Spy Shots: Aston Martin V12 Vantage
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/supercars/" rel="tag">Supercars</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/aston-martin/" rel="tag">Aston Martin</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nextautos.com/spied-aston-martin-vantage-v12"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/12vantage-spy.jpg" /></a>Aston Martin shocked the industry when it took the wraps off of the baby-blue <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/12/pics-aplenty-aston-martin-serious-about-v12-vantage-rs/">V12 Vantage RS concept</a> back in December. The idea was revolutionary yet stunningly simple at the same time: take the lowest car in the line-up and turn it into the highest. Would Aston build it? We all hoped so, and our<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/14/aston-martin-ceo-confirms-production-for-v12-vantage-rs-and-dbs/"> hopes were vindicated</a> with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/01/vantage-point-aston-v12-prototype-spied/">spy shots</a> of test mules running developmental laps around the race track.</p>
<p>From the latest batch, it appears that all those louvers on the hood will remain - a necessity for cooling the 600-hp V12 that is sitting where a 380-hp V8 usually resides - but the rear wing seems to have been reduced, with a big carbon-fiber diffuser taking over the balance (literally) of the downforce requirements. Eyewitness accounts indicate that the test mule is also wearing the carbon-ceramic disc brakes from the current top-of-the-line DBS, while insiders expect the imminently desirable supercar to bear an equally breathtaking pricetag at double that of the base V8 version. Worth it? We're betting yes.<br /></p>
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