RE: New Aston Martin Vantage gets huge power boost
Discussion
Probably needed to boost the power so it wasn’t outgunned by a mid range Kia EV (at least on paper).
The price seems to have doubled in the past 20 years but has everyone’s salaries also doubled?
I was at Geneva the year the original Vantage V8 was unveiled and I remember both my wife and I were bowled over by the design. This seems too fussy and a bit too in your face for me.
The price seems to have doubled in the past 20 years but has everyone’s salaries also doubled?
I was at Geneva the year the original Vantage V8 was unveiled and I remember both my wife and I were bowled over by the design. This seems too fussy and a bit too in your face for me.
k you can't unsee that over wheeled bloater, looks a pound shop Lightening McQueen.AndrewD said:
The looks and interior have improved.
But a near £200k sports car (inc options) and it has an auto gearbox?
I'm not keen on the looks, and the wheels look comically large to my eyes.But a near £200k sports car (inc options) and it has an auto gearbox?
As for the gearbox, I assume you would rather a DCT? A common complaint of the previous one but honestly I always felt the 8 speed ZF worked great in the Astons. Quick when you want manual mode and around town far better behaved than the Ferrari DCT
HorneyMX5 said:
I think I’m probably alone in this, but I prefer the original design of this car. It was much more futuristic Aston and less pipe and slippers aston.
Personally, I think this refresh is a huge improvement and makes it desirable again. I preferred the old model (particularly the V12) to the 2018 Vantage. Something just didn’t work styling-wise. I can’t wait to see these racing at Le Mans….
They’ve really thrown the kitchen sink at it, haven’t they. Personally prefer the looks of the previous car, and whilst the interior is massively better, it still looks over designed to me. I miss AM doing elegant.
One other thing, and this bothers me about the BD12 also, is how the radar unit breaks out of the shape of the grille. Surely on this it could sit a few centimetres higher so as to be unnoticeable. A designer will have penned that shape dozens and dozens of times, and they stick a black plastic box on it.
One other thing, and this bothers me about the BD12 also, is how the radar unit breaks out of the shape of the grille. Surely on this it could sit a few centimetres higher so as to be unnoticeable. A designer will have penned that shape dozens and dozens of times, and they stick a black plastic box on it.
I was hoping to.like it but it's not for me.
To my eyes it's far too busy and over styled at both ends. Added uncohesive aggression appears to have been the brief..
Its definately got presence but all the aggression looks ott on a car of this size and looks a bit vulgar and cartoonish to me..
Each to their own and I wish them every success with it but I do hope they make something classy and beautifal again in the future
To my eyes it's far too busy and over styled at both ends. Added uncohesive aggression appears to have been the brief..
Its definately got presence but all the aggression looks ott on a car of this size and looks a bit vulgar and cartoonish to me..
Each to their own and I wish them every success with it but I do hope they make something classy and beautifal again in the future
Lovely profile, still retains a good stance, and the interior is finally resolved and befitting of such a chariot, but the detailing is too vulgar for me with its gaping grille, black wheels and charcoal diffuser. It’s a car for Stella drinkers, not St Emilion, and if that means I’m in the pipe and slippers camp, then so be it (although I own neither). This does nothing for me. A Ferrari Roma is - to me - more elegant and classy. So is this car’s predecessor. This - to my eyes - is just shouty new money.
That said, I hope it sells. We need Aston Martin to succeed.
That said, I hope it sells. We need Aston Martin to succeed.
LM240 said:
HorneyMX5 said:
I think I’m probably alone in this, but I prefer the original design of this car. It was much more futuristic Aston and less pipe and slippers aston.
Personally, I think this refresh is a huge improvement and makes it desirable again. I preferred the old model (particularly the V12) to the 2018 Vantage. Something just didn’t work styling-wise. I can’t wait to see these racing at Le Mans….
This facelift version looks like the front and rear from two different cars were grafted together. I've always been on the fence with the One-77 that seems to have inspired this, but at least that car looked more cohesive.
The new interior is lovely though.
jayemm89 said:
AndrewD said:
The looks and interior have improved.
But a near £200k sports car (inc options) and it has an auto gearbox?
I'm not keen on the looks, and the wheels look comically large to my eyes.But a near £200k sports car (inc options) and it has an auto gearbox?
As for the gearbox, I assume you would rather a DCT? A common complaint of the previous one but honestly I always felt the 8 speed ZF worked great in the Astons. Quick when you want manual mode and around town far better behaved than the Ferrari DCT
BRM.
Looks great. Not that keen on the colour but I think in most others it'll be a real head turner. Interior looks near perfect. Decent seats, buttons, screen. I hope they've finally nailed it and this does well. If I was in the market I think I'd have this over any new Italian or German 2 seater.
All that was needed really. Anyone know if this Revenant frontend replacement is still available?
Styling wise, I don't think they've upstaged my 2013 Vantage just yet. I'm not even sure it would be as much fun to try deploying all that power on my favourite B roads either. And what happened to that promise to "always have a manual on offer"? I guess that was the now much maligned Andy Palmer speaking, so it can be dismissed.
I think they've done all the right things - improved the power and most importantly the interior and shifted the price to a higher bracket.
They're clearly not going to sell as many of these as they had first intended, as this sector of the market is not so strong and there are a lot of players now in it, so they might as well maximise the profit on the cars they do sell. Whether all this will guarantee their survival is still unclear....
They're clearly not going to sell as many of these as they had first intended, as this sector of the market is not so strong and there are a lot of players now in it, so they might as well maximise the profit on the cars they do sell. Whether all this will guarantee their survival is still unclear....
hoonatic said:
All that was needed really. Anyone know if this Revenant frontend replacement is still available?
Styling wise, I don't think they've upstaged my 2013 Vantage just yet. I'm not even sure it would be as much fun to try deploying all that power on my favourite B roads either. And what happened to that promise to "always have a manual on offer"? I guess that was the now much maligned Andy Palmer speaking, so it can be dismissed.
As for the update, it's certainly a challenging look from some angles. Dare I say there's a hint of DB5 from those headlights in the low front 3/4 view?
It's not immediately a pretty car but just it does certainly look purposeful. The updates under the hood and inside all look brilliant.
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