The Aston Martin V8 Vantage was first seen at the Geneva motorshow. The two seat, two door coupe has a bonded aluminium structure for strength and lightness. The 4.38m-long coupe has a hatchback-style tailgate for practicality, with a large luggage shelf behind the seats. Aston Martin Logo, claiming fair use Replaced with logo tag for images. ... Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. ... The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. ...

The car is powered by a 4.3-litre quad-cam 32-valve V8 with 380bhp at 7000rpm, 302lb ft at 5000rpm, unique to Aston Martin - so far - and featuring race-style dry sump lubrication, which enables it to be mounted low to lower the centre of gravity. The car can race from 0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds. The engine is assembled by hand at the AM facility in Cologne, Germany, which also builds the V12 for the DB9 and Vanquish. It is front mid-mounted with a transaxle, allowing for the six-speed manual transmission to be mounted at the rear, giving a 49:51 front:rear weight distribution. It uses a Jaguar 4.2 liter V-8, but the cylinder block, cylinder heads, crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, camshafts, inlet and exhaust manifolds, lubrication system and engine management are all unique to the 4.3 liter V-8 used in the new Aston Martin. It also has dry-sump lubrication. Jaguar's V-8 first came out with 4.0 liters in the 1997 XK8. It was heavily revised a couple years ago with 4.2 liters. An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ... Cologne skyline at night. ... A V12 is an internal combustion engine with 12 cylinders in V configuration. ... DB9 may refer to: the D-subminiature, a common type of computer connector the Aston Martin DB9, a British sports car This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The V8 Vantage will cost £79,000 or 104,000 Euros when it goes on sale towards the end of summer 2005 and is expected to rival the Porsche 911 Euros can refer to. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Porsche 912, a Porsche of the 1960s Porsche (), is a German manufacturer of sports cars, founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who created the first Volkswagen. ... This article is about the year 911 A.D. For other uses, see 911 (disambiguation). ...