Aston Martin Vanquish

An Aston Martin for sale attracts attention not only from the biggest car enthusiasts but from practically anyone who might recognize the luxurious style made even more famous by various James Bond films throughout the years. Aston Martin has long been recognized as one of the best car makers throughout the world, owing to its ability to deliver on their promise of designing and creating powerful yet sophisticated automobiles since 1913. One of the brand's more recent achievements is their creation of the Aston Martin Vanquish.

Aston's line of GT cars have always enjoyed an overwhelming reception since the release of the first DB car in the 1940's. Vanquish cars were built throughout six years from 2001 and were popularized by their inclusion in the James Bond film of 2002, "Die Another Day". The exposure gained from that film catapulted the model to being chosen as one of the best film cars of all time and for adequate reason. Its use of the same technology as that of the Project Vantage concept car meant that every Vanquish was built to run on a 5.9 L V12 engine which performed at 454 bhp. Another version that came out in 2004, the Aston Martin Vanquish S was of an even better make as it was fitted with a 6.0L V12, cranking out over 500 bhp at 7,000 rpm.

Between mid-2006 to mid-2007, only 40 more of the said model were going to be made and then released as the Vanquish S Ultimate Edition. With much better interiors and an "ultimate black" finish, those last cars were the first of all the Vanquish cars to be fitted with gearboxes for manual transmission. Before handing over the title to the DBS V12, the Aston Martin Vanquish was the company's flagship automobile and to this day remains as one of the most coveted sports cars in recent history.

Aston Martin

Although founded in 1913, Aston Martin didn't originally start out with their prestigious name. Co-founded by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamdford, the company first started out with the name of Bamford and Martin LTD. The name change to Aston Martin occurred in 1914 when Lionel Martin had several successful runs in Buckinghamshire, England at the Aston Hill Climb. This became the inspiration to create the first Martin and register it under that name, only one year after the Aston Hill Climb. By 1920, the name Martin stuck and the company moved to Kensington.

In 1922, Aston Martin began getting involved with overseas sales, trading and competition by entering two of their cars for competition in the French Grand Prix. Alas, in 1925 the company was hit with financial woes and had to close; but that didn't deter them for long. In 1926, investors stepped in to help them out and Martin now became Martin Motors LTD. Because of their already known reputation for luxury and sports cars, their reputation led them to compete in 1928 in the 24-hour Le Mans' race.

Aston Martin's fame and popularity continued to grow as they entered more and more races and competitions, winning many of them. In 1963, the Aston DB5 began production and became what many consider to be the most beautiful vehicle ever constructed. The fame and popularity didn't stop there either as the Aston DB5 model was chosen and featured in the classic "Goldfinger" film in the popular James Bond series.

Despite Aston Martin's popularity, 1972 saw a change with the company when ownership changed and then Company Developments LTD took over. This was also the same year that Martin started their new V8s into production. Over the next couple of decades the change of ownership continued, but production was kept alive and prosperous. In fact, the popularity of these luxury and sporty cars led to the Aston Martin's vehicles being featured in two more James Bond films including Tomorrow Never Dies and Goldeneye.