The SP10 was considered rather special as it the first time that the V8 Vantage S has been made available with a conventional stick shift six speed manual gearbox. You will no doubt remember that when introduced, the ‘S’ was only ever intended to receive the Sportshift II gearbox. It has to be noted that it was also possible to specify as an option, the Sportshift II gearbox on this model.
The cosmetic specification of the SP10 is as follows.
- Ceramic Grey metallic coachwork
- Optional Onyx Black (from 2014MY) and optional Lightning Silver (2014MY, Australia & New Zealand only)
- Comfort suspension, optional Sports Suspension
- Six-speed manual transmission as standard
- Optional Sportshift™ II automated manual seven-speed transmission
- Obsidian Black leather with Black Alcantara seat inserts and Silver stitching
- Sports seats, optional memory seats, optional lightweight carbon fibre seats.
- Alcantara trimmed steering wheel
- Piano Black centre console
- Headlining in Black or Taylors Grey Alcantara
- Gloss black painted 19 inch V spoke wheels, diamond turned
- Black painted brake calipers
- Clear rear lamp clusters
- “Aston Martin Vantage SP10” badge on the engine block
- 750W Premium Audio System, 1000W Bang & Olufsen BeoSound Audio System as an optional extra
- Optional Reversing Camera
The base price for the Aston Martin Vantage SP10 was €96,635 (plus VAT and local charges).
Although the SP10 was initially an unlimited special edition, production of the car continued for two years, such was it’s popularity. Effectively replaced by the N430, total production of the SP10 coupe reached 384 examples
Photographs with the kind permission of Aston Martin Lagonda
