X150 XKR 4.2 vs 5.0: Opinions and advice required

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TorqueDirty said:

Yes it is quite a car that's for sure. We did have a hankering for a V8 Vantage but we'd have had to get an older 4.3 and the Jag was better in pretty much every important way really (apart from badge top trumps and styling perhaps)

TD

I think you would find the Aston harder work for the pleasure it returns. There is something very feline as well as feral about the XKR. In addition the view out over the bonnet is epic. It is a basic issue about today's Astons that the bonnet disappears in front of you so you can't aim the car as easily.