Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante 'X-Pack', 1989
Aston Martin V8 Vantage I
Aston Martin V8 Vantage I•
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Chassis No.: SCFCV81V1KTR15742
Registration: UK V5C
Location: Taplow, Berkshire, United Kingdom
£290,000 - £330,000 GBP | Not Sold
- Thought to be one of 167 Vantage Volantes made
- ‘X-Pack’ engine with 400-plus horsepower
- One of just 79 examples made with a manual transmission fitted from the factory
- Capable of reaching 60 mph in 5.2 seconds and reaching over 160 mph flat-out
- Odometer reads 40,361 miles at the time of cataloguing
- Accompanied by stamped Aston Martin service book
With the final incarnation of the V8 Vantage––a staple of Newport Pagnell’s range since 1977, sporting lines akin to those first seen on the six-cylinder DBS a decade earlier––Aston engineers weren’t content with simply sending the graceful old GT out in style. They had something special up their collective sleeves. Known unofficially by many names including “X-Pack”, “Series 3” and “580X”, all terms refer to the final run of the 1986 to 1989 Vantage models that ended this Aston’s 12-year production run with a bang. The model was the fastest four-seater of its kind at launch.
For these last-of-the-line Vantages, Aston Martin engineers tinkered with its base and already potent engine, substantially modifying it in order to unlock a monumental 400-plus horsepower figure––in an era when 200 horsepower was still considered plenty. Said tweaks to Polish engineer Tadek Marek’s already legendary V-8 consisted of adding Cosworth pistons, high-lift camshafts and enlarged inlet ports, fed by four mammoth 48 millimetre Weber carburettors. The fuel-injection system from the Lagonda wasn’t deemed capable or reliable enough for such a high horsepower application.
With the crucial “X” designation in its engine number––marking it out as a high-performance ‘X-Pack’ variant––this late 1988-built Vantage Volante didn’t hang around long, being sold to its first keeper on 31 January 1989. Originally finished in Suffolk Red with matching magnolia and red-piped seats and carpets, this Vantage Volante has since been repainted in a green colour scheme. What appear to be correct 16-inch Ronal wheels, with their concealed wheel bolts, sit within outrageously flared arches, perfectly in-keeping with the bonnet bulge, splitter and rear flick spoiler aesthetic of 1980s aggression that so perfectly encapsulates this seminal Aston Martin supercar.
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