H&H October 8th 1991 Virage £60-80,000
Discussion
What I meant was by referring to the automatic was that there were only 50 or so manual cars which are more desirable for the performance. Rarer, more desirable, more valuable?
Sale Date: 8th October 2014
Lot Number: 94
1991 Aston Martin Virage
One previous keeper & 992 miles from new
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Estimate: (£) 60,000 - 80,000
Reg Number: H133HKN
Chassis Number: SCFCAM1S3MBR50219
Engine Number: 89/50219/A
Cc: 5340
Body Colour: Suffolk Red
Trim Colour: Magnolia
MOT ExpiryDate:
Expectations were running high when the Virage was unveiled at the 1988 Birmingham motorshow and, despite a hefty price tag, orders flowed thick and fast. The chassis was designed in conjunction with the Cranfield Institute of Technology and clothed in hand-beaten aluminium to a design by John Heffernan and Ken Greenley, while power came from an uprated version of Tadek Marek's immortal all-alloy 5,340cc V8 unit. Some 365 Virages were crafted between 1989 and 1995, at which point the car was reshaped with styling cues from the more powerful Vantage and redubbed 'V8 Coupe'.
This time warp Virage has driven just 992 miles from new and has had just one keeper throughout - a well-known and titled businessman from the North East of England. 'H133 HKN' was supplied new in 1991 by his local Aston Martin agent and immediately became part of the gentleman's private collection of cars, that resides at what's been described as one England's finest country houses. The righthand drive automatic transmission car is finished in the radiant colour of Suffolk Red that's teamed with Red-piped Magnolia-coloured hide and Red carpets. As you would expect from what one must assume is the lowest mileage Virage in the world, the Aston's condition is described by the vendor as being 'as close to new as is possible'. It has just been recommissioned with a service by an Aston Martin main dealer and is now being offered with all the original owners' books, complete and unused tool kit, a first aid box that's still in its original packaging, Aston factory touch up paint, and even the car's original battery! This extraordinary motorcar is therefore now ready to make an invaluable contribution to a second car collection or provide an individual Aston Martin enthusiast with a unique claim to fame. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
- See more at: http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/08-10-201...
Sale Date: 8th October 2014
Lot Number: 94
1991 Aston Martin Virage
One previous keeper & 992 miles from new
1991 Aston Martin Virage1991 Aston Martin Virage1991 Aston Martin Virage1991 Aston Martin Virage1991 Aston Martin Virage1991 Aston Martin Virage1991 Aston Martin Virage1991 Aston Martin Virage1991 Aston Martin Virage
Click here for further photographs
Estimate: (£) 60,000 - 80,000
Reg Number: H133HKN
Chassis Number: SCFCAM1S3MBR50219
Engine Number: 89/50219/A
Cc: 5340
Body Colour: Suffolk Red
Trim Colour: Magnolia
MOT ExpiryDate:
Expectations were running high when the Virage was unveiled at the 1988 Birmingham motorshow and, despite a hefty price tag, orders flowed thick and fast. The chassis was designed in conjunction with the Cranfield Institute of Technology and clothed in hand-beaten aluminium to a design by John Heffernan and Ken Greenley, while power came from an uprated version of Tadek Marek's immortal all-alloy 5,340cc V8 unit. Some 365 Virages were crafted between 1989 and 1995, at which point the car was reshaped with styling cues from the more powerful Vantage and redubbed 'V8 Coupe'.
This time warp Virage has driven just 992 miles from new and has had just one keeper throughout - a well-known and titled businessman from the North East of England. 'H133 HKN' was supplied new in 1991 by his local Aston Martin agent and immediately became part of the gentleman's private collection of cars, that resides at what's been described as one England's finest country houses. The righthand drive automatic transmission car is finished in the radiant colour of Suffolk Red that's teamed with Red-piped Magnolia-coloured hide and Red carpets. As you would expect from what one must assume is the lowest mileage Virage in the world, the Aston's condition is described by the vendor as being 'as close to new as is possible'. It has just been recommissioned with a service by an Aston Martin main dealer and is now being offered with all the original owners' books, complete and unused tool kit, a first aid box that's still in its original packaging, Aston factory touch up paint, and even the car's original battery! This extraordinary motorcar is therefore now ready to make an invaluable contribution to a second car collection or provide an individual Aston Martin enthusiast with a unique claim to fame. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
- See more at: http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/08-10-201...
The low mileage thing is a blast from the past really as everything will depend on its condition if the new owner intends to drive it. A carefully maintained 35,000 miler would probably be more reliable with gremlins sorted.
The only way to make money on this is to lock it away and not use it. Anyway I would not trust the trip computer which is the only source of the actual mileage as they jump thousands of miles every time the battery goes flat and is reconnected!
They are the last of the real hand built cars though, one and a half thousand hours of skilled Manual labour, metal work honed over generations of workers.
I believe the new Astons only take a couple of hundred hours to build.
The only way to make money on this is to lock it away and not use it. Anyway I would not trust the trip computer which is the only source of the actual mileage as they jump thousands of miles every time the battery goes flat and is reconnected!
They are the last of the real hand built cars though, one and a half thousand hours of skilled Manual labour, metal work honed over generations of workers.
I believe the new Astons only take a couple of hundred hours to build.
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