This Virage is outfitted in beautiful Fly yellow with black interior, with 13,500 miles from new, and a rare 5 speed manual transmission. It has been updated to factory 17″ wheels, factory sport exhaust and factory carpets set with Aston logo. The motor was updated at 2,993 miles and paid for by the factory with new cams and all modifications deemed necessary by the factory. This motor now puts out more horsepower than stock. Recent modifications, MoMo custom steering wheel, new Avon tires and all new neoprene vacuum lines, all fluids, including brakes, new spark plugs and wires replaced by Aston Martin of Scottsdale.

The Virage, when unveiled at the 1988 Birmingham Motor Show was the first new Aston Martin for 18 years. Styled by the British team of John Heffeman and Ken Greenley. The V8 engine with a four valve per cylinder head even with unleaded fuel produced sufficient power with 330 bhp at 5300 rpm and torque of 350 lb/ft at 4000 rpm. This Virage Coupe is 1 of 54 Virages imported to the USA and only 1 of 14 total produced with 5 speed manual transmissions for import to the USA. With an original selling price of $219,000.00, it is harder to find a better value for the money. This is the nicest one in the U.S., particularly with the factory modifications. The present owner is the 2″d owner of the car and he has all receipts of the additional thousands spent.

The 1990 Aston Martin Virage was the evolutionary replacement for the DB/AM V-8, the first model offered after Aston’s 1987 takeover by Ford U.S. Unveiled as a 2+2 coupe at Birmingham in late ‘89, a Volante convertible followed in 1993. Virage exports to the United States ended the next year.

A 550-horsepower Vantage was introduced in 1992 but was never exported to the U.S. It offered the same basic format as its predecessor but with a 5.3-liter all-aluminum engine modified by Callaway Engineering in the United States for a new four-valve cylinder head, intake manifold, and Weber-Marelli electronic management system. Front suspension was still by twin wishbones, rear by Watt linkage and de Dion tube, but the last was now square-section aluminum.

The Virage had a sleeker body, still aluminum-paneled, with integral spoilers at each end, plus flush headlamps and side glass — all for a lower drag coefficient, down to a claimed 0.34. It also featured a modernized dash and even more luxury features than late AM V-8s, including a heated windshield, rear window, and front seats; trip computer; and remote infrared alarm system.

The 1990 Aston Martin Virage was very expensive but the company planned for low production — 300 yearly at most.

Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by Singer from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced GWK and Calthorpe vehicles. Martin raced specials at Aston Hill near Aston Clinton, and the pair decided to make their own vehicles. The first car to be named Aston Martin was created by Martin by fitting a four-cylinder Coventry-Simplex engine to the chassis of a 1908 Isotta-Fraschini.[5] They acquired premises at Henniker Place in Kensington and produced their first car in March 1915. Production could not start because of the outbreak of World War I, and Martin joined the Admiralty and Bamford the Royal Army Service Corps. All machinery was sold to the Sopwith Aviation Company.

The Aston Martin Lagonda was designed by William Towns. It was modern and practical with seating for five and many creature comforts. Production began in 1976 and continued untili 1990 with 645 examples being created. It was the first production automobile in the world to use a digital instrument panel and computer management. Under the hood was a four-cam eight-cylinder engine in ‘Vee’ configuration. A Chrysler 3-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission sent the power to the rear wheels. Air conditioning, power steering, brakes windows, door locks and a sunroof were all standard equipment.

The Aston-Martin AMR-1 raced during the heyday of Group C racing, introduced during the 1989 World Championship season. The AMR1’s best finish was a fourth place at Brands Hatch. The team placed sixth in the Team’s Championship behind Team Sauber Mercedes, Joest Racing, Brun Motorsport, and the Silk Cut Jaguars of TWR. Soon after the project was canned though that probably had more to do with internal Aston-Ford politics than any perceived performance deficit.