Aston Martin Vanquish Bertone Jet 2 Concept 2004

[Cowboy]

Engine: 6.0 liter V12
Power: 450HP
Torque: 410 FT-LB
Drivetrain: FR
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A 'custom-built' vehicle in a 'made-to-measure' suit by a great tailor based on a production vehicle of great prestige. This, very briefly, is the Bertone Jet 2 (the name is a tribute to the Aston Martin Jet created by Nuccio Bertone in 1961, based on the Aston Martin DB4 GT as a one-off). A Concept car developed from the Aston Martin Vanquish, the Bertone Jet 2 has the same mechanical lay out, the floorpan structure (the wheel base has been lengthened by 210 mm. to allow two rear seats to be added to the original version) and all the BIW elements 'under the skin' to limit investments and not alter the elements which are subject to homologation. Bertone Jet 2 expresses the concept of a modern 'custom-built' car. In other words a vehicle which, on the basis of a non-perceptible "carry over" nucleus, is characterized by a completely new body. In this sense the Bertone Jet 2 re-proposes, in modern terms, a product linked to the traditional history of Italian coachbuilders which dressed the most enchanting engines of the time in 'haute couture'.

The Bertone Jet 2 is an example of how Bertone could help the manufacturers to diversify their own range by preparing 'custom-built' vehicles, exactly as they did in the fifties and sixties, with all the quality and safety standards of a modern automobile manufacturer. The proposal expressed by the Bertone Jet 2 has been made sustainable from the manufacturer's point of view, thanks to a maximum synergy with the components of the original model. From the engineering point of view, Bertone has respected all the structural limits of the original vehicle, the modification of which would have entailed high levels of investment (which would not have allowed to contain the price difference of the custom-built vehicle). At the same time, the finished vehicle is characterized by a specific identity which is so strong that it can be presented as a new model. To the hypothetical final customer, the decision to work with limited investments could translate into a reasonable price increase, to justify the possession of an exclusive object, a vehicle for a few refined connoisseurs.

Source: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/1925/Aston-Martin-Vanquish-Bertone-Jet-2.html

 

[JR98]

The front looks liek a DB9 but the back is quite intriguing.

Some specs you might want to add to the OP

Engine: 6.0 V12
Power: 450HP
Torque: 410 FT-LB
Drive: FR

 

[TexRex]

Hard to believe there's a Vanquish under there somewhere. The way the rear glass flows into the taillight bar should be a bit awkward, but it pulls it off stunningly.

 

[Robin]

I love how years later the new Stormtrooper helmets look a lot like the rear lights on this