BRAWN AGAIN

IT’S STRANGE, IS IT NOT, THAT AMONGST THE growing wave of automotive icons being ‘reimagined’ by assorted specialists, the project that seems to have set teeth on edge is the only one to be led by the man responsible for the design of the original car.

I’m referring, of course, to the Callum Vanquish 25 – a bespoke and strictly limited run of 25 comprehensively uprated and restyled Mk1 Aston Martin Vanquishes. Built at Callum’s Warwickshire HQ (and UK base of Swiss-backed R-Reforged, who co-funded the Callum Vanquish programme), the Vanquish 25 is Ian Callum’s first independent car project since leaving his role as design director at Jaguar.

Personally I’ve always been smitten by the original Vanquish and rate it as Callum’s finest work. While I’ll readily concede the extensive upgrades to engine, chassis and brakes promise to refine