the aston martin v8 is a grand tourer manufactured by aston martin in the united kingdom from 1969 to 1989.as with all traditional aston martins, it was entirely handbuilt – with each car requiring 1,200 man-hours to finish.aston martin were looking to replace the db6 model and had designed a larger, more modern looking car.the engine was not ready, however, so in 1967 the company released the dbs with the straight-six vantage engine from the db6.two years later, tadek marek's v8 was ready, and aston released the dbs v8.with the demise of the straight-six vantage in 1973, the dbs v8, now restyled and called simply the aston martin v8, became the company's mainstream car for nearly two decades.it was eventually retired in favour of the virage in 1989.though the body and name was shared with the six-cylinder dbs, the v8 sold for much more.the body was a modern reinterpretation of the traditional aston martin look, with a squared-off grille and four headlights (william towns admitted that the rear quarters were 'borrowed' from the early ford mustang).distinguishing features of the v8 model are the larger front air dam, 225/70vr15 tyres and lack of wire wheels, though some six-cylinder dbs cars also used the v8's alloy wheels.the tail lights were taken from the hillman hunter.a road test report of the time noted that the car had gained 250 lb (113 kg) in weight with the fitting of the v8 in place of the previously used six-cylinder unit, despite the manufacturer's assurance that the engine weighed only 30 lb (14 kg) more than the older straight-six.other contributions to the weight gain included heavier ventilated brake discs, air conditioning, fatter tyres, a new and stronger zf gearbox as well as some extra bodywork beneath the front bumper.marek's v8 engine displaced 5,340 cc (5.3 l; 325.9 cu in) and used bosch fuel injection.output was not officially released, but estimates center around 315 hp (235 kw).the dbs v8 could reach 100 km/h (62 mph) in 7.1 seconds and had a top speed of 242 km/h (150 mph).402 dbs v8s were built.a dbs v8 was planned to be used by roger moore's character brett sinclair in the television show, the persuaders!but no v8 car was available at that time so a six-cylinder dbs was modified to look like a v8 model for use in the show.it is based on a dbs v8 and two cars were commissioned by the tobacco company w.o.wills to promote their new premium brand of cigarettes: one show car with chassis number dbsv8/10380/r and one road going car with chassis number dbsv8/10381/rc.a third 'replica' car was commissioned by a private party.visual differences included twin quartz-halogen headlights and a mesh grille, a front design which was to last until the end of production in 1989.am v8 cars, produced from may 1972 through july 1973, used a similar engine to the dbs v8, albeit with bosch fuel injection rather than the earlier carburetors.just 288 series 2 cars were built.although david brown had left the company, he had overseen development of this model.the first 34 cars still carried leftover 'dbs v8' badging.these cars are distinguished by a taller hood scoop to accommodate four twin-choke (two-barrel) weber carbs.the car produced 310 hp (231 kw; 314 ps) and could reach 60 mph (97 km/h) in 6.1 seconds with an automatic transmission or 5.7 with a manual.performance suffered with emissions regulations, falling to 288 hp (215 kw; 292 ps) in 1976.the next year, a more powerful 'stage 1' engine with new camshafts and exhaust brought it up to 305 hp (227 kw; 309 ps).these cars either fitted 225/70vr15 avon turbospeed or 235/70vr15 turbospeed rolls-royce tyre on the auto models or the 255/60r15 pirelli cinturato cn12 off the vantage.
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the aston martin v8 is a grand tourer manufactured by aston martin in the united kingdom from 1969 to 1989.as with all traditional aston martins, it was entirely handbuilt – with each car requiring 1,200 man-hours to finish.aston martin were looking to replace the db6 model and had designed a larger, more modern looking car.two years later, tadek marek's v8 was ready, and aston released the dbs v8.with the demise of the straight-six vantage in 1973, the dbs v8, now restyled and called simply the aston martin v8, became the company's mainstream car for nearly two decades.the body was a modern reinterpretation of the traditional aston martin look, with a squared-off grille and four headlights (william towns admitted that the rear quarters were 'borrowed' from the early ford mustang).