During 1992-93 five Aston Martin V8 Vantage prototypes were built. The first of these cars, chassis DP2055/1, was first shown to the public at the International Motor Show held at the NEC, Birmingham in October 1992. Three of the five V8 Vantage prototypes built have survived; numbers DP2055/3 and DP2055/4 were used for mandatory crash tests and were destroyed.
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