2012 Aston Martin Virage Review

Aston Martin Virage introduces new - extremely elegant and powerful, but it is undervalued compared to a sports car. Marque is now able to offer its customers superior, all the different characters, but also a unique soul of Aston Martin and luxury.
Beautiful, dynamic and prestigious, the Virage combines total performance luxury sports car, comfort and refinement.
The front mid-mounted torque distribution V12 offers exceptional performance along with a car's inherent flexibility and optimum weight distribution provide the best balance between outright performance sports cars and luxury sport illustrated by modern Aston Martin brand.

 

Aston Martin CEO Dr Ulrich Bez's, said: "100 years of automotive history has shown that the development offers the best solutions in time.

"It is the turn, he is the next level of development of our strategy VH architecture, and he does everything with perfection, as you might expect today. This is the perfect balance of opposites."

Virage is located between the durable elegant DB9 and DBS sports openly, giving customers a car that is still luxurious and discreet, but offers improved performance and efficiency which is always accessible for driving without effort.

Aston Martin acclaimed hand-built 6.0-liter V12 engine 490 hp (365 kW/497 hp) and 570 Nm (420 Nm) of torque, and through the shaft of carbon fiber, is coupled to a six-speed Touchtronic II breaker is mounted on the disk axis to promote the 50: 50 full weight balance.

Virage dynamics were modified to offer engaging driving experience even more refined, where the driver can extract maximum performance from your car with more ease. A new adaptive damping system (ADS), intelligent "reads" the road for optimum grip, adjusting to different circumstances. The system now selects up to five different stiffness parameters in normal mode, and five other parameters toughest sport mode.

Assist in the control of the driver, the Sport button on the dashboard allows the driver to choose the gas sharper gear changes and more quickly by holding down the shift lever in automatic mode without limiting revolution.

Turn is supplied with carbon ceramic matrix (CCM) brakes as standard - the evolution of this market - offering a tremendous and progressive stopping power. Powerful, fade-resistant and much lighter than conventional cast iron discs, the CCM braking system means that not only reduces the overall weight of the vehicle, but an increase of weight on each wheel that a better balance between comfort behavior and management can be beaten. Low rotating mass provides better acceleration.

Turn benefit of DBS technology and combines it with comfort and refinement in the DB9 and Fast. Aston Martin's own aluminum "VH" architecture that forms the backbone of sports cars of the brand is inspired by the aerospace industry where weight loss is the ultimate goal. Strong but light, the intrinsic properties of aluminum is ideal for a modular platform extremely rigid and flexible which allows the production of a coupe and Volante Virage.

The Virage sits low and wide assert the power that lies beneath, bi-xenon headlights just follow the lines of the sides of the car to give it a more lively and modern forward. A new aluminum metal grill on the front, inspired by the One-77, has five horizontal fins are chamfered creation of an airfoil. The new front fascia is clean and ease the car through the visual complexity, which contributes to the simplicity of design in general. The front wings distinguish it from its stable roommates Virage modern interpretation of a new housing Aston Martin side strake elegant iconic six LEDs that form the next rep. Virage stretchers that the simplicity of the front bumper of the rear diffuser, which houses a piece of body color emphasize the width of the car.

Drivers and passengers to open doors signature swan wings, they are greeted by the scent of seven hides of the finest bridges of Weir leather, expertly hand-sewn by artisans. Inspiration is drawn from the luxury leather goods to produce a hem pinstriped descending from each side of the dashboard and along the seats and doors, drawing the eye through the car. Turn each will have 70 hours of expert craftsmanship lavished on the interior alone that create the famous Aston Martin sophisticated interior. In total, over 200 hours of work devoted to crafts to be at Virage Aston Martin's global headquarters at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, where he will be the production car to tenth to be built in less than eight years.

Simplicity works in the car with the new navigation system fully integrated satellite was developed in collaboration with Garmin. The new system simplifies the operation by the four-way joystick mounted on the existing scoreboard. A new 6.5-inch screen with high resolution using the latest graphics and maps to guide drivers visual and sound to their destination.

Standard equipment includes heated seats (Sports seats only), cruise control, satellite navigation, Bluetooth telephone preparation and a powerful 700W Aston Martin Premium Audio System with Dolby ® Pro Logic ® II, and the size of an iPod ® integration.

The Virage Virage Volante for sale and are available in the network of Aston Martin dealers covering 132 dealers worldwide in 41 countries. The price of the new Virage was confirmed at the Geneva Motor Show, which will be accompanied by two other cars, the V8 Vantage S, and the new car Custom Fit City Cygnet, which will be put into production in the United Kingdom Aston Martin 2011.