The V8 Zagato Volante page has had something of a refresh this week. Quite a few new pictures of the only convertible car created between Aston Martin and zagato. 

Nieman Marcus, American luxury specialty Department store have added a special edition Vanquish Volante to the 87th edition of their famous Christmas Book. What makes this limited edition of such interest is that it is closely based on the specification of the 1969 DB6 Mark 2 Volante that Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has owned from new

The section covering the Works Service special coachbuilt cars of the 1990’s has been total revamped with many more previously unseen images. These cars, many still hidden from public view are the very pinnacle of Aston Martin as a bespoke car manufacturer.  

Totally revised page for the DBS used in the 22nd James Bond film, A Quantum of Solace. The page features images of one of the hero cars and two different surviving stunt cars. A Quantum of Solace goes down in history as the Bond film that used the greatest number of Aston Martins. A total of 10 complete production DBS were used during the filming, all finished in Quantum Silver with Obsidian Black interiors.

It appears that the news on the net might well be true. The Cygnet is bereft of life, resting in peace, pushing up the daisies, its metabolic processes are now history, off the twig, kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible.

This image shows the most famous Cygnet of all, belonging to the former Aston Martin works driver, Sir Stirling Moss, parked next to another discontinued model, the One-77.

 With apologies to Monty Python of course

Here is one of a very tiny number of prototype DB7’s known to have survived. It is the final fully engineered i6 Volante and was owned by TWR until 2001. It is of course highly unusual for a prototype car to have survived and enter private ownership as they are almost always destroyed after they have fulfilled their useful lives.

Loads of new images of a pair of DBS’s used in the making of the James Bond film, Casino Royale. Five cars were used in total during filming, two hero cars used for close-ups and regular driving with another three were modified DB9 prototypes stunt cars.

This delightful open car is based on the DB2/4 Mark II fitted with two seater spyder coachwork by the famous Italian company, Carrozzeria Touring of Milan. Plenty of new images of what is arguably the most attractive Aston Martin of the 1950’s.

What if this, the most spectacular variant of the V12 Vanquish actually achieved production reality? The V12 Vanquish Roadster by Zagato was perhaps the star of the 2004 Geneva Motor Show but only this, the single prototype was built. Rarely seen since, the car was shown in public at ‘The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering’ during August 2013. Loads of new images added to the page including previously unseen shots from the 2004 Geneva show.

A few shots of a Vanquish Volante Prototype that was on public view at the 2013 Silverstone Historic Festival.