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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">ELSEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">01/05/2002</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Heritage Centre receive Aston Martin</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Now help us get ours!</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/vanquish.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">Aston Martin Lagonda Limited has donated the new Aston Martin V12 Vanquish (similar to the new James Bond car) to the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon.<BR> <BR> Ian Minards, general manager of sales and former chief programme manager of Aston Martin Vanquish, handed over the keys to Stephen Laing, curator of the Heritage motor museum.<BR> Stephen said: "I am delighted to accept this superb car on behalf of the museum, it will take pride of place within our large collection of British cars and I am sure it will be a very popular exhibit with visitors to the museum, giving an unusual opportunity for the public to view a dream car at very close quarters." <BR> <BR> The V12 Vanquish is a superb example of contemporary British craftsmanship combined with state-of-the-art composites and material. It is capable of reaching speeds in excess of 190 mph (306 km/h) with a 0-60 mph (0-100 km/h) in less than five seconds. The six-speed, Formula-One style transmission is operated by an electro-hydraulic gearshift that operates with a flick of the paddle shifter on the steering column – the system changes gear in approximately 250 milliseconds, in other words at the blink of an eye.<BR> <BR> The Vanquish will go on public display from today, alongside the 1934 Aston Martin Ulster racing car also on show in the Heritage Motor Centre museum.<BR> <BR> Currently, we at TotalMotorSport are looking into the possibilities of opening a Northern branch of the Heritage Motor Centre and will shortly send in our request for the keys to a new Vanquish, in a different colour of course. If this fails we will be requesting a Vanquish for research purposes, as to whether the V12 Aston Martin would work as a GTS Le Mans entry. Please send in your details for the petition asking for the car to be put forward as a possible entry and then leave rest to us. Hopefully you will be able to soon view a picture of the TMS staff collecting the keys to my, sorry, our Vanquish for development purposes….<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>