The Aston Martin V8 Vantage N420 draws afflatus from the company's adventures at the Nürburgring 24-hour race. In the 2006 active of the anniversary Nürburgring ability archetypal amidst a acreage of mostly motorsport homologated cars, Aston Martin entered a near-standard, road-registered V8 Vantage. Driven by a aggregation of employees, including Aston Martin's CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage - called 'Rose' by the aggregation - accomplished 4th in chic and 24th all-embracing from a acreage of added than 200 specialised antagonism cars.
Since again Aston Martin has alternate every year to attempt in this backbreaking ability race, scoring a cord of chic victories and podiums with road-registered V8 and V12 Vantages and best afresh the new four-door Rapide. Not alone has this antagonism success spawned a beginning V8 Vantage GT4 chump programme run by Aston Martin Racing, but acquaint abstruse in antagonism at the Nürburgring has led to aerodynamic and added achievement developments actuality fed aback into Aston Martin's alley cars.
