V8V 007 Racing Edition?

[-jester-]

Hi,

Just spotted 3 eBay adverts for 3 different "007 Racing Edition" V8 Vantages. I've never seen these colour combinations before (especially the interior colours!)

Can anyone shed some light on the "007 Racing Edition" ...is it a genuine article/s?

Yellow: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166826233050

Blue: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166826237888

Green: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166826242225

Edited by -jester- on Monday 17th June 12:30

[pidsy]

They all seem to be 007 of 007 according to their plaque.

Interior trimming is awful.

[alscar]

I vaguely recall these as being all commissioned by one customer for the European market -I want to say German or Swiss perhaps ?

[N430]

The Saudi Royal family have/had a large collection of special order Aston’s and assume these are being sold off from the collection. Tim Cottingham at AHMT would no doubt be able shed light on these!

[IanJ9375]

alscar said:

I vaguely recall these as being all commissioned by one customer for the European market -I want to say German or Swiss perhaps ?

In the advert -
Recently recommissioned by Stratton Motor Company

[alscar]

IanJ9375 said:

In the advert -
Recently recommissioned by Stratton Motor Company

Once I had clicked on the interior shots of the first car I couldn't look any further !

[Rusty Old-Banger]

The whole 007 Aston Martin thing is utter, utter cringe.

[-jester-]

pidsy said:

They all seem to be 007 of 007 according to their plaque.

Interior trimming is awful.

Yeah, I noticed that too, that's why I thought they were bogus.

...and the interior colour is overwhelming

[AdamV12V]

The N420 came in these colour combos externally, but not those internals as far as I am aware.

So unless the name was changed for China or the far east perhaps?

More info here

https://astonmartins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/0...

[Neil1300r]

alscar said:

IanJ9375 said:

In the advert -
Recently recommissioned by Stratton Motor Company

Once I had clicked on the interior shots of the first car I couldn't look any further !

Luckily for you I clicked on all of them so you don't have to
The Lime Green interior is especially

[alscar]

Neil1300r said:

Luckily for you I clicked on all of them so you don't have to
The Lime Green interior is especially

Very kind of you

[Jon39]

This is the complete list of Aston Martin factory, Vantage Limited and Special Editions, 2005 to 2018.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Therefore as already suggested, others will either be individual customer, or dealer commissioned special orders.
Perhaps the most famous are the RAF related cars, commissioned by Aston Martin Cambridge.

[AdamV12V]

More info on them here

https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/29216/lot/117/201...

and here

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1727507

Looks like the whole collection sold a couple of times. Consistent reference to the 007 edition.

What I do know from Tim C is that only 4 V8V's were ever built in Kermit Green and that 3 of them had lipstick and were N420's. The 4th one - Im told didnt have lipstick, but it could have been added later.

Edited by AdamV12V on Monday 17th June 17:48

[ZT260SE]

Looks like a Saudi Royal family connection in one of the ads.

One additional thing intrigues me.

“007 of 007” - are there four others knocking about?

All I can think of is if the TV show Banana Splits drove Vantages, they’d look like these!

[Wafu7]

ZT260SE said:

All I can think of is if the TV show Banana Splits drove Vantages, they’d look like these!

’Tra la la…’

[Mr.Tremlini]

Wow, bold exterior colour choices for 2010, which is to be applauded. Those interiors are certainly challenging though. What a shame, with a little restraint they could have been quite something.

[5s Alive]

You certainly can't buy taste, the yellow with green accents is particularly disturbing.

Watching this helps to neutralise the negative impact.

[Jon39]

5s Alive said:

You certainly can't buy taste, the yellow with green accents is particularly disturbing.

Two of the N24 cars were yellow/green.
'Rose' had fame on Top Gear. James May did not like a stripped out race car for road use!

Edited by Jon39 on Tuesday 18th June 05:47