RE: Driven: Aston Martin Vanquish

[greggy50]

Apart from being uglier, having a slower top speed and two rubbish back seats why is this nearly twice the price of a V12 Vantage I just don't see it myself...

Edit 65k more and that's without options

For the price this is you could have both a 1yr old V12 vantage and a 1yr old rapide madness

Edited by greggy50 on Monday 19th November 20:05

[toppstuff]

I am a bit puzzled at the hate and negativity from some people here..

In the flesh, this car is a real and genuine development from the DBS. Parked next to a DBS, it makes the DBS look old.

It also has more room inside and a much nicer interior IMO.

It is pretty pricy, but the fact is that they are charging what the market will take. And the market for these cars nowadays is not the UK , so our moaning about the price rather misses the point.

I wish the Aston lads well with this car. It looks lovely and it is made by people who care.

[R32UK]

E38Ross said:

The looks are boring? You what? What do you drive that's so amazingly pretty then? And R32 golf by any chance? They look similar because the sane designer designed them. An aventador is a different ball park for cars, one's a GT car, the other a supercar

No I dont drive an R32. How is that related to this thread?

Read the other replies mate, might help to demist those tinted specs you seem to be wearing.

[F1GTRUeno]

London John said:

JaseB said:

London John said:

F1GTRUeno said:

whoami said:

London John said:

I bought a brand new well optioned Ferrari FF for £7k more than this car lists.

Aston have some serious work to do.

I didn't realise that Ferrari discounted even more than AM?

It should be considering how fking ugly the FF is.

From somebody that clearly hasn't driven one.

I'll grant you that the DB9 in it's original incarnation was pretty, but this thing is a poorly chavved up rehash.

I always find people's views inetresting, I certainly wouldn't say the FF is ugly and I can also see the Ferrari influence in the way AM have tried to move the DB9 design on to modernise it and make it a bit more edgy.

The front splitter for example certainly has an element of the Ferrari California about it, I feel for the AM design team, damned if they do, damned if they don't, either way "chavved up rehash" is pretty harsh isn't it? Read that and thought "ouch"...

Fair one Jase, but it's the first thought that came to mind.

There was a very observant post in this thread to the effect that 95% of people wouldn't be able to tell this car apart from a DB9, which I think says it all. The "range" of AM models is really nothing of the sort, it's all very marginal. I would be hard pressed to pick the models apart at 100 yards in twilight, whereas with, for example, Ferrari you'd never confuse one model with another (for right or wrong). I appreciate that AM is a small independent compared to the Fiat/Ferrari machine, but they need to address their propensity to respond to a limited development budget by making minor tweaks at the margin on an already tired look. Don't get me wrong, I loved the DB9. Hell, I owned one for two years. What I say about AM is tinged with disappointment as I'd much rather buy "British" than Italian......but it's just not a realistic choice.

If you can't any of the Astons apart from each other then you need your eyes testing. The fact that you bought an FF confirms it (and from your comment above, what does having driven one have to do with what I can see? I've seen one in the flesh and it's hideous).

[AntJD]

Looks great from almost every angle. I just dont like that rear wing, much prefer the solid flick on Vantage.

[Verde]

Stunning car, beautiful motor. But all connected up with an old-fashioned slush-box? AM, who are you kidding here? Your market research must have focused on size of wallet, not driving passion.
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