Can anyone shed some light on what the '19 Vantage CEO Edition was. I know Andy Palmer inspected the first 458 Vantages, but that doesn't appear to be what gives a car this label. I've looked up the VINs on many of these first 458 cars and they are not listed as a CEO Editions. While trying to research what this was, I came across two that were for sale in the past and they both have sill plaques that say CEO Edition 2 of 6, & 4 of 6. The dealer selling these cars also makes the claim that there were only 6 CEO Edition cars made. I looked up my car in the Aston Martin Tech hub and it is a CEO Edition, it also has Palmers name and signature under the hood.

 

From what I remember, there were 458 CEO Editions built because the original 70's Vantage sold a total of 458 units. The plaque is the only identifying mark. Never heard anything about 1 of 6.

 

I received a reply from an employee of Aston Martin about the CEO Edition on another forum. He stated that Andy Palmer inspected the first 458 Vantages. Only the cars that he spec'd out received his signature under the hood and are designated as CEO Editions. So far is sounds that there were indeed only 6 of these cars. I have emailed Aston Martin directly to confirm this. As mentioned in my original post, I looked up the vin on several of the first 456 and none of them had the CEO Edition designation or Andy's signature on the engine. If the 6 total is correct, 3 of the 6 were right hand drive cars, (Andy Palmers, Paul Hollywood, plus one other), so that leaves 3 max for left hand drive cars (mine, a white Vantage in Canada, and one more). I have a picture of Paul Hollywoods car sill plaque and it states CEO Edition 1 of 6. I tried posting the picture but it will not attach. I will post more as I get more information.