Vanquish - anyone know this car?

[W12GT]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208178...

I’ve seen this and having done a little research it would appear they’ve had it up for sale since August 22.

That’s along time to have the car, anyone know anything about it? Happy for you to PM me if you don’t want to post on the forum.

[Jon39]

W12GT said:

... That’s a long time to have the car, ...

Could it perhaps be, that the Spicy Red interior, might not be to everybody's taste?

[BiggaJ]

It has been around a long time and I do feel it is the interior that kills it. It would have been much easier on the eye if they had chosen a different colour stitching than red on red. a thick black stitch would have broken things up a little.

The green one in the photos is a much nicer car to my eyes.

[KevinBird]

I really like the interior. This is history at McG

[AdamV12V]

Jon39 said:

W12GT said:

... That’s a long time to have the car, ...

Could it perhaps be, that the Spicy Red interior, might not be to everybody's taste?

Yeah, I suspect it is, there are a lot of very conservative buyers out there.

That said its only half spicy red, half obsidian (I think rather than pure black), but either way I like it and its a LOT less in your face than a full spicy red interior would be. Suits the external colour too....

BiggaJ said:

It would have been much easier on the eye if they had chosen a different colour stitching than red on red. a thick black stitch would have broken things up a little.

Yup, I agree with that! So many badly specc'd cars out there, often let down by something as simple as this, which would have cost nothing at all extra, other than time and thought.

I know the dealers specced 95% of them, but thats little excuse, of all the people they really should have known how to put together the an attractive and saleable combo.

Edited by AdamV12V on Thursday 9th March 11:27

[alscar]

AdamV12V said:

Yup, I agree with that! So many badly specc'd cars out there, often let down by something as simple as this, which would have cost nothing at all extra, other than time and thought.

I know the dealers specced 95% of them, but thats little excuse, of all the people they really should have known how to put together the an attractive and saleable combo.

Edited by AdamV12V on Thursday 9th March 10:48

Agree with both of you - I think also given my fetish for Alcantara that having the majority of the seat in Black ( and certainly the seat backs ) with then the spicy red as the secondary colour in Leather would have helped too.

[woodsypedia]

They need to photograph this outside. The interior light makes a big difference and the red looks a lot more "cherry" than it really is.

[W12GT]

Thanks all for the fast responses. It does seem a long time to have sat around.

I actually think the combo looks quite good abut wonder if such a bright red would be fatiguing to sit in over longer distances. I wonder how accurate the colour is captured in the photos compares to in the flesh. Brighter or softer in the flesh?

[alscar]

Didn't Nick's old DBS have red and black seats or was the red Chancellor ?
Either way they looked fantastic in the flesh.

[Jon39]

alscar said:

Didn't Nick's old DBS have red and black seats or was the red Chancellor ?
Either way they looked fantastic in the flesh.

Although there were tandoori jokes, I thought it looked good.
Think it was the extensive Alcantara seating, that probably made the difference.

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[alscar]

Jon39 said:

Although there were tandoori jokes, I thought it looked good.
Think it was the extensive Alcantara seating, that probably made the difference.

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I know not everyone’s cup of tea but yes Alcantara also made a huge difference to the look - I saw them in the flesh on a hoon many years ago.
I’ve not seen many Vanq’s from the factory with them though.

[Phil74891]

I saw the car at McGurks late last year. It’s a great example. Didn’t drive it. I suspect the colour of the interior is the only thing delaying the sale. It’s very bright in real life.

[DB9VolanteDriver]

Been looking for a green Vanq coupe forever. Too bad that one isn’t in the US….arrgh!

[dbs2000]

It was Nicks car and then became my car, no idea where it is now.
I love chancellor red but spicy.... not so much. That Vanq will look better in the metal though.

[geresey]

I had a car with what I would call burgundy red interior, but in photos it looked postbox red. It’ll like much nicer in the flesh I’m sure!

[anonymous-user]

Don’t know the car, but the interior and the fact it’s 6 speed, without super low mileage are probably the big factors. For 10k more you’re looking at the 8s car with a less garish interior. Obviously immaterial if you don’t have the extra 10k - I realise!

[W12GT]

BlackWidow13 said:

Don’t know the car, but the interior and the fact it’s 6 speed, without super low mileage are probably the big factors. For 10k more you’re looking at the 8s car with a less garish interior. Obviously immaterial if you don’t have the extra 10k - I realise!

From what I’ve read the mileage is spot on to keep the car ‘healthy’. We are talking just over 3k miles a year which is nothing, in fact anything less would concern me. My old 348 used to only give me trouble when I didn’t use her frequently c in fact my Series 2a is exactly the same.

[TeddS]

I rather like the interior. Too many boring black interiors out there. As if Aston's only came with black

[W12GT]

Having now seen a number of videos of the car it is stunning. However I’ve just learnt it only has 4stamps in the service book. Gutted as I was going to go and see it.

[alscar]

The advert says AM service history and recently at Bristol so the 4 stamps are in total ?
Even allowing for the Covid year that’s 8 missing assuming that yearly mileage would warrant an annual service.