RE: Aston Martin Vantage: Lift off

[anonymous-user]

Hmm.

That is not pretty, in my view.

Not that I am in the market for one, admittedly.

[PGNSagaris]

Holy st I am in love.

Wow. Congrats Aston. Love that the Vantage will be so different from the DB11 too.

[PhantomPH]

Cold said:

Front number plate location:

That does look ok...but doesn't that take about 15% of the airflow away? That's a lot of surface area to lose. Mind you, I'm sure the engineers are ok with that and I am simply flapping my gums. Still a great looking thing.

[Ninja59]

Outside a cautious I like it (the front end and the mirror "arms" are just a bit long for me).

Inside is where I have issues there is way way to much Merc influence in the infotainment area. The seats could be a little less tacky, but that is personal choice.

A much better and cohesive design effort than the DB11, which I still think looks awkward.

[GroundEffect]

PhantomPH said:

Cold said:

Front number plate location:

That does look ok...but doesn't that take about 15% of the airflow away? That's a lot of surface area to lose. Mind you, I'm sure the engineers are ok with that and I am simply flapping my gums. Still a great looking thing.

Do you seriously think we don't thermally assess without the number plate considered?

[Juber]

[Ursicles]

Rear looks amazing.
Front looks like an old MX3
Interior looks like somethign id expect from a chinese knock-off version of a honda civic.

Think ill stick to wanting the old 4.7 V8 instead - looks far far classier.

[spice]

Got the Arse of a Marcus and front end of a Tesla

[noble12345]

Looks great, like an Aston Vulcan had a baby with the old Vantage

White: https://youtu.be/qKwknWZT3Oc?t=1m3s

[rsbmw]

Not a fan of that at all, old vantage was much nicer inside and out. Those front lights just don't fit at all

[sagarich]

Love it, fantastic looking car!

[DanielSan]

PhantomPH said:

Cold said:

Front number plate location:

That does look ok...but doesn't that take about 15% of the airflow away? That's a lot of surface area to lose. Mind you, I'm sure the engineers are ok with that and I am simply flapping my gums. Still a great looking thing.

I’m in love with this car, and I actually think it looks good with the front plate. It visually lowers the car.

[spikyone]

Juber said:

Yeah, I noticed that too...

Like many others, I don't have the means to buy one, but overall I like that they've given it a style of its own rather than looking like a shrunken DB11. And each of those cars has lines that befit its purpose; the muscular intent of the Vantage, versus the elegance of the DB11.

The interior is not the prettiest though. Can someone please tell car makers that having an iPad sticking out from the top of the dashboard is deeply unattractive, and that flat-bottomed steering wheels are unnecessary? As soon as you turn them past a few degrees they become round-bottomed anyway!

[M1C]

Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.

That rear (from the front quarter view) does dip down a lot...which weakens the musclyness...but the rear itself....lovely.

Fab, love it.

EDIT - not 100% sold on the interior and the 50p shaped steering wheel.

Edited by M1C on Tuesday 21st November 13:11

[ntiz]

I'm hoping that the front looks better in the metal but that interior looks pretty rubbish to me. Although I have never been impressed with Astons when I have gone to look at them seriously so maybe I just don't get them.

[PhantomPH]

GroundEffect said:

PhantomPH said:

Cold said:

Front number plate location:

That does look ok...but doesn't that take about 15% of the airflow away? That's a lot of surface area to lose. Mind you, I'm sure the engineers are ok with that and I am simply flapping my gums. Still a great looking thing.

Do you seriously think we don't thermally assess without the number plate considered?

No I don't think that - that's why I said what I did. Pretty clear if you read my post, dude.

[Rick1.8t]

If the headlights were just a little larger it would look fantastic in my opinion, I think its lovely from the side and back but not sure about those headlights, they just look a little out of place for me.

If I could afford one it probably wouldnt put me off though.

[SWoll]

spikyone said:

Juber said:

Yeah, I noticed that too...

Exactly my immediate reaction to the front end, which I find pretty disappointing (although not as bad as the new Griffith). The rest is great though, including the interior. Makes sense to have gone in a more 'sporty' direction, although I'd go with a less garish colour scheme.

[herebebeasties]

matt_knowles said:

Looks like a MX5 front on (if you squint).

That's exactly what I thought - it's the rather narrow, oval lights. It's nice and clean, though - makes a change from all the overly-fussy designs that have been coming out lately. The back end also looks brilliant.

[Tuvra]

In all black that's going to look stunning!

I'm not a huge AM fan but that is right up there. Bravo!!