My new most wanted car. What is it?

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I was at Thornbury castle having afternoon tea. All very posh, in a F1 T-shirt and combats whilst everyone else was suited and booted :D. Any way I spotted this car, it has a very mustang looking front end and a very corvet looking rear, I've never seen this before and I was even more shocked when I spotted an Austin Martin badge on it. So what Austin Martin Model is it. for some reason I reckon it's an older model, maybe cortina era...

Here's some pics. (it's much more corvetty in real life.

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Yep, Aston Martin Vantage. A Virage reworked with a twin supercharged V8. Built from '93 to '99.

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Standard Vantages do 0-60 in 4.6sec, 186mph at top end. Towards the end of production they upped the power further from 550hp to 600hp for the V600 models.
 
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Model-------------Vantage---------Vantage V600
Year of production--------1992-99----------1998-2000
No. produced-------------280 units---------30 units
Layout, Gearbox----------Front-engined, Rwd, 6M---Front-engined, Rwd, 6M
Engine-------------------V8, dohc, 4v/cyl, twin-supercharger---------V8, dohc, 4v/cyl, twin-supercharger
Engine capacity----------5340 cc----------5340 cc
Power--------------------550 hp----------600 hp
Torque-------------------550 lbft---------600 lbft
Weight-------------------1920 kg---------1970 kg
Top speed----------------186 mph--------200 mph
0-60 mph-----------------4.6 sec*-------4.3 sec*
0-100 mph---------------10.1 sec*-------9.3 sec*

awesome but at 70+k for one and nearer 150k for the v600 I fear that'll always be out of my price range.
 
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