Aston Martin Vanquish Volante m.y. 2014

British luxury brand Aston Martin unveils the new Vanquish Volante, new sportscar that’s meant to bring the thrill of open top motoring to the super GT class and - alongside its coupe sibling launched last autumn - sits at the top of the luxury British car maker’s sports car line-up. The model benefits from all of the technical, engineering and design advances of the recent Vanquish coupe, including the 6.0-litre V12 engine producing 573 horsepower at 6,750 rpm and 620 Nm of torque at 5,500 rpm, enough to push the Volante from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.1 seconds and up to a top speed of 294 km/h (183 mph).

Remarkably, the Vanquish Volante is the first fully carbon fibre-skinned convertible in the brand’s 100-year history and comes with the stiffest Volante body structure yet created by the engineering team at Aston Martin’s global HQ in Gaydon, England. The new car’s triple-skin lightweight fabric roof takes just 14 seconds to fold and sits beneath a tonneau and decklid that have been aerodynamically tuned for optimum performance.

Styling cues such as the elegant waist, elongated side strakes and LED rear light blades are the same of its coupe conterpart and derives from the stunning One-77 model while the folding fabric roof. Some goes for the interior design and the various electronic aids and systems. Priced from £199,995 RRP in the UK; €264,995 RRP in Germany; $297,995 MSRP in the United States and $323,974 RRP in Dubai, the first deliveries of the new Aston Martin Vanquish Volante are expected to begin in the UK and Continental Europe late in 2013.