What Aston did I just have fun with?

[Vladimir]

Sadly not me driving; pulled behind me near Polzeath, Cornwall and we had a rather spirited drive for a mere two miles on a tight, twisty B road. Good driver and it ended with a friendly flash and a toot.

Now I'm usually a car geek supremo but I can't place this - looked brand new (with 51 plate but I guess it was private?!), black, about 1" silver painted grille surround, LED DRLs so must be pretty recent. A bit big for a Vantage but didn't look long enough for the Virage. Wrong grille for a Vanquish I think but not certain.

Anyway, good driving, nice to see another enthusiast - in a drop dead gorgeous car worth multiples of my wee shopping hatch.

[Gettoff]

Difficult to say,

Could it be an N430?



or a V12VS?

[williamp]

[Vladimir]

Gettoff said:

Difficult to say,

Could it be an N430?



or a V12VS?

99% sure it was that N430 - looked exactly the same. Cheers!

[Jon39]

The clue would seem to be your description of the, '1" silver painted grille surround'.

As Gettoff has stated, there are two models.

This might be a way to tell which one followed you.
If the driver stayed in second gear, then Vantage V8 N430, whereas if the car remained in first gear, it would be a Vantage V12S (top speed 205 mph). ->

Should you be interested, I don't think DRLs are a requirement yet for the Vantage, because introduction was 2005. The sidelights may have been switched on.

Glad you enjoyed seeing the car.

[SFO]

N430 not supposed to be available till August ...

perhaps a factory car?

[BravoV8V]

SFO said:

N430 not supposed to be available till August ...

perhaps a factory car?

...or somebody has just put some silver 'lipstick' on their black V8V.

Plenty of other owners have done something similar.

[Gettoff]

BravoV8V said:

...or somebody has just put some silver 'lipstick' on their black V8V.

Plenty of other owners have done something similar.

You could be right, they do all look the same..

[Vladimir]

BravoV8V said:

...or somebody has just put some silver 'lipstick' on their black V8V.

Plenty of other owners have done something similar.

It was a more silver colour than the more chrome pic above.

Whatever it was, the driver knew his stuff and I drove the wheels off my M135i.