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The DB7 range was boosted by the addition of V12 Vantage models in 1999, and in 2001 the company introduced the V12-engined Aston Martin Vanquish.
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DB7 and range
In 1992, the Vantage version was announced, and the following year the company renewed the DB range by announcing the DB7.
DB7 and was
In 1998 the 2, 000th DB7 was built, and in 2002 the 6, 000th, exceeding production of all previous DB models.
Also introduced in 2003 was the DB9 coupé, which replaced the ten-year-old DB7.
An open-wheeled DB7 appeared in 1947, after which the Automobiles Deutsch & Bonnet was officially formed.
The Aston Martin V12 Vanquish was designed by Ian Callum and bore a large resemblance to the production DB7 Vantage.
The DB9, which was designed by Ian Callum and finished by his successor, Henrik Fisker, superseded the now-discontinued Aston Martin DB7 ( also by Callum ) which started production in 1994.
One report states that Aston Martin believed that this car was such a huge leap from the Jaguar XJ-S based DB7 that it named it DB9 instead of DB8, which they thought would indicate a gradual evolution.
The Aston Martin DB7 is a grand tourer which was produced by Aston Martin from September 1994 to December 2004.
The six-cylinder DB7 was positioned as an " entry-level " model below the hand-built V8 Virage introduced a few years earlier.
The DB7, known internally as the NPX project, was made mostly with resources from Jaguar and had the financial backing of the Ford Motor Company, owner of Aston Martin since 1988.
The first generation Jaguar XK-8 also uses an evolution of the XJ-S / DB7 platform and the cars share a family resemblance, though the Aston Martin was significantly more expensive and exclusive.
The DB7 was engineered in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, by Tom Walkinshaw Racing on behalf of Aston Martin.
With production of the Virage ( soon rechristened " V8 " following Vantage styling revisions ) continuing at Newport Pagnell, a new factory was acquired at Bloxham, Oxfordshire that had previously been used to produce the Jaguar XJ220, where every DB7 would be built throughout its production run.
In 1999, the more powerful DB7 V12 Vantage was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show.
After the launch of the Vantage, sales of the supercharged straight-6 engine DB7 had reduced considerably and so production was ended by mid-1999.
Following the launch of the Aston Martin DB7, the Jaguar AJ6 was used by Aston Martin as well ( both companies being owned by Ford at the time ).
He also spent a spell at Aston Martin in the early 1990s whilst the company was under Ford ownership, overseeing the development and launch of the critically acclaimed DB7 model and switch from manufacturer of handbuilt-only vehicles at the traditional Newport Pagnell site to a higher-volume producer at a new factory operation at Bloxham.
Wykham Mill is now Vantage Business Park, named after the DB7 V12 Vantage which was the last Aston Martin model to be built there.
The Vantage was the last straight-6 Aston Martin until the 1993 DB7.
This V8-powered car was intended as the company's top model, with the 6-cylinder 1994 DB7 slotted below it.
DB7 and by
The legendary ' DB ' series of Aston Martin cars, including the Atom, the DB2, the DB3, the DB4, the DB5 ( famously driven by fictional character James Bond ), the DB6, the DB7, DB9 and the DBS were named after Brown using his initials.
Although the DB7 switched to a V12 engine and claimed the performance crown, this V8 model ( by then in Vantage form ) remained the exclusive, expensive, and hand-built king of Astons.
The Zagato press release of January 2003 states: “ It is based on the current DB7 Vantage Volante ( convertible ) and boasts revised bodystyle with coachwork by Zagato ”.
DB7 and V12
* DB7 V12 Vantage
File: Aston Martin V12 Engine. jpg | DB7 V12 engine
* 1999 – 2003 DB7 V12 Vantage
DB7 and Vantage
File: 2001DB7. jpg | 1993 – 2003 Aston Martin DB7 / Vantage
* 1993 – 2003 Aston Martin DB7 / DB7 Vantage
* Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
** 2003 Anniversary Edition – 33 ( of an announced 100 ) " slate blue " cars to celebrate the end of DB7 Vantage production
* DB7 Vantage Zagato
File: DB7_cropped. jpg | DB7 Vantage coupé
File: Aston Martin DB7 Vantage. jpg | DB7 Vantage Volante
File: Aston Martin DB7 Vantage rear. jpg | DB7 rear
* Aston Martin DB7 Vantage, 1999 – 2003
DB7 and models
The DB7 and its relatives were the only Aston Martins produced in Bloxham and the only ones with a steel unit construction inherited from Jaguar ( Aston Martin had traditionally used aluminium for the bodies of their cars, and models introduced after the DB7 use aluminium for the chassis as well as for many major body parts ).
Bimota models currently in production include the DB5, DB6, DB7 and the Tesi, with a DB8 featuring the Ducati 1198 engine in development.
DB7 and 2001
** 1994 – 2001 Honda Integra " RS / LS / GS / SE " ( DC4 / DB7 )
DB7 and company
As the " small Aston " DB7 would require a large engineering input, Ford agreed to take full control of Aston Martin, and Gauntlett handed over the company chairmanship to Hayes in 1991.
DB7 and Aston
* 2002 – 2003 Aston Martin DB7 Zagato
DB7 and Martin
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