{"id":84002,"date":"2013-11-16T22:03:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T21:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=84002"},"modified":"2013-11-16T23:30:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T22:30:52","slug":"for-sale-2014-aston-martin-vanquish-featured-on-top-gear-and-jay-lenos-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2013\/11\/16\/for-sale-2014-aston-martin-vanquish-featured-on-top-gear-and-jay-lenos-garage\/","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish featured on Top Gear and Jay Leno&#8217;s Garage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston7-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston7-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston7-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston7-696x462.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston7-1068x710.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston7.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nRemember the episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eKBGcQfp1DI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top Gear<\/a> where Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond race each-other from Palm Springs, CA to the Mexican Border? Jeremy drove in a yellow Lexus LFA, James in a Flugplatz Blue Aston Martin Vanquish and Richard in a black Dodge Viper.<\/p>\n<p>Well the blue Aston Martin Vanquish that James May piloted in the episode has ended up in the Distinctive Collection&#8217;s showroom in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Yes, the car is for sale.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-9528-84002\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-134353\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/top-gearleno-aston-martin-vanquish-gallery\/aston1.jpg\" title=\" \" class=\"thickbox\" rel=\"set_9528\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"aston1\" alt=\"aston1\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/top-gearleno-aston-martin-vanquish-gallery\/thumbs\/thumbs_aston1.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-134354\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/top-gearleno-aston-martin-vanquish-gallery\/aston10.jpg\" 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So that&#8217;s two automotive celebrities that have been behind the wheel, and now the car sits dormant in the Calgary dealership, begging to hit the road again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston17-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston17-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston17-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston17-696x462.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston17-1068x710.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Aston17.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The car is a brand new 2014 model Vanquish with a 6-speed automatic transmission and 6.0L 565hp V12 engine. With a Flugplatz Blue paint job, it&#8217;s a car that&#8217;s sure to get noticed on the streets. The car, though a 2014 model, has already tracked 19,000 km on the motor. But given that the car was driven by Jay Leno and James May, we think it&#8217;s worth it. The car has been serviced at Distinctive Collection and is ready for it&#8217;s new owner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the episode of Top Gear where Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond race each-other from Palm Springs, CA to the Mexican Border? Jeremy drove in a yellow Lexus LFA, James in a Flugplatz Blue Aston Martin Vanquish and Richard in a black Dodge Viper. Well the blue Aston Martin Vanquish that James May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":84610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20418,2701],"tags":[23264,2116,976,529],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}