Aston Martin DB7 Vantage

Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
Statistics
Colors	Islay Blue      Southerland Red      Mendip Blue      Chiltern Green
Status	Locked
How To Earn	Successfully complete all lessons, midterms, and the Final Exam in the London Crash Course
Win Points (Pro)	2,000
Engine Displacement	6.0 liter
Horsepower	30 9kW (420bhp)@ 6000 RPM
Torque	542 Nm (400 lb. ft) @ %000 RPM
Length	4692 mm
Wheelbase	2591 mm
Weight	1775 kg

“	Founded in 1914 in a small west London workshop, Aston Martin makes some of the finest sports cars in the world!	”
	— San Francisco Announcer (US Sportscaster; race openings with the DB7 Vantage)

The Aston Martin DB7 Vantage is a standard vehicle in Midtown Madness 2 that is unlocked through completing the Final Exam in the London Crash Course. It is one of the fastest cars in the game, behind the Panoz GTR-1. In HQTM Team's Classic Madness mod, it is replaced by the classic Aston Martin DB5.

Overview

In-Game Description

• Midtown Madness 2

Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
"The twelve cylinder engine will have you whipping past opponents with ease, but can you handle this much power?"

Details

The Aston Martin DB7 Vantage is a locked car by default in Midtown Madness 2. It is earned after the player completes all the London Crash Course sessions (including midterms and final exams). It has four default colors and is one of the fastest vehicles in the game. It is also a RHD (Right-Hand Drive) vehicle, distinguishing it as a European-spec car.

The Aston Martin DB7 Vantage has twelve cylinders, making it the first type of engine in an Aston Martin. This translates to an incredible top speed that will have you whipping past traffic at breakneck speeds.

History

A real Aston Martin DB7 (US LHD variant)

The Aston Martin DB7 was introduced in 1994 to add a coupe to the brand's lineup alongside the V8 Vantage muscle car. The vehicle was designed with huge influence from Jaguar (hence the similarities to the Jaguar XK-8 of the era), while also taking styling cues from the DB series of the 1950s and '60s (particularly the Aston Martin DB5). The Aston Martin DB7 Vantage was introduced in 1999 as a higher-end performance model, which housed a powerful V12 engine. In 2002, further performance models, the V12 GT and GTA, were released, before design house Zagato released their own version in 2002. In 2004, the DB7 ceased production, to be followed by the beautiful Aston Martin DB9, and subsequently, the new DBS which starred in James Bond's 2006 movie/film, Casino Royale. Aston Martin have also produced Vanquish and Vantage models, as well as the four-seat Rapide and super-fast One-77, as well as the DBR9 and DBRS9 race cars.

Races As An Opponent

All races with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage as a computer-generated opponent:

• San Francisco (MM2)
• London (MM2)

All races with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in San Francisco:

• Checkpoint Races
• Circuit Races

Race	Number of Cars (Amateur)	Number of Cars (Professional)
Racing 101	0	0
Deck The Hall	0	0
Golden Hour	0	0
City Tour	0	0
Foggy Memory	0	0
Park & Ride	0	0
The Hills Are Alive	0	0
Lookout!	0	0
Wanted!	0	0
After Hours	0	0
Full Speed Ahead	0	0
Panoz Pressure	0	0

Color	Featured in Race
Yes	Yes
No	No

Race	Number of Cars (Amateur)	Number of Cars (Professional)
Take It Easy	0	0
Hang Time	0	0
Gimme SOMA	0	0
Wind It Up	0	0
Midtown Mayhem	0	0
Chinatown	0	0
Presidio!	0	4
Square Dancing	0	0
Circuit Breaker	0	0
Floor It!	0	0

Color	Featured in Race
Yes	Yes
No	No

All races with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London:

• Checkpoint Races
• Circuit Races

Race	Number of Cars (Amateur)	Number of Cars (Professional)
Top Of The Morning	0	0
Bridge Bash	0	0
Through The Park	0	0
V & A Visit	0	0
South Bank Brawl	0	4
River Thames Run	0	4
Circuit Within	0	4
Check This!	4	4
Splish Splash	4	4
Cut It Short	8	0
Dizzy Driving	4	0
Foggy, Foggy Night	0	0

Color	Featured in Race
Yes	Yes
No	No

Race	Number of Cars (Amateur)	Number of Cars (Professional)
Mini Race	0	0
Round Westminster	0	0
View From Two Bridges	0	0
Parks But No Parking	0	0
City Circuit	0	4
Underground	0	4
London Run	0	0
Gimme Some Royalties	4	0
Soho Mojo	4	0
Zany Zigzag	0	0

Color	Featured in Race
Yes	Yes
No	No

Stats

• Top Speed: 180 mph
• Horsepower: 420 bhp
• Mass: 3,913 lbs.
• Durability: Low

Available Colours

Islay Blue (originally named "Periwinkle" in the early beta versions of MM2)
Southerland Red (originally named "Rose" in the early beta versions of MM2)
Mendip Blue (originally named "Cobalt" in the early beta versions of MM2)
Chiltern Green (originally named "Verdigris" in the early beta versions of MM2)
Scorcher (originally had an exclamation point added in the early beta versions of MM2)

NialBlack's Color Mod

Silver (made available for MM2 Colors Pack)

Tan (made available for MM2 Colors Pack)

White (made available for MM2 Colors Pack)

Black (made available for MM2 Colors Pack)

Freezed (made available for MM2 Colors Pack)

Magenta (made available for MM2 Colors Pack)

Turquoise (made available for MM2 Colors Pack)

Sounds

Sound	Information	Audio File
Demonstration	Heard from the Vehicle Selection Screen when the player selects the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage.
Horn	Horn Sounds
Idle	Engine idle, vehicle motionless
Engine Sounds	Engine rev sounds	Low: Medium: High:

Quotes

All in-game commentary provided specifically for the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage:

• San Francisco (MM2)
• London (MM2)

All San Francisco quotes that apply to the Aston Marin DB7 Vantage, provided by various announcers:

• Race Openings
• Winning
• Losing

All race openings when the player races with the Aston Marin DB7 Vantage as the selected car.

Quote	Spoken By	Heard When	Audio File
Good gosh, there's an Aston Martin in this race! I hope that driver's careful! 'Cause those cars don't come cheap!	US Sportscaster (San Francisco)	San Francisco race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage.
Founded in 1914 in a small west London workshop, Aston Martin makes some of the finest sports cars in the world!	US Sportscaster (San Francisco)	San Francisco race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
Listen, that Aston Martin costs about as much as this city! So be careful!	Urban Guy (San Francisco)	San Francisco race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
That Aston Martin has twelve cylinders! You better hold on tight!	Urban Guy (San Francisco)	San Francisco race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
You look like James Bond in that Aston Martin! You are so in man!	Hippie (San Francisco)	San Francisco race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
Okay, special agent, let's see what you've got!	Woman (San Francisco)	San Francisco race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
I like my race cars shaken, not stirred.	Woman (San Francisco)	San Francisco race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage

Quote	Spoken By	Heard When	Audio File
The Aston Martin races across the Finish Line and pulls down the victory! Grrreat driving!	US Sportscaster (San Francisco)	Player finishes first with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in San Francisco
There's no stopping our secret agent in that new Aston Martin! The good guys win again!	US Sportscaster (San Francisco)	Player finishes first with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in San Francisco

Quote	Spoken By	Heard When	Audio File
Why the Aston Martin isn't in the winner's circle is absolutely beyond me!	US Sportscaster (San Francisco)	Player loses in second place or later with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in San Francisco
How the Aston Martin didn't win is absolutely baffling!	US Sportscaster (San Francisco)	Player loses in second place or later with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in San Francisco

All London quotes that apply to the Aston Marin DB7 Vantage, provided by various announcers:

• Race Openings
• Winning
• Losing
• Unlocking Vehicle

All London race openings of the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage:

Quote	Spoken By	Heard When	Audio File
You'll have to admire the courage of the Aston Martin driver, taking more than six figures worth of car careening through the city today!	UK Sportscaster (London)	London race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
Now that is one bunny car you're driving there! Be careful with it! Well, not really! Just go as fast as you can!	Scottsman (London)	London race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
Twelve cylinders in that Aston. Twelve! That's like two cars rolled into one! How can you lose?!	Mister (London)	London race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
That Aston Martin is one fine car! I do believe I own one of those. But I'll have to check with my motor pool.	Woman (London)	London race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
That Aston Martin is one beautiful car! Even I might consider selling out if I can get one of those!	Punk Girl (London)	London race opens with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage

All London winning quotes for when the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage finishes in first place.

Quote	Spoken By	Heard When	Audio File
The Aston Martin is a dozen cylinders of pure horsepower! It ran this race like a god among mere mortals!	UK Sportscaster (London)	Player finishes first with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London
Now that's driving! Worthy of the secret agent man himself! I am impressed!	Scottsman (London)	Player finishes first with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London
Now that is a fab bit of driving in a absolutely fabulous machine!	Mister (London)	Player finishes first with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London

All London losing quotes when the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage loses in second place or later.

Quote	Spoken By	Heard When	Audio File
Well you could do worse than that finish! But in an Aston Martin, you probably should be doing better!	UK Sportscaster (London)	Player loses in second place or later with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London
You didn't exactly disgrace that beautiful Aston Martin, but you didn't exactly do it an honor either! Maybe, you'll win next time, huh?	Scottsman (London)	Player loses in second place or later with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London
Okay, I'll grant you a so-so finish in the Aston! But only once! Now go win the next bloody race!	Mister (London)	Player loses in second place or later with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London
How in the world did that Aston Martin finish there?! I guess it's too much horsepower for that rider!	UK Sportscaster (London)	Player loses in second place or later with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London
That is much too much of a car for you to be handling like that! Go back and select a new vehicle, now!	Scottsman (London)	Player loses in second place or later with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London
Sometimes you can blame the car for a poor performance! But don't you dare blame that Aston Martin for that one!	Scottsman (London)	Player loses in second place or later with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London
The Aston is too much car to be finishing so badly! If you're going to lose, go select something else to drive!	Mister (London)	Player loses in second place or later with the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London

Unlocking the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage in London:

Quote	Spoken By	Heard When	Audio File
And let me tell you, you've just unlocked the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage! Whof, nice job.	London Crash Course Advisor	When the player successfully finishes all lessons, midterms, and exams, in the London Crash Course.
Weeell done! You've just unlocked the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage!	Shakespeare (London)	This line was meant to be used for unlocking this car after completing enough London races, but it's unused.

MM1 Mod Version

There is an MM1 version of the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage, converted from MM2's format. It includes the original dashboard and sounds, appropriate tuning, MM1-style headlights, and all the colors from MM2.

Trivia

• Like the Panoz Roadster, the Cadillac Eldorado, the VW New Beetle RSi, and the Audi TT, the DB7 uses the wrong drivetrain in Midtown Madness 2. It is set as a front-wheel drive instead of a rear-wheel drive. This was corrected in the MM2 Revisited mod.
• "Southerland" in the name of the "Southerland Red" paint scheme is a play on the word "Sutherland". However, this was changed in the fifth beta of MM2 Revisited V6.
• The mm2audex.ar file contains higher quality sounds for this car. This also applies to the Ford Mustang GT.
• This car was originally going to be based on the standard DB7 model, as seen in the beta versions of Midtown Madness 2, where this car's vehicle showcase screen uses a different picture and the car is simply called the "Aston Martin DB7." Moreover, the rear texture has the badge on the trunk instead of above the number plate like it should on the Vantage model.
• This car was also simply called "Aston Martin" on the vehicle selection screen in the Betas. This later changed in the final release. In the later versions of the game, including the final release, the announcers would often refer to this car by its brand name, along with the Freightliner Century, the Mini Cooper Classic and the New Mini Cooper.
• Despite "Scorcher" being a custom paint job, it is already unlocked when this car is unlocked, most likely because Angel Studios could not come up with a race to unlock it from, unlike other default vehicles that have custom paint jobs (except the American LaFrance Fire Truck, which accidentally has its Dalmatian paint job unlocked by default as well due to an error in the game's files that can be fixing by modding Midtown Madness 2).
• Due to the shape of its BOUND file, this car has a tendency to hit curbs, usually from its front end. This also applies to the Panoz GTR-1 and the VW New Beetle RSi. They were fixed in MM2 Revisited V6 thanks to new bound files and 3D models for these cars.
• There is a model file for another version of this car in the game files named "vpdb731.pkg." It has a slightly different shape (not a 100% identical duplicate of vpdb7.pkg, the original model file), last modified on November 23, 1999 at 11:07 AM (GMT), being one of the very first models ever made for Midtown Madness 2 during development. This also applies to the American LaFrance Fire Truck, the VW New Beetle RSi and the VW New Beetle Dune.
• Coincidentally, its audio files were misspelled as Austin. The Austin Motor Company were a British motor company who were one of the car companies that produced the original Mini.
• In the alpha version of Midtown Madness 2, this car only reused sound effects from the Panoz Roadster as it didn't have its own sound effects yet. This has been noticed in the game's trailer. This also applies to the London Cab, the Mini Cooper Classic, and the Double-Decker Bus.
• Outside of Midtown Madness 2, the DB7 has notably appeared in the Gran Turismo series and the Test Drive series.
• Its engine sounds were recycled for the Taxi Cabs in Midnight Club: Street Racing, another racing video game developed by Angel Studios.

Gallery

The DB7 Vantage in MM2

Vehicles Showcase (US-spec model shown)

Early vehicle showcase screen from the June 2000 build. The model shown in the picture is the base model.

Dashboard View