The first generation of the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish was released in 2001 and was in production until 2007. The Vanquish was the Flagship model for the marque and represented the latest in technology and design language for Aston Martin signalling the brands intent for the future, featuring an advanced carbon fibre and alloy structure along with the most powerful V12 that Aston Martin had ever produced at that time delivering 460hp and 400lb-ft of Torque delivering a sun 5 second 0-60 and a top speed of 190mph. Built as a Grand Tourer the Vanquish was available either with either 2+0 or 2+2 seating configurations with the interior seeing a clear move away form the wood panelled interiors of the DB7.
2004 saw the release of the updated Vanquish S, still powered by the same V12 the S did see a considerable increase in performance to 520hp this combined with a revised gearbox ratio and body shape enhancements to reduce the drag coefficient and improve aerodynamic efficacy saw the top speed increased to 200mph.
As production ran down in 2006 and 2007 the first generation Vanquish saw the release of the Vanquish S Ultimate Edition, this was limited to just 50 cars and featured the Ultimate Black paintwork and interior along with personalised sill plaques.
The second generation of the Aston Martin Vanquish was released 2012 and was an evolution of the DBS, the Vanquish now redesigned from, the ground up in comparison to the first generation featured an integrated rear spoiler and exposed carbon fibre skirts, built on the third gen VH platform that extensively utilised more carbon fibre parts than before.
The interior now taking direct styling queues from the One-77 with stitched leather and Alcantara along with a new centre console infotainment system.
Visual design wasn’t the only upgrade, the Vanquish now used the new 2.9 litre V12 pushing 565hp and 457lb-ft of torque, this combined with the weight saving in the body resulted in a 0.62 of 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 183mph.
2014 came with a number of technical updates to the already well established and popular Vanquish, these included a new 8 speed Touchtronic gearbox and the AM29 V12 engine that now delivered 568hp and 465 lb-ft of torque increasing the top speed to 201mph and the 0-62 to 3.6 seconds, for the first time ever the Vanquish now came with Launch Control.
2013 saw the introduction of the Volante, this came with a full carbon fibre body and triple skin fabric roof, due to this the initial launch variant of the Volante still delivered a 0-62 of 4.3 seconds and carried on to achieve 183mph. In 2014 the Volante received the same performance updates as the coupe bringing this down to 3.8 seconds and 197mph top end.
At the end of 2016 Aston Martin announced the return of the S model for the both the Coupe and the Volante. This came fitted with the AM29 engine that increased power to 595hp and and revised aero package. This meant that the S could now hit 62mph in 3.5 seconds and carry on to 201mph for both variants.
| Model | Year |
| Vanquish (First Generation) | 2001-2004 |
| Vanquish S | 2004-2007 |
| Vanquish Coupe (Second Generation) | 2012-2014 |
| Vanquish Volante | 2013-2014 |
| Vanquish Coupe (Updated) | 2014-2018 |
| Vanquish Volante (Updated) | 2014-2018 |
| Vanquish S Coupe | 2017-2018 |
| Vanquish S Volante | 2017-2018 |
| Vanquish Coupe Third Generation | 2024 -Present |
The first generation of Vanquish was released in 2001 and the second generation was available from 2012.
The Vanquish ceased production in 2018 with S model and was replaced by the DBS Superleggera.
The Vanquish was available as 4 seater with a 2+2 seating configuration in both the Coupe and the Volante variants.
The price can vary depending on age, mileage and the exact spec and model variant, typically you can expect them to range anywhere from £80,000 up to £200,000 for the last editions of the S model.
Yes, A special edition Vanquish was driven by James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) in Die Another Day in 2002.
