Coys Auction - The Spirit of Motor Cars
Ascot Racecourse,
Ascot,
Berkshire SL5 7JX

Saturday 4th October 2008
Motor Cars at 15:00

With less than three years between conception and display, the Virage was truly a miracle case for Aston Martin Lagonda. In 1986 AML had a two door Lagonda development car on the road and had also announced a design competition for budding Aston Martin designers. The winners, Ken Greenly and John Heffernan, had created a large, modern GT with an evolutionary link straight back to the DB4. Reeves Callaway in America reworked the 5.3 litre V8 engine with four valves per cylinder, Weber fuel injection and cleaner exhaust emissions. Shown at the 1988 Birmingham Motor Show in coupe form, with first deliveries in 1990, the sensational new Virage restated its forerunner''s muscular looks in the modern idiom, slightly narrower but with increased interior space. With 330bhp a top speed approaching 160mph was possibl