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Sandown Park | Esher, Surrey
Viewing: Wed 9th December from 12pm
Auction Thursday, December 10th: From 12:00pm (Noon)
Location: Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey KT10 9AJ UK
1989 Aston Martin V8 Volante
Registration No: G436 XLO
Chassis No: SCFCV81CXKTR15798
MOT: T. B. A
1 of just 44 right-hand drive Aston Martin V8 EFI Volantes built from a total production run of 216 examples
Boasting matching chassis and engine numbers
Modest mileage of 72, 000 miles from new and in current registered ownership since 2015
Benefitting from c.£13, 000 expenditure with marque specialist Trinity Engineering in November 2025
Since 2014, lavished with over £65, 000 worth of attention
"It's not by any means the world's most expensive drophead in production (the Corniche costs an extra £23, 000) nor is it quite the quickest, though a Porsche Cabrio would have to be very well driven to get away from it, but the Aston Martin Volante is perhaps the greatest. It is a true sports car which is also luxuriously comfortable." - Fast Lane.
Described by former Aston Martin Chairman Victor Gauntlett as 'a stylish thoroughbred, beautifully built, luxurious, fast and immensely safe,' the V8 was built in several variants, one of the more exclusive being the Volante convertible. Introduced in response to customers' demands for such a car, the Volante first appeared in June 1978. Arguably the ultimate in soft-top luxury, the newcomer boasted a lined, power-operated hood which, when erected, endowed the walnut-embellished interior with all the solidity and refinement associated with the saloon version. Although its open-car aerodynamics meant that top speed suffered with the hood down, the Volante's 150mph maximum nevertheless ranked it among the world's fastest convertibles. V8 Volante and Vantage Volante chassis numbers ran from '15001' to '15849', a total of 849 cars.
The Weber EFI V8 Volante was introduced at the New York Show in January 1986 alongside the similarly updated AMV8 Saloon. The major advance was the fitting of electronically controlled Weber fuel injection, giving a power output of around 305 to 315 bhp, although this was never quoted at the time. As there were no carburettors within the 'V' of the engine and correspondingly no air box, the overall height of the engine was reduced, and this is evident with the adoption of a flat bonnet. All of the Weber cars featured attractive BBS cross-spoke wheels, which have a resemblance to wire wheels. Before the final withdrawal of the V8 in late 1989, 216 examples of the EFI V8 Volante had been produced, of which just 44 were right-hand drive.
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