{"id":16087,"date":"2023-09-01T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=16087"},"modified":"2023-09-01T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:41:14","slug":"aston-martin-vantage-amr-90-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/aston-martin-vantage-amr-90-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin Vantage AMR #90 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2020 Aston Martin Vantage AMR #90<\/strong>\nPilots: J. Adam, C. Eastwood, S. Yolu\u00e7 \nTeam: TF Sport<\/em>\nRace:  24th overall (1st place in LMGTE-Am class) at Le Mans in 2020<\/strong>\nSpark - S7994 (resin)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 09\/01\/23<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some say that Aston Martin achieved its pinnacle with the 2018 Vantage<\/a>. It had a 4.0-liter turbocharged V-8 that delivered over 500 hp. And just as important, it was drop-dead gorgeous. However, it had a problem – it was automatic<\/em>. Well, for any \u201cnormal\u201d modern driver that would never be a problem. Nonetheless, for the enthusiast <\/em>an automatic gearbox is far from ideal. So in late 2019 Aston resolved that issue by releasing the Vantage AMR<\/strong>. And the big deal about the AMR was exactly its gearbox, a 7-speed manual<\/em> Graziano gearbox. The engine was the same from the Vantage, a 3982 cm\u00b3 turbo-charged V8 that delivered 503 hp. Aston also enhanced the aerodynamics and managed to shave 100 kg from the regular Vantage. All that translated to a 0 to 100 km\/h in 4 seconds and a top speed of 320 km\/h.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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When new, the AMR cost US$ 180,000.00.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
 Interestingly, though the AMR was the \u201cracing\u201d version of the Vantage, the regular model was 0.1 second quicker. Nonetheless, even being a smidge slower, it had a manual gearbox, and that\u2019s what mattered. Aston produced 200 units of the car, and obviously some ended up on a racetrack. The Vantage AMR #90 here was one of those cars. British team TF Sport bought chassis #16A-201-1 in early 2020 and took it racing. The car debuted at the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, in February that year. The team started out winning: first place in the LMGTE-Am class. Then, in June, the same Adam, Eastwood and Yolu\u00e7 trio, finished in 24th overall at the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em>. And once again they came in first place<\/a> in the LMGTE-Am class. In fact, the AMR ruled the LMGTE classes, with the Vantage AMR #97<\/a> coming in first in LMGTE-Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The differences between the AMR #90 and #97 are only in terms of livery and aerials.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In scale, the Vantage AMR #90 is a very nifty model. Details are very sharp and the paint job is top notch. In fact, just as gorgeous as the #97, released in late 2021. Admittedly however, at least for me, the big deal about this car is that it\u2019s a class winner. So perhaps, to the non-Aston fanboy or Le Mans nut, this model might not be that <\/em>fantastic. That is if you already have another Vantage AMR, of course. So if having both is too much, having just one would look great in any collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2020 Aston Martin Vantage AMR #90 Pilots: J. Adam, C. Eastwood, S. Yolu\u00e7 Team: TF Sport Race: 24th overall (1st place in LMGTE-Am class) at Le Mans in 2020 Spark – S7994 (resin) Published 09\/01\/23 Some say that Aston Martin achieved its pinnacle with the 2018 Vantage. It had a 4.0-liter turbocharged V-8 that delivered … Continue reading “Aston Martin Vantage AMR #90 – Spark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16087","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16087"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16172,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16087\/revisions\/16172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}