Set your expression to stunned: limited edition car unites V12 with manual 'box and one-off Victor's styling.
was good enough at launch to suggest it might very well be the class-leading Grand Tourer of its generation. Now it has launched this, the Valour, a ‘gloriously unapologetic’ V12-powered attempt to appeal to anyone who still thinks the Vantage of the ‘80s and ‘90s looked cool. Which is everyone reading this.
Of course, if you said: ‘well, it looks like a Victor’, you would not be far wrong. Somewhat oddly, Aston chooses not to cite its one-off commission as inspiration for the Valour despite the striking resemblance, but it does mention many of the same reference points in passing - not least the original Vantage and the infamous RHAM/1 ‘Muncher’ Le Mans racer from 1980.
“Inspired by the iconic, muscle cars from our past, we have endowed Valour with an abundance of power and torque, while using modern technology and engineering to make that performance more exploitable and enjoyable,” commented Simon Newton, Aston Martin’s Director of Vehicle Performance. “A big part of honouring that driver-pleasing character was mating our fabulous V12 engine to a manual transmission.
All the more encouragingly, Aston has indicated that the Valour is a road car first and foremost, and stressed that while its mechanical diff is about enhancing a ‘direct analogue connection’ between car and driver - and despite labelling its drive models Sport, Sport+ and Track - it has been setup with sufficient compliance ‘to shine on great driving roads’.
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