The DB7 Vantage is a passenger car from Aston Martin, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
The 12 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 5.9 litres. For this model it musters power and torque figures of 414 bhp (420 PS/309 kW) at 6000 rpm and 542 Nm (400 lbft/55.3 kgm) at 5000 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels via a 5 speed automatic gearbox.
Quoted kerb weight is 1825 kg.
The Aston Martin DB7 Vantage is said to be able to manage a maxiumum speed of 266 km/h (165 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2591 mm | 102 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1516 mm | 59.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1516 mm | 59.7 inches | |
| Length | 4666 mm | 183.7 inches | |
| Width | 1830 mm | 72 inches | |
| Height | 1238 mm | 48.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.8 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1825 kg | 4023 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 89 litres | 19.6 [23.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Aston Martin | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 12 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 5.9 litre 5935 cc (362.176 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 89 × 79.5 mm
3.5 × 3.13 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.12 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 48 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
420 PS (414 bhp) (309 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
542 Nm (400 ft·lb) (55.3 kgm) at 5000 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
52 kW/litre 70.7 ps/litre 69.8 bhp/litre 1.14 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
91.32 Nm/litre
1.1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium block & heads | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1147.6 kPa (166.4 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 494.58 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 5.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 266 km/h (165 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 230 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 PS/kg 169.16 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 kW/kg 226.85 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.91 kg/kW 9.87 lb/bhp |
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| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.760 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.30 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 8.0 x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 9.0 x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | 245/40 ZR 18 | ||
| Tyres rear | 265/35 ZR 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 355 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 330 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | 3.06 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 81873 | ||
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| RAC rating | 58.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1999 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Automatic added 1999-08-08. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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