V is for..................
Vantage vantage - to v8 vantage A term used since 1950 to identify models with a higher state of tune than standard. Probably taken from the word 'Advantage'. From 1976, the 'Vantage' became a high performance model in it's own right with modifications to more than just the engine. Now it is the model name applied to the smallest AM, the V8 Vantage ang Vantage Roadster
Virage

virage

 The name chosen for the model that replaced the long standing V8 in 1988. It's the French word for corner.
Vanquish

vanquish

 The last of the line of supercars from the small Newport Pagnell factory. Awesome yet effortless performance - at the time, the most complete developed Aston Martin ever.
Volante

to v8 volante

 An Italian word meaning 'flying' which has been used since 1965 to describe the convertible models. It is somewhat of a coincidence that in the 1965 James Bond film, Thunderball, the boat owned by the film's villain, Largo, was called the Disco Volante.
V8

v8 - to dbs v8

 Configuration of cylinders for the Tadek Marek engine used by AML between 1969 and 2000. Also the name of the model between 1972 and 1989 and now the engine configuration for the V8 Vantage
V12 Configuration of cylinders in the now standard engine throughout the Aston Martin range. First introduced in the DB7 Vantage in 1999, then the Vanquish in 2000 and now in the DB9, DBS and Rapide.

V600

to vantage v600

The highest state of tune available for the supercharged V8 4 valve engine, introduced as an after market addition by Works Service to the Vantage in 1998.