1998 Aston Martin Virage Coupe

This car is offered from outside of the European Union. It has been imported under temporary admission customs bond and is therefore subject to Dutch import tax (9%) on top of the winning bid price. Cars less than 30 years old will pay 10% Dutch import tax plus 21% VAT on the hammer. If exporting immediately to another country, then tax/duty will only be paid in that country.

The winning bidder will pay €500 customs charge on top of the ‘hammer’ price.

The winning bidder will receive a receipt for the final hammer value, as their proof of purchase.

This vehicle has been on static display in the Middle East for a number of years and the only history or paperwork available is displayed in the photo gallery. In all cases the papers shown are photocopies unless otherwise stated. We do not have the original paperwork.

Unless otherwise stated, we have not tried to start or drive the car and cannot vouch for its mechanical viability or functionality. The car is not registered anywhere.

It will require recommissioning prior to road use and is sold ‘as seen’.

As CARS Europe BV is the guarantor of all customs duties and taxes for vehicles within Dutch customs bond, the car cannot be released until full payment received.

All storage charges (€30 + local VAT per day commencing from the sixth day following the auction end) must be paid in full prior to the vehicle’s collection or onward transportation. Collection and viewings are strictly by appointment only.

Please send an email to the storage centre to ensure vehicle(s) are ready at time of collection. Photographic ID will be required at time of collection. If a third party is collecting for you, then written authorisation is required in advance from you and photographic ID of the third party is required at the time of collection.

CARS Europe BV will contact you after the balance payment is received to confirm onward transport requirements. For enquiries about import tax and shipping contact Madam Joanna Herlihy, +31 (0) 252 682 526, +44 7483 433912, [email protected]

VIN: SCFCAM2S7NBL50299.

We think this LHD auto Aston Martin Virage entered the vendor’s collection of static display cars at some time in or around 2003, when it is recorded as being in his ownership and undergoing a documented and comprehensive schedule of maintenance and servicing work carried out by Aston Martin Works Service in the UK.

An invoice states that Aston Martin carried out a “…full 24,000 mile service” at the time.

This is important as the trip computer refuses to spring into life and, consequently, we can’t see or read the odometer.

We know this to be a fairly common fault with Virages of a certain vintage.

It is reasonably safe to assume that, in common with other cars in the vendor’s static display collection, if will have added few if any miles/kms to that 2003 reading in the intervening years

We haven’t started or driven the car, so we can only assess it on its cosmetic condition.

The car comes with very little in the way of history or records, aside from the aforementioned invoices and a sales receipt stating that the car was delivered new to a dealership in Arizona in 1992 at a cost of $230,000.00.

None of the paperwork represents any kind of licencing or registration documentation.

The car’s bodywork is excellent, as is the paintwork.

The panels, panel gaps and shut lines are all consistent with what you should expect to find on a hand-built car.

The after-market exhaust tail pipes are incorrect.

The first thing that will catch your eye, however, is the puzzling array of wholly erroneous (but thankfully removable) badges adorning the car.

There are ‘Vantage’ badges in numerous places (it isn’t a Vantage).

There is also a ‘DB9’ badge (clearly it isn’t a DB9, not even one, as in this instance, where the 9 is created through the deployment of an inverted 6).

More bizarrely still, there is an ‘SV’ suffix, suggesting that the car might in fact be a Lamborghini (it isn’t).

As we say, the good news is that these badges can, of course, be removed.

Underneath all this misleading badging is a low-kilometres (we think) Virage that probably hasn’t been used since it was last serviced and fettled by Aston Martin Works Service themselves at their legendary Newport Pagnell site in the UK.

There are a few scratches on the front wing and the door on the driver’s side.

Some paint has rubbed off on the edge of the passenger door.

The front valance has the expected and standard number and quality of stone chips and scuffs.

Aside from that, the car is largely free of any notable blemishes, and the wheels, lights, lenses and trim are all broadly decent.

Aside from one or two relatively minor issues, it’s an equally impressive story on the inside, where the cream leather upholstery (piped red) has very few signs of wear or use to attest for its years of life and just needs a thorough clean.

Some light creasing on the driver’s seat bolsters is the only indication that the car has seen any meaningful use.

The carpets have fared rather less well and it’s clear that moths and their offspring have been at work.

Elsewhere, the door cards are good, as is the headlining and the boot.

The wood veneers are all in very good condition (some of them have yet more after-market badging affixed to them), much like the dashboard and steering wheel.

Beyond knowing that the trip computer doesn’t work, we can’t make any claims about the functionality of switches, knobs, levers, toggles, buttons, dials, or other electrics as we haven’t started or driven the car.

The clean, dry engine and engine bay look rather dry and dusty but otherwise all seems to be present and correct.

The car’s undersides look clean and tidy and seem to have a good deal of structural integrity as far as we can see.

At present, it’s only possible to open the bonnet by pulling on the bonnet release cable with a pair of pliers. The windscreen washers are not properly fixed to the underside of the bonnet.

Unless otherwise stated, this car comes with no history or service records beyond whatever photocopied documents are shown in the gallery.

No documents shown in the gallery in any way constitute any kind of licensing or registration certification.

It must be registered in the country of your choice and you will need to contact the appropriate vehicle licensing agency for instructions on how to do this.

Eccentric badging aside, this car seems to be in really very good condition all-round and nothing we’ve seen challenges our belief that this is a good, low-kilometres example - provided, of course, that the engine, electrics and mechanicals are amenable to recommissioning and as good as the rest of it.

Viewing is always encouraged, and this particular car is located in a bonded warehouse near Amsterdam. To arrange an appointment please use the Contact Seller button at the top of the listing. Feel free to ask any questions or make observations in the comments section below, or try our ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.