Details of the production V12 Vantage started to emerge a couple of weeks prior to the public first view at the Geneva Salon, 2009. It had been a little over a year since the V12 Vantage RS was first shown and the production ready V12 appeared faithful to the concept. Perhaps the most significant change was the dropping of the 'RS' tag following many negative comments by owners and enthusiasts. What is most fascinating is that the overall weight of the V12 Vantage was only 50kg heavier than the V8 due to significant weight reduction throughout the car. Fitted with the 510bhp version of the V12 (equivalent to DBS spec), the Vantage was claimed able to reach 190mph and 0-60 in 4.2 seconds. The deeper front carbonfibre airdam, extensive carbonfibre bonnet louvers, extended sill covers, carbonfibre rear diffuser and larger tail spoiler make it easy to identify the V12 over the regular V8, but I anticipate all that you will need is to hear the exhaust note. The pop-up boot spoiler didn't make it into production although this feature subsequently did feature on the production One-77.

The V12 Vantage became available in the third quarter of 2009 with a basic price in the UK of £135,000 and only with the conventional six speed manual gearbox as it wasn't possible to fit the Touchtronic 2. Initially the V12 Vantage has not available in the North America but following a redesign of the crash structure to meet US requirements, deliveries of 2011MY V12 Vantage began in October 2010.