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VIDEO: Mustang gets Aston Martin Vanquish V12
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For decades, the Ford Mustang has been a symbol of affordable performance. While the average GT will still run you less than $30,000, for many that is merely the starting point. Next is the booming Ford Mustang aftermarket business, where you can beef up every square inch of your ponycar. One item not commonly found in a Ford Racing catalog is an Aston Martin Vanquish V12 engine, but after hearing one in the engine bay of a beautiful blue stallion, we think that problem should be corrected.
Hit the jump to view video of a very well-modified Mustang that has the face of a GT500, the butt of a Saleen, and the heart of an Aston. If you thought the throaty V8 of a stock GT was music to your ears, the silky smooth symphony coming from the Vanquish V12 is better than Bach. The best part of the video comes about a minute in when the snugly-packed V12 reveals itself for the first time. Is it just us or is a real Mustang with an Aston motor a hundred times better than a 'Stang with a Vanquish body?
UPDATE: Video after the jump fixed.
[Source: Streetfire]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Taylor 12:33PM (4/15/2008)
That poor Aston Martin...R.I.P.
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Matt 12:40PM (4/15/2008)
LOL, my sentiments exactly. This is an abomination.
DomManganelli 4:09PM (4/15/2008)
one of the most beautiful sounding motors on earth... and you put it into a mustang?! and then you put metallica over it for the video?! these guys must be high on something.
Lupo 4:42PM (4/15/2008)
their high on...SPEED!!1
BrokenMonkey 4:51PM (4/15/2008)
Don't be so quick to judge, for all you know the engine could have been taken from a wrecked Aston, in which case it's good to see that the car wasn't completely wasted
John P. 12:36PM (4/15/2008)
Makes pretty good sense to me, since that motor was developed by Ford in the USA. One of their best efforts ever.
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Tom Miller 1:40PM (4/15/2008)
Was it really developed in the US? When Mazda was creating the Amati division to compete with Acura/Lexus/Infiniti, I remember reading that their priciest model had a V12. I always wondered what happened to that engine. Was the Aston engine based on it? I don't know.
John P. 1:54PM (4/15/2008)
Hi Tom, Mazda may have had a hand in there somewhere, I don't know, but Ford Research in the USA is credited with developing this motor with some technology from the 3.0 Duratec, which was originally developed in Europe and the USA as far as I know. With the 4cyl Duratec mainly being developed by Mazda. The only reason I'm interested at all in this is that I have both a focus and a taurus and did a bit of research into the motors.
ALEXDB9 12:36PM (4/15/2008)
WHAT!?!?!
Did they really have to do the tacky grill, its bad enough that I read Aston and Mustang in the same sentence.
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mk 12:39PM (4/15/2008)
does this thing have a kick-butt motor, with a stick axle?
Money would be spent on the suspension LONG before shoe-horning an AM V12 in there.
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Seoultrain 12:37PM (4/15/2008)
This mustang makes Bond cry.
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Randy 7:39PM (4/15/2008)
Bond drove a Ford Mondeo in Casino Royale... Which might I say was pretty cool! So he might not be sweating it.
Sam 12:42PM (4/15/2008)
wrong vid posted
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nardi 12:42PM (4/15/2008)
I could think of better things to do with an AM V12,
Like leave it in the friggin Aston, what a waste.
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Joe 12:45PM (4/15/2008)
humm... I see a Ford but its rockin snow and Foo Fighters... perhaps a engadget bug to squish?
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DPerjar 12:46PM (4/15/2008)
Heh, this is super old. I'm not a fan of mustangs at all, but that's a pretty nice "mustang".
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Jimmy 12:47PM (4/15/2008)
Man, Autoblog really loves this rally vid..first for the F350 post, and now this one. =) At least it's a cool vid..hehe.
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Allan 12:50PM (4/15/2008)
That's what I was thinking... they really like this video. Can't blame them... but who's trying to get the publicity here?
DelayedZ 12:51PM (4/15/2008)
It wasn't in an aston to begin with, it was a test motor, that they got to use, this is so freakin old now it's not even funny, this was done months and months and months ago. They had a work log for a long time.
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Tricky dicky 1:16PM (4/15/2008)
yeah no kidding man WELCOME to the INTERNET guys.
WMS got a body in white mustang from ford when they originally came out and this was a SEMA project..
The internet.. so good.. so bad..