Aston Martin Virage - car classics

Aston Martin Virage

Model Aston 1988 issue under the name of Virage was the successor DBS, presented in the end of the 1960s. Chassis upgraded with the use of steel monokokovoy design, chyuby to make it stronger. However, the configuration of the suspension mainly repeated that used in the previous Aston Martin - dvuhrychazhnaya with wishbone front and rear suspension De Dion, with hardware Watts and longitudinal levers of alloys. Installed the massive (330 and 279 mm) brake discs, to cope with the increased rate, which was able to develop tyazhelzya tourist machine. The upper part of the engine newly constructed Reeves Kallavey of the company Corvette, which set the valves closer to each other in order to improve the poyuk and ease of installation V-shaped eight-cylinder engine with large volume. Modifications have provided additional 24 kW of power through mechanical five-stage gearbox ZF, however hard triggering. The cabin was obvious luxury: for the decoration were used leather and walnut, and external design of added fans, despite the headlights Audi and tail lights with VW Scirocco.