This Special Edition Aston Martin Vanquish S Is A Red Arrow For The Road

Aston Martin's Cambridge dealer asked the company's Q division to build 10 units of a special Red Arrows-themed Vanquish S, and they're a bit lovely
This Special Edition Aston Martin Vanquish S Is A Red Arrow For The Road

Aston Martin has launched an unusual special edition Vanquish S after picking up on a special commission from one of its dealers.

The company’s Q bespoke operations division allows dealers to build custom specifications to fulfil any customer’s individual desires, but in this case it was Aston Martin Cambridge itself that requested 10 examples of what has now been christened the Q by Aston Martin Vanquish S Red Arrows Edition, after the world-famous British aerobatics display team.

The unusual story was picked up by Aston Martin HQ, which has apparently adopted the limited run as an officially-recognised special edition.

This Special Edition Aston Martin Vanquish S Is A Red Arrow For The Road

A new red paint shade, mimicking the red of the Red Arrows’ Hawk aircraft, takes its name from the display team’s motto: eclat, an old French-derived word meaning a brilliant display. There’s white and blue carbon detailing, a white stripe on the side that mimics a smoke trail, and a carbonfibre roof panel complete with a design reminiscent of that found on fast jet aircraft canopies.

Pinewood green trim inserts inside the car are a reference to classic flight suits and Martin Baker ejector seat fabric, and a really cool touch is that the 10 cars to be built will each have a unique, numbered engine inspection plaque signed by the equivalent number Red Arrow pilot. There are no rear seats, but buyers will instead get provision to stow two matching helmets.

This Special Edition Aston Martin Vanquish S Is A Red Arrow For The Road

There are all sorts of minor but super-cool aviation-themed details, like toggle switches, black and yellow hatched patterns on the door pulls and a graphic of the classic high-g ‘vixen break’ Red Arrows display formation.

Buyers can add things like matching luggage sets that come with a detailed 1:18-scale model of the car and another of the Red Arrows Hawk, or even a specially designed car cover or ‘build book’.

What’s more, Aston is giving the 10th of the 10 to the RAF Benevolent Fund, who we can only assume will sell it to raise funds for its charity work.

Comments

Anonymous

Non car guys be like: Look at this Ferrari!

04/10/2017 - 08:26 |
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Archive Aston (Aston Martin squad)

OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD

04/10/2017 - 08:31 |
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Ewan23 (The Scottish guy)

I’d like to see this one do a barrel roll

04/10/2017 - 08:32 |
18 | 0

So cool though I love it

04/10/2017 - 08:32 |
4 | 0

Can it do seven?

04/10/2017 - 15:42 |
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Anonymous

I know someone who is getting one

04/10/2017 - 08:35 |
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Joshua James 1

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

do you really?? 😂

04/10/2017 - 15:06 |
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Anonymous

Not complete without colored smoke

04/10/2017 - 08:46 |
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Anonymous

Wow! Aston Martin Is So Kind! Buying This Car Will Help The AIDS Fund! I Love Aston Martin!!

04/10/2017 - 09:33 |
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Fangirl

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

This must be sarcasm…

04/10/2017 - 21:48 |
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maserati skyline

So if the helmets don’t match, they won’t fit?

04/10/2017 - 09:33 |
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Anonymous

Its beautiful.

04/10/2017 - 10:32 |
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Anonymous

I need that car in my life, so beutiful

04/10/2017 - 12:29 |
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Anonymous

Been there, done that.

04/10/2017 - 15:47 |
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