In the short production run of a little over 12 months Aston Martin made 1044 Virage cars. 656 were coupe, of which 210 were RHD. This is the only RHD car in Ferrari's 'Rosso Corsa.' (One LHD car in the colour was supplied to China.)
I bought the car from JCT600 Leeds in 2011 and have given it regular use since with frequent trips around the UK - mileage now 17,500. Sadly the annual trip to one of Europe's wine growing regions has had to be cancelled this year. The weekly outing for the click & collect order is a poor substitute. (Must order some more Taittinger.)
My 'wild card' photograph was taken during the parade lap at the 2013 Silverstone Classic, as part of the Centenary celebrations. (With kind permission of Tim Cottingham from AstonMartins.com. This, and two other pictures of the car appear on the website.)
Other than Silverstone, photographs taken on 26 May 2020.
Fortunately the passenger at Silverstone is equally as attractive as the car. Nothing like Go Faster Red for a car colour
Been watching Glyndebourne's 'Don Giovanni' this week. I'm a bit wary of comments about Her Ladyship coming from a Cad.
Beautiful car! A very unusual red which assume was a special order or did Aston pay a licence fee to Ferrari to use it?
Thank you Tim. It was a special order but it is a colour Aston Martin have used occasionally, certainly at Gaydon. They have also used Ferrari's Grigio Silverstone.
No idea if they pay a royalty.
Thank you Tim. It was a special order but it is a colour Aston Martin have used occasionally, certainly at Gaydon. They have also used Ferrari's Grigio Silverstone.
No idea if they pay a royalty.
Lovely looking Virage
Thank you John.