Scroll to Nürburg becomes one of those dates that are marked in red on any calendar. If such location added to a spring-like climate and a two-seater for testing more than 400 HP, the day will be great... but if I tell you that machine that we have come to know, and that we have come more than 2000 kilometers, is a Special Edition called Aston Martin Vantage V8 S SP10 Roadster - with which the British firm celebrates its centenary - you will understand that we we have a splendid cocktail...
We are cited at dawn in the Test Center of Aston Martin in Nürburgring, where we have been to pick up the Dark Knight. Green hell is located a few meters away. The thundering sound of leaking evidence that any bad beast wheel at full speed. However, to access the northern ring is not a frame of mind, much less, painful... The documents that I am signing me deprive of power walked on the asphalt of any circuit, even from doing any comparison with another vehicle in competition. English humor. In any case, it seems that deserted, winding roads close to the circuit where tested many prototypes, as well as the Autobanh without speed limit, should be enough to enjoy today, isnt it?
And why should we have named this Aston as the Dark Knight? The reason is simply stupid: all the elements of this special edition SP10 are of that tone, starting by bodywork and continuing by a multitude of details as the 19 inch wheels darkened, brake calipers in black paint or inside covered by a composition of leather and alcantara - of course, also in black, attest to this.
The reason for the launch of this special edition has not been one that commemorate victories and podiums achieved by the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 in the SP10 category of the 24 hours Nürburgring - hence the present name. Under this guise of playboy, in fact esconce a tender Aston Martin V8 Vantage with "his" 4.7-liter V8 and 436 HP. Now an equipment has very complete, new carbon fiber accents and a new stainless steel exhaust exhaling a demonic scream.
Somehow this new edition is a way to give you fresh air and encourage sales of veteran Vantage, a work of art designed by Henrik Fisker, and presented as a prototype in 2003 but, despite the passing of the years, maintaining an elegance, finesse and distinction difficult to overcome, had not been for the recent staging of the Aston Martin Vanquish. Mr Fisker conceived the Vantage with an attractive timeless which, personally, I love.