Aston Martin V8 saloons also had a proud club racing history and cars were entered by enthusiast owners in the UK as well as other countries. theSun theSundaily cars AstonMartinV8 history design gear
the early 1970s, Aston Martin was undergoing significant change as Sir David Brown sold it to a Company Developments Ltd. The change of ownership brought with it new optimism for the company’s future, but the engineering and design ethos of the David Brown era was also retained. This enabled the birth of the AM V8 as a successor to the DBS V8.
This first version of the 5.3-litre engined AM V8 retained the Bosch fuel injection system from the DBS V8, and while power and torque figures were not commonly quoted, it is believed that these cars were good for as much as 320 bhp, with around 490 Nm of torque. Mated to a ZF 5-speed manual gearbox or optional Chrysler Torqueflite 3-speed automatic, the early 1970s sportscar took around 6 seconds to go from standing still to 100 km/h and on to a top speed of about 260 km/h.
Naturally enough, AM V8 saloons also had a proud club racing history and cars were entered by enthusiast owners in the UK as well as other countries.No AM V8 retrospective would be complete without reference to the original V8 Vantage. It was hailed at its 1977 introduction as ‘Britain’s first supercar’. It could outrun a Ferrari Daytona in the 0 -100 km/h sprint and, if pushed to the limit, it could record a top speed of 274 km/h.
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