Aston-based Kahn Vengeance revealed

Kahn has revealed the supercar it hopes to base its coachbuilt future on.

Following on from the wild Land Rover Defender-based Huntsman SUVs, its latest offering sees a current model-year Aston Martin DB9 used as a donor car to make a large, wide body two-door coupe.

Said to be inspired by the early Vanquish and older still AM V8 V600 Vantage the Vengeance’s designer, Afzal Kahn says the coachbuilt car is a “realisation of a dream I’ve had since childhood”.

Mechanically unchanged from the standard Aston Martin coupe, the Vengeance retains the DB9’s airbags and crash structures.

The Kahn coupe also features the current Aston’s 440kW/620Nm 6.0-litre V12 and six-speed automatic transmission.

Against the clock the Vengeance should take 4.6 seconds to reach 100km/h from standstill and hit 295km/h.

As distinct from the factory coupe, the Kahn rides on large 20-inch wheels at the front and larger still 21-inch wheels at the rear with wide 335 section tyres.

Handbuilt at a factory in the Midlands, UK, each car will come with an engraved plague in the boot bearing the names of each craftsmen who worked on the car – some of whom are said to have been involved in the Aston Martin One-77 hypercar.

Described as “extremely good value for a limited edition coachbuilt car”, the new Vengeance is priced from £300,000 (A$530,000.)

Kahn plans to make just five Vengeance coupes this year, with another ten to follow in 2016.

Unlike the recent Fisker Thunderbolt that ended in a lawsuit, there should be no copyright issues with the Vengeance since Aston Martin has confirmed it had entered into a supply deal with the tuner-cum-coachbuilder.