Aston Martin Vanquish Volante Neiman Marcus Edition. Christmas is on its way

The Aston Martin Vanquish Volante is the 2013 Neiman Marcus Christmas car, with just 10 on offer at $344,500 each.

Aston Martin Vanquish Volante Neiman Marcus Edition

It seems like Christmas should be a long way off, but not if you’re Nieman Marcus – the Harrods of North America – where Christmas has arrived with the launch of their annual Christmas catalogue.

Regular readers will know the Neiman Marcus Christmas car is a special edition car offered each year and customised to make it unique – and more expensive.

Last year’s Neimen Marcus car was the McLaren 12C Spider (and the year before the Ferrari FF) and this year Neiman Marcus has stuck with the Brit offering and have the Aston Martin Vanquish Volante as their car of choice for Christmas 2013.

As usual, the Vanquish Volante comes with decent performance thanks to its latest version of Aston’s Ford derived V12, offering 565bhp and 457lb/ft of torque, enough to keep Neiman Marcus’s customer happy.

But this is a special edition Vanquish Volante, so it gets a unique Seychelles Blue paint job, matching brake calipers, dark finish alloys, sterling silver badges, Aurora Blue leather with contrast stitching, walnut trim, ‘Neiman Marcus’ on the headrests and a set of customised luggage.

The $344,500 price tag might seem high by US standards for a Vanquish Volante, but last year’s McLaren 12C Spider – similarly priced – sold out in just two hours.