I really like the Callum design touches (at least most of them), but I’d opt for the paddle shift manual as is (makes you feel like a shifting god but still involving as compared to an auto trans).
Unlike many, I have no problems with current Aston designs, but I do think that the Vanquish 25, sympathetically modernising a car that was very attractive in its day, is perhaps the best looking car on the road. A shame it is so exclusive.