon special edition models will generate a huge amount of interest, and desire, among existing and prospective Aston Martin customers.
“The emphasis on predominantly monochrome design, with subtle accent colours, and the relatively extensive use of exposed carbon fibre perfectly showcases the authenticity and purity of Aston Martin design and engineering.”
Vanquish Carbon Black or Carbon White special edition models are available to order now via Aston Martin dealers in most major markets worldwide.
Technical Specification – 2015 Vanquish Carbon Black & White – Coupe & Volante
Body
Two-door Coupe body style with 2+0 seating or Volante body style with 2+2 seating
Extruded aluminium and Carbon Fibre bonded VH body structure
Carbon Fibre body panels
Lightweight multi-layer Volante Black fabric roof
Cast-magnesium door structures
Single bi-xenon headlamps with integrated LED side lights and direction indicators
LED light blade tail-lamps
Exposed Carbon Fibre splitter, diffuser and sill blade
Engine
All alloy quad overhead cam 48-valve 5935 cc V12
Front mid-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive
Fully catalysed stainless steel exhaust system with cross pipes
Compression ratio 11:1
Dual variable camshaft timing
Knock-sensing
Fully CNC machined combustion chambers
Maximum power 568 bhp (424 kW / 576 PS) at 6650 rpm
Maximum torque 465 lb ft (630 Nm) at 5500 rpm
Coupe Acceleration 0-60 mph in 3.6 sec
Volante Acceleration 0-60 mph in 3.8 sec
Coupe maximum speed 201 mph (324 km/h)
Volante maximum speed 197 mph (317 km/h)
Transmission
Rear mid-mounted ‘Touchtronic III’ eight-speed automatic gearbox with electronic shift-by-wire control system
Alloy torque tube with Carbon Fibre propeller shaft
Limited-slip differential
Final drive ratio 2.73:1
Launch Control
Steering
Steering rack with 15:1 steering ratio
Speed-dependent rack and pinion power-assisted steering,
2.6 turns lock-to-lock
Column tilt and reach adjustment
Wheels & Tyres
20” 10-spoke forged gloss black painted alloy wheels
Front Pirelli P-Zero 255/35 ZR20
Rear Pirelli P-Zero 305/30 ZR20
Suspension
Front independent double wishbone, coil springs, anti-roll bar and adaptive dampers
Rear independent double wishbones, coil springs, anti-roll bar and adaptive dampers
3-stage Adaptive Damping System (ADS) with Normal, Sport and Track modes
Brakes
Front ventilated CCM brake discs 398 mm diameter with six-piston calipers
Rear ventilated CCM brake discs 360 mm diameter with four-piston calipers
Brake caliper finish – choice of Black, Grey, Red or Yellow
3-stage Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)
Anti-lock braking system (ABS)
Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD)
Emergency Brake Assist (EBA)
Traction Control (TC)
Hydraulic Brake Assist (HBA)
Positive Torque Control (PTC)
Standard Specification – Interior
Full-grain Obsidian Black Luxmill leather interior
Pure Black Alcantara® headlining on coupe and Black Rökona and Alcantara® headlining on Volante
Electrically operated front seats with side airbags
Memory front seats and exterior mirrors (three memory positions)
Coupe 2+0 seating configuration with flexible rear environment storage, Volante 2+2 seating configuration
Headrest embroidery – Aston Martin Wings or Vanquish logo
Heated front seats
Shadow bronze jewellery pack
Centre stack facia Carbon Fibre 2×2 Twill
Black hardware pack
Automatic temperature control
Curtain side head airbags
Dual stage driver and passenger front airbags
Pelvis and thorax seat mounted airbags
Seat belt dual pre-tensioners and digressive load limiters
Trip computer
Aston Martin Tracking by Cobra (UK only) 1,3,5
Laminated windscreen with clear noise-insulation layer
Glass ECU
Heated rear screen
Black gearshift paddles with colour-keyed leather trim
Rear parking assist camera
Auto-dimming mirror with garage door opener
Alarm upgrade (Volumetric and tilt sensors)
Standard Specification – Exterior
Black bonnet and side strake meshes
Black front grille
Black textured tailpipe
Exposed Carbon Fibre roof panel 6
Exposed Carbon Fibre door mirror caps
Exposed Carbon Fibre side strakes
Powerfold exterior heated mirrors
Front and rear parking sensors
Cruise control
Tyre pressure monitoring
Alarm and immobiliser
Remote control central door locking and boot release
In-Car Entertainment
1000-watt Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 13-speaker audio system
Infotainment system (AMi) with capacitive switching
Hard Disk Drive (HDD) satellite navigation 1,2
6.5” LCD Screen
DAB radio 1
AM/FM radio 1
USB connector with Waveform Audio Format (WAF), Windows Media Player (WMA) and MPEG (MP3) audio file compatibility
A2DP Bluetooth® audio
Exterior Options
10-spoke forged alloy wheels –
Gloss Black painted with diamond-turned finish
Machine forged Aston Martin Wings badges
Exposed Carbon Fibre door handles
Protective film
Interior Options
Black Luxmill leather part Alcantara® steering wheel 6
Black One-77 leather steering wheel with black Alcantara® inserts 6
Full Carbon Fibre gearshift paddles
Ventilated front seats
Perforated leather door inserts
Smokers’ pack
Second glass ECU
Toolkit
6-CD auto-changer
First-aid kit
Dimensions
Length 4692 mm (184.7”) 4728 mm (186”) (including number plate plinth)
Width 1912 mm (75.2”) (excluding door mirrors)
Width 2067 mm (81.3”) (including door mirrors)
Height 1294 mm (50.9”)
Wheelbase 2740 mm (107.9”)
Fuel tank capacity 78 litres (17.2 Imp. Gal. /20.5 US Gal)
Coupe weight: 3834 lb (1739 kg) / Volante weight: 4065 lb (1844 kg)
Weight Distribution 51%/49% (Front/Rear)
Gas mileage
City 13 US mpg
Highway 21 US mpg
Combined 16 US mpg
CO2 emissions
298 g/km
NOTE
1– Not available in all markets
2 – Includes Traffic Messaging Channel (TMC) in Continental Europe
3- Complies with UK Thatcham Category 5 requirements. Excludes subscription. Standard in UK
4 – iPod® is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the US and other countries
5 – Requires 3G/4G USB dongle
6– Not available on Volante
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