RE: Is this a turbocharged Aston Vantage?

RE: Is this a turbocharged Aston Vantage?

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Glendower

145 posts

151 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Bennyp said:
It's a fair cop guv'nor....my humour may be poor. I was however a little disappointed when purchasing a brand new V8 in 2006. For a beautiful car I felt it under delivered from a drivers perspective, in my opinion the steering did not deliver great feedback at high speed and the 19inch wheels delivered poor ride quality and tracked every line in the road. I haven't driven the newer versions so cannot comment on how they drive now. The 56 plate car also had to be returned to the Newport Pagnell site for a rear end respray as we discovered runs in the paint on the boot lid and rear quarters. I appreciate that this is not the usual experience when buying an Aston, and have to say Aston's service was fantastic when handling the respray issue.
Couldn't agree more, my 06 Aston sounded and looked great, but was a bit underpowered. I had zero reliability/ finish issues, in fact am on my third now, the 4.7 is defo a better prospect, but am having a few mods to improve power and drive ability.