Aston Martin has a strong heritage in motorsport and from time to time it honours it with some special editions. The latest one is called Vantage Legacy Collection and celebrates Vantage success in competitions.
This period, between 2009 and 2018, brought Aston Martin two 24 Hours of Le Mans class victories (in 2014 and 2017) and seven FIA World Endurance Championship titles, as well as numerous international sports car championship titles in British GT, GT World Challenge (Europe) and the European Le Mans Series.
The trio of Legacy Vantages, based on V8 Vantage road car launched in 2005, have been created in Aston Martin Racing’s workshops and is being offered for sale as a collection. It includes a V8 Vantage GTE, a V12 Vantage GT3 and Vantage GT4. All three are brand new chassis, ready to race, and have been identically liveried in sterling green with the distinctive and classic Aston Martin yellow trim lines around the radiator and cant rail.
The Vantage GT4 was the first racing car created around the VH-era architecture. It made its debut in 2009 and, by the end of 2018, Aston Martin Racing had built 107 cars, winning races and international championships across the world. Many of these cars are still competing today. The car in the collection is the 108th and final car to be made.
The V12 Vantage GT3 followed the GT4 three years later, making its debut in 2012. It soon became the dominant car in the British GT championship, winning outright titles in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018, proving its competitiveness right up until it was replaced by the new Vantage in 2019. Over seven years, up until the end of 2017, 46 cars were built.
The V8 Vantage GTE made its debut with the Aston Martin Racing works team in 2012 at Sebring. It spearheaded Aston Martin’s works return to production-based racing following three years of competing in the LMP1 class. The V8 Vantage GTE took its first win at the final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Shanghai in October that debut year.
Only six V8 Vantage GTEs were originally built, with the car racing for the last time in the GTE Am class at Le Mans in 2018. During this time, it became the most successful car in the FIA World Endurance Championship, winning seven titles and two Le Mans class victories, including a famous final-lap triumph in 2017. The GTE in this collection is the seventh and final car to be made, chassis number 007.
The special edition is offered on the Aston Martin vantage G4 with the Aston Martin Racing 4.7-litre V8 engine, Six-speed Sportshift (ASM) transmission, FIA approved full rollcage in 15CDV6 high-strength steel, Double wishbone suspension adjustable for toe, caster and camber, 2-way adjustable Koni dampers, stiffened front and rear anti-roll bars, spherical bearing suspension.
The interior comes with Recaro competition seat embroidered with Aston Martin Racing logo, Recaro HANS compatible seat (optional), Sabelt six-point safety harness, FIA compliant Lifeline plumbed-in extinguisher system, lightweight door casings, Weight-reduced facia, trimmed in Alcantara, Quick-release steering wheel.
