Next week, the only Aston Martin Vantage Heritage Racing Edition Gulf Blue on sale in Hong-Kong will be offered at auction through Bonhams in aid of wildlife and environmental causes (Auction4WildLife). The auction will be closed the 5th June 2021.

To your wallets as the model is to be worth half a million US dollars ($HK 3,480,000) and the starting bid is only $HK 900,000 😀

History of Aston Martin Vantage Heritage Racing

The Aston Martin Vantage is a series of hand-built GT. The first Vantage was presented during the Geneva Motor Show in 2005.

The Aston Martin Vantage Heritage Racing Edition is part of a limited edition of 60 units worldwide, of which only 12 are available in Gulf Blue, tribute to the DBR9 ⬇️ winning at Le Mans 24 Hours in 2007 and 2008) by the Aston Martin Racing factory team (source : Wiki).

Aston Martin DBR9 at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009 (Wiki)

The six different liveries of the Heritage Racing Editions were designed by Q by Aston Martin, the supreme customization service beyond the standard set of options of the British brand. These liveries are inspired by the most famous Aston Martin racing cars and were presented during the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed :

"The Heritage Racing Editions enhance the dynamic lines of the Aston Martin Vantage"
(source : magazine.astonmartin.com)

Each car had a special carbon fibre aero kit. The 6 liveries :

Razor Blade with unpainted aluminium bodywork, tribute to the car built in 1923in order to break the speed record by AC Cars (163 kmh). Although it failed to do so, it would achieve results in races and other record attempts in the 20's.
Ulster tribute to the last cars to run a 1.5 litre engine in 30's (finished third at Le Mans in 1935).
The third livery Green with yellow touch is a tribute to DB3S, first car of the David Brown era,
The white, blue and red livery matched the colours of Mobil, the sponsor of the AMR1, group C racing car, collaboration between Aston Martin and Team Ecosse.
Gulf Racing presented in this post,
and the last to hightlight the future of Aston Martin with the Vantage GTE.

Beautiful beast...

Specification

This Aston Martin Vantage Heritage Racing is equipped with 4.0 litre twin turbo V8 producing 503 hp at 6,000 rpm. It can reach 100 kmh in just 3.6 seconds with a top speed of 306 kmh.

Sale


Model :	Aston Martin Vantage Heritage Racing Edition Gulf Blue
Where :	Bonhams Honk Kong
When :	Until 5 June 2021 (at 18:00 HKT)
Starting Price :	HK$900,000