Vanquish Thy Enemy, Only $299,000

by Bertel Schmitt

Published: June 20th, 2012

If you are seeking to conquer, subjugate, crush, annihilate, subdue, rout, defeat thy enemy on track, or, preferably, Autobahn, then collect all your pennies and buy the car that is synonymous for all that vehicular domination: The Aston Martin Vanquish, the car formerly known to a high net-worth clientele as the AM310. Yesterday, the Kuwaiti-held purveyor of handmade super cars finally unveiled its new flagship.

Powered by a 6 liter V12 engine, the car is said to be good for 0-62 mph in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 183 mph / 295 km/h.

For the price ($299,000 base) one would expect speeds beyond 300 km/h to assure reliable vanquishification, but I guess you can’t have everything.

The body is made from bonded aluminum with snazzy carbon fiber body panels. More specs are here.

Deliveries will commence in late 2012 in Europe.

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Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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Tjh8402 on Jun 20, 2012

That it is slower than the original Vanquish is baffling considering the supposed march of progress and the fact that it is more powerful. On the other hand, the noise, oh the noise...god bless Aston Martin for sticking with the normally aspirated V-12. Personally, I'd probably go for a V-12 Vantage with a proper manual and pay whatever they asked to get them to bump the engine up to this specification.

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El scotto on Jun 20, 2012

Unobtanium for us mere mortals. For 300k it better need mortgage insurance. Glad they make cars like this to inspire lust in gear heads.

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