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TWO AUTOMOTIVE MAJORS COMMEMORATE LEGENDARY  LEGENDARY SECOND WORLD WAR FIGHTER PLANES WITH A TAKE OF THEIR OWN..............





                                WORDS: DEJAN JOVANOVIC


Gaydon looked at this with some respectful maturity. After all it's a big deal paying home to the twelve cylinders that helped win a war for your home country.

Astom Mertin's new special v12 Vantage S Spitfire 80 come out to commemorate the legendary second world war fighter Supermarine Spitfire powered by rolls royce Merlin V12 engine, and just in time for the plane 80th birthday suitably, the two have cylinder counts in common and Aston martin also thought carefully about the details. The job been handed over to aston's Q bespoke department who will build just eight example of the spitfire 80 priced from.


In the name of authenticity and tradition, every Spitfire 80 gest parts such exhaust tips and a cabin chassis brace made by the Aircraft Restoration Company, a Britishspecialist that also does historic planes for hollywood moviies.


Naturally you can only have  it in green, specifically Duxford green with yellow pin striping just like the plan had on its wings. Other bits like the rear diffuser and spoilers are in carbon fibre while the interior gets special commemorative logos and saddle leather and sheepskin floor mast influenced by classic bomber jackets.


In fact optionally you can spec up with a praoper Irvin flying jacket compete with helmet and gogles and opt for a special vehicle handover at an air exhibition in England this October.

The best part is you get to meet spitfire pilots, blast up and down the runway in your new V12 vantage S spitfire 80 and watch the real thing in action in the skies. otherwise the spitfire 80 is a regular V12 vantage s, meaning a 565bhp V12 engin and 0-100kph in 3.9 second.



The fellas in Detroit meanwhile have a completely different take on remembering the yanks national hero of the clouds. Which is mainly gaudy neon lights.

Still Ford's special edition ford ole yeller  Mustang Shelby GT350 celebrates the legendary north American P-51D Mustang fighter plane.

Specifically the car celebrates a Mustang actually named ole Yeller, the one made famous at the reno National Championship Air Races by US Air Force ace bob Hoover who is regarded as the greatest acrobatic pilot of all time.

With its 526bhp flat plane crankshaft 5.2 letre V8, carbon fibr exterior accents andd special paint theme the ole yeller on wheels will be auctioned for charity later this month with proceeds going to an education programme geared to school the next generation of engineers and aviatirs. Teach them to go easy on the neon yeah guys.