Powerfully luxurious

Aston Martin has launched the new Virage - a model that aims to combine sports car performance with luxury, comfort and refinement.

The Virage sits between the enduringly elegant DB9 and overtly sporting DBS, providing drivers, its designers say, with a car that remains luxurious and understated but delivers increased performance.

The front mid-mounted V12 engine's torque delivery provides outstanding performance coupled with agility, delivering the ideal balance between sports car performance and trademark sporting luxury.

Aston Martin CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez said: "One hundred years of automotive history has demonstrated that evolution delivers the best solutions in time.

"So it is with Virage; it is the next level of evolution in our VH architecture strategy and it does everything with the perfection that you would expect today. It is the perfect balance of opposites."

A newly-developed Adaptive Damping System (ADS) intelligently 'reads' the road to provide optimum road holding, adapting to different conditions. The system selects up to five different stiffness settings within normal mode and a further five settings within sport mode.

Aiding driver control, a 'Sport' button allows the driver to select a sharper throttle response and faster gear changes while also holding the gears without automatically shifting up at the revolution limiter.

The Virage will be delivered with Carbon Ceramic Matrix (CCM) brakes as standard, offering progressive and tremendous stopping power. Powerful, resistant to fade and much lighter than conventional cast-iron discs, the CCM braking system means that not only is the overall vehicle weight reduced, but the weight saving at each wheel means a better balance between ride comfort and handling.

As drivers and passengers open the signature swan-wing doors, they are greeted by the aroma of seven hides of hand-stitched Bridge of Weir leather.

Each Virage will have 70 man-hours of expert craftsmanship lavished on the interior alone to create the sophisticated Aston Martin asthetic. In all, over 200 man-hours will be spent handcrafting the Virage at the company's global headquarters in England.

Standard equipment includes heated seats (Sports seats only), cruise control, satellite navigation, Bluetooth telephone preparation and the powerful 700W Aston Martin Premium Audio System with Dolby Pro Logic II and full iPod integration.

For further details contact Montana Motors on 17669999.