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Aston Martin: The V8 Legacy: A Detailed History of the DBS, V8, Zagato and Lagonda Models, 19671990
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This book charts the origins, design and development of the most iconic British supercar of the 1970s and 1980s the Aston Martin V8. It traces the cars origins from the introductory model of 1967, the DBS, through the various iterations of the V8 versions, and ends with the final models of the range and the spectacular Vantage Zagato. While the car started life with Aston Martins ageing sixcylinder engine, it quickly received the engine the car was originally designed for; Aston Martins mighty quad cam V8. The V8 would power the car through the 70s and 80s, and with various tweaks and tunes would keep Aston Martins reputation as a vendor of fast, highperformance coups alive through some very troubling times.The book covers the whole family of standard production cars produced by Aston Martin, along with various special versions, including the Ogledesigned Sotheby Special, the Siva S350 and the Bulldog which recently broke the 200mph barrier. Alongside the specials the book also looks at the racing variants, including the Le Mans Lola of 1967, the spectacular V8 production racer run by Robin Hamilton (nicknamed the muncher thanks to its spectacular performance meaning it would eat its brakes for breakfast) and the Nimrod, which saw Aston Martin return to Le Mans in the 1980s. It also looks at the car in film and on the small screen, with James Bond looming large (On Her Majestys Secret Service and The Living Daylights) and with Roger Moore cavorting about Europe with Tony Curtis in the popular TV series The Persuaders! polishing the cars celebrity credentials.With some 70,000 words and 250+ pictures, many never seen before, this book pays homage to the Aston Martin V8. The V8 was the poster car for the patriotic British teenager of the 1970s and 1980s, providing a glimmer of hope that Britain could produce a worldbeating performance car that was the match of Italian exotica and American muscle. The Aston Martin V8 was that world beater, a car with superlative looks, amazing performance, unparalleled luxury and tough, reliable underpinnings. This book is a heartfelt tribute to the car that kept Aston Martins hopes and British automotive dreams alive, a car that is now starting to be recognised for the true British supercar it always has been.
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