Words: Kyle Cassidy
Published 4 August 2026
Aston Martin has dipped into its back catalogue to create five one-off sports cars wearing colours first offered during the 1960s and 1970s.
Known collectively as the Heritage Edition collection, the five cars were commissioned by Aston Martin Newport Beach in California and created through the Q by Aston Martin personalisation programme.
Each is a 2027 model-year car finished in a different historic colour recreated using modern paint technology. The collection comprises a DB12 coupe, DB12 Volante, Vanquish coupe, Vantage coupe and Vantage Roadster.
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There’s a catch for anyone already reaching for the chequebook: all five are available exclusively through the Newport Beach dealership.
Aston Martin says these are the only examples of its current models painted in these particular colours.
Five cars, five stories
The DB12 Volante is finished in Pale Primrose, a shade that appeared on the cover of Aston Martin’s 1958 DB4 sales brochure. It was later used by Corgi for one of its Aston models, which helped inspire the famous James Bond DB5 toy released during the 1960s.
The convertible pairs that pale-yellow finish with Aston Martin’s 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8, producing 500kW.
A DB12 coupe wears Pacific Blue, which was originally available on the DB4 before also appearing on the DB5 and DB6. To recreate it, Q by Aston Martin studied an original colour sample from a period DB6 brochure.
It shares the Volante’s 500kW V8 but, naturally, keeps a fixed roof.
Next is the flagship Vanquish coupe in Tudor Green, a metallic finish closely associated with Aston Martins from the 1970s. It’s arguably the most suitably British combination of the five, particularly when paired with the Vanquish’s dark walnut interior trim.
Beneath its long bonnet is a 5.2-litre twin-turbocharged V12 producing 615kW. Aston Martin claims a top speed of 344km/h, making it comfortably the fastest member of the collection.
The Vantage coupe revives Winchester Blue, named after the English cathedral city. It became particularly well known on the original V8 Vantage during the 1970s, making its use on the current Vantage a neat link between generations. Its 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 produces 489kW.
Rounding out the collection is a Vantage Roadster painted Mink Silver. The pale metallic shade was popular on the DB6, with Aston Martin saying more than 100 examples were painted in Mink during the 1960s.
Like the coupe, the Roadster produces 489kW, but adds an electrically operated folding roof.
Bespoke details inside
The heritage treatment continues inside each car, where Q by Aston Martin has fitted perforated and fluted seats. Aston Martin says this is the first time that particular design has been used in the latest Vantage and Vanquish.
Other additions include heritage Aston Martin logos embroidered into the centre armrests and model-specific Heritage Edition sill plaques.
The DB12 coupe, DB12 Volante and Vanquish also receive dark walnut open-pore wood trim.
“Every Aston Martin tells a story, and these Heritage Edition commissions celebrate some of the colours that helped define the marque during one of its most celebrated eras,” said Aston Martin Newport Beach general manager Jeff West.
“Working alongside Q by Aston Martin allowed us to honour these historic finishes while pairing them with today’s most advanced sports cars, creating a collection that bridges Aston Martin’s extraordinary heritage with its uncompromising future.”
Each Heritage Edition is a genuine one-off, so there won’t be another current-generation Aston Martin wearing the same combination. Whether that remains the case once other customers see these revived colours is another question.
