Aston Martin V8 - The Quintessential Gentleman's Express | Tyrrell's Classic Workshop

Welcome back to Tyrrell's Classic Workshop! This episode brings us an exquisite 1988 Aston Martin V8 Coupe, a remarkable blend of luxury and performance. While it bears similarities to the Aston Martin DBS V8 supercar, which we featured last year, this Aston Martin V8 stands out for being both unrestored and in concours condition.

Having covered 68,000 miles, this Aston's engine remains pristine, as Iain demonstrates. He also delves into the Weber Marelli fuel injection system, which was also used in the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and Ferrari F40, and talks about the Chrysler Torqueflite automatic transmission. Despite not being a Vantage or a DBS, this "common or garden" V8 remains special, as Iain illustrates with the luxuriously appointed interior swathed in the finest Connolly Leather.

Join Iain as he takes the Aston for a road test, enjoying the burble of the powerful V8 engine. Watch as he "opens the taps" on this classic gentleman's express, a prime example of classic British cars.

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Chapters
00:00 Aston Martin V8
02:01 The engine: 5340cc and gleaming
02:57 Concours condition interior and stunning burr walnut
05:26 The craftsmanship of a coachbuilt body
08:45 Additional features
10:03 Iain's first experience of an Aston Martin V8
12:04 Aston Martin V8 roadtest

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[ibana]

Gentleman of a certain age, The opening sequences to the TV series the "Persuaders with the DBS & Dino. Life forming. And here we are getting another reminder of things we never acheived as adults, beamed to our Ipads & laptops courtesy of Mr Tyrrell. Heavenly used for the second time today.

[shiftfocus]

It was a warm April day in 1982 when this Canadian, on a high school trip to the UK, crossed a road near Savile Row directly in front of a V8 (a Vantage, I think), and the particular gentlemen honoured my teenage ogling of his car with a blip of the throttle. My friends weren't quite so aware of such British automotive anachronisms, but for me it was the cherry on top of a trip that had already been filled with all manner of European automotive unobtanium.

Grown up me realizes dreams are best left as such. Thanks for taking me back a bit.

[BiggerThanFrogs]

I come here for the cars, the stories, the craftsmanship, the enthusiasm, and words like "sybaritic". Thank you Ian.

[MrAjjm]

If I could only ever own one car (and I had the money!), this would be it. Thank you to yourself and the person who owns this masterpiece, for keeping it in concours condition, for us all to enjoy seeing. Splendid.

[Avalk]

This gen. of AMV8 has to be one of the most beautiful cars ever made. 11/10.

[timwilks]

That's the best-looking Aston of all time.

[AntonHoward-mxsb]

My first experience with Aston Martin's came when I was about 7 or 8 years old.
My cousin married a man whose father had his brand new Aston Vantage at the wedding, bright red, and at a time when an Aston really was something special, 1977-78ish.
Now, I don't know how true this story was but apparently he had an import/export business in the 70s breaking the sanctions against Rhodesia during the bush war, flying fruit weapons in..!
As I understand it he had a rolling annual order with Aston and kept the previous ones!
He bought my cousin a brand new 308gtb as a wedding present..
Still an exquisitely proportioned bolide, and pretty brutal in Vantage spec.
Yet another superb film for a Sunday evening just to remind me what a failure I've been in life....lol.

[GeneSimons-fwio]

"That's how memories are made.." Got to love it! 😁

[giuliopedrali]

The best cars of all the times, a dream, a mix of a Rolls-Royce and a Ferrari, much better than today's supercar

[paulgeraghty]

I recall meeting the great Victor Gauntlett at NPP in 1980 after the motor show in London on a Sunday early afternoon and seeing his Aston outside the office. He came out of his office to see what was happening and engaged us in conversation. What a lovely man. It was a wonderful meeting with a warm and pleasant gentleman. RIP Victor Gauntlett.

[KeithHilton-wu]

What a stunning beautiful car and a colour combination to die for.

[Graver-]

The older I get the more I love these cars.

[liverpoolscottish]

What a stunningly beautiful machine. THIS is the stuff of dreams. Nobody builds a car today that can hold a candle to the Aston V8, it oozes quality, class and character. The stainless steel and chrome brightwork is to die for, as is the interior- very opulent.

[simonelliott]

Another great car from my childhood! The classiest muscle car ever made! Thanks for a great video Iain!

[tam]

When I was 7ish, my Dads friend had an Aston Martin.
He worked in the coal mines with my Dad. I always loved the style and sound of the car.
Memories.

[Supercruze]

i always look at these AM V8s coupes as Aston's version of an Amercian V8 muscle car from the 60s with proper V8 muscle car sound and looks. What a brute. Stunning.

[danielearley]

This is one of the cars at the top of my lottery winning bucket list.

[markscully]

in My opinion the v8 vantage is one of the greatest cars ever! Probably because of my age but non the less it was a record breaker.

[Mr.Higginbotham]

I had that experience with my uncle Alan. He let me drive his 1973 Corvette. An experience I'll never forget it. The only uncomfortable thing as a 16 year old was I could not see the nose from my seat!... at all! Hahaha

[hugolafhugolaf]

This car is stunning. That it’s not a garage queen makes it even more impressive.