The GT8! Carbon fibre bodied £200K 440BHP 7 Speed V8.

[Jon39]

Shmee said:

I saw one today in black with no aero kit, no accents, no carbon, and the standard wheels; very 'plain' Vantage.

If the owner is amongst us; - You certainly have a beautiful, unique and very special understated car, which will give you great enjoyment.

If not; - How odd. I doubt the wider wings would even be noticed, so how would anyone know it is the GT8?
Hope it never meets a V12V (half the price) at the lights.

Is purchasing a GT8 like buying a Porsche? Would this owner have paid extra, to delete wing and paintwork stripes?

[AdamV12V]

Jon39 said:

If the owner is amongst us; - You certainly have a beautiful, unique and very special understated car, which will give you great enjoyment.

If not; - How odd. I doubt the wider wings would even be noticed, so how would anyone know it is the GT8?
Hope it never meets a V12V (half the price) at the lights.

Is purchasing a GT8 like buying a Porsche? Would this owner have paid extra, to delete wing and paintwork stripes?

LOL - maybe he was just tight/skint and wanted to buy one for the actual base £165K RRP!

[RobDown]

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/741627/As...

[JohnG1]

RobDown said:

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/741627/As...

Not a great article. Nearly 600bhp from the 4.7 ?? Don't think so...

Good luck for the race though!

[RobDown]

Yes, it's not quite production spec...

[FFM]

Big typo I believe. The engine should be the same as in the GT8.

Glad to see Turner back in it after the last Nurburgring 24h race

[Shmee]

From the front page, DB11 Volante spyshots:



That looks very much like a GT8 with a GT12 bonnet, any thoughts what's up or being tested there?

[RobDown]

Same mule that was testing at the Nurburgring earlier in the year?

[Shmee]

RobDown said:

Same mule that was testing at the Nurburgring earlier in the year?

Looks like it for sure, just parts leftover that were being tested with then.

[AOK]

RobDown said:

Same mule that was testing at the Nurburgring earlier in the year?

That's KW65WJM which was the test mule

There were also 2 cars registered in April which appear to be pre-production test cars. KU16EJV(RHD) is white (wrapped matt black). KU16EJZ(LHD) is silver and doesn't have the aero pack.

Photos not mine:

[rkwm1]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOK-xmvg1Ng/?tagged=gt...

Gives a good idea of how loud the GT8 is. Usually a C63 can hold its own for sound, but not in this company!

[RobDown]

The car looks great Graham!

[IanV12VR]

Looks great and sounds fantastic Graham - Congrats.

[V8Staffie]

Thanks Folks,

It's a fantastic car having lots of fun getting back in the manual frame of mind again.

Roll on 2017 with a few track days and a visit to Spa in April


Few pictures taken by a few people of late 1st picture by Tom Kurek :











Had PPF fitted as well which looks great and highly recommend

Regards
Graham

Edited by V8Staffie on Tuesday 20th December 06:47

[FFM]

V8Staffie said:

Thanks Folks,

It's a fantastic car having lots of fun getting back in the manual frame of mind again.

Roll on 2017 with a few track days and a visit to Spa in April


Few pictures taken by a few people of late 1st picture by Tom Kurek :











Had PPF fitted as well which looks great and highly recommend

Regards
Graham

Edited by V8Staffie on Tuesday 20th December 06:47

Glad you're having fun with it!! See you soon G

[V8 Vantage GT]

Mr. Tim Shmee, I watched you latest, actually all your videos so far on the making of your GT8. Thank you for making them, they are very informative and fun to watch, to see what most of us never get a chance to, a behind the scenes look at the building of the Vantage. What a really beautiful color combo you chose, the Blue with Orange accents. Blew me away seeing the lady stitching the seat, by hand, so perfect, can't imagine the skill it takes, no room for error there. I look forward to more videos, thank you again for sharing.

[V8Staffie]

Shmee said:

B4rnst4ble said:

Sounds nice and understated to me as an Aston should , I thought the gt8 was about the performance .... do the accent colours make it go faster

Is it about performance or experience though? If we were buying performance we'd save some cash and take a 570S.

Last weekend I had the pleasure of using both my Vantage V12 S Roadster and GT8 back to back and it definitely about the experience with the GT8. With the theatregoing on around you in the GT8 I certainly have not noticed the lack of performance as yet. I was so blown away I have booked a few track days in 2017 including Spa to see what it's like. I have promised my wife by Dec 2017 I will be back to being a one car man. Before GT8 ownership my V12S was the keeper no questions! The GT8 has got me and if I am honest very hard to put into words without rolling out a load of old top gear cliches. Even down to the manual gear box that I miss in the V12S and this is from someone who until a month ago had not owned or driven a manual one 10 years.
Cant wait to hear updates from other owners as they take delivery in 2017


Graham

[alscar]

Staffie , your car looks and sounds amazing - we are finally at the factory tomorrow to see mine.
Will hopefully post pics from the line - should spark a marmite type conversation.

[FrankieV12VS]

alscar said:

Staffie , your car looks and sounds amazing - we are finally at the factory tomorrow to see mine.
Will hopefully post pics from the line - should spark a marmite type conversation.

Only if it's got through the paint section...

[alscar]

Frankie ,don't even joke about that - until I see it the flesh I'm still not sure they have agreed !