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used an advanced and complex chassis that predated the VH platform. Featuring a carbon fiber central tunnel and A pillars along with an aluminum alloy space frame, experience building the V12 Vanquish would be applied to all future Aston
Martins. While the original V12 Vanquish is not considered to
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in 2004, and has underpinned the DB9 through the course of its production run from 2004 to 2012. It was refined in 2008 for the 2009 model year DB9. The 2013 model year DB9 was underpinned by the
Generation III platform (VH300), where it shared structural components and hardware technology from the
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that underpinned their grand tourers and sports cars. It served as the basis for Aston Martin's production cars up until the introduction of the
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be a VH platform car, some consider it to be the "Ur-VH" platform vehicle as some elements of the
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