New vantage - spotted!
New vantage - spotted!
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Chris.oOo

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110 posts

103 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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Just seen my first new vantage on the road! A629 headed towards Skipton. Dark blue (unsure of the name), it looked very smart! I saw the yellow press car earlier this year in the car park when I was down watching them record Top Geat.

AlexT

565 posts

266 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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It does present very smartly in the dark blue.

It took me a while but i'm very much warming to the new design language.

I think once people see them on the road - in decent colours - comparing them to other vehicles, they will quickly realise AM's design brilliance. In the right spec/colour they look superb!

Crazy_Sean

145 posts

113 months

Thursday 9th August 2018
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Well I sure hope you guys are right!

Last week I had the pleasure of driving the DB11 and the new Vantage. the Vantage was INCREDIBLE to drive - just so alive. The one I drove was well appointed too. BUT... the lights at the front... I'm just not so sure. I really hope it grows on me because to drive it's fantastic.

GameofCars

850 posts

139 months

Thursday 9th August 2018
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Crazy_Sean said:
Last week I had the pleasure of driving the DB11 and the new Vantage. the Vantage was INCREDIBLE to drive - just so alive. The one I drove was well appointed too. BUT... the lights at the front... I'm just not so sure. I really hope it grows on me because to drive it's fantastic.
I was at Aston Works this morning getting my V8VS MOT'd. They had two new vantages - a silver & a dark grey. i also saw it at the reveal at Gaydon. IMO the rear looks awesome & I've really tried to like the front but just can't. Whether its the lights, large mouth, no engine grills - probably a combo of all of that.


David W.

1,950 posts

239 months

Thursday 9th August 2018
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GameofCars said:
I was at Aston Works this morning getting my V8VS MOT'd. They had two new vantages - a silver & a dark grey. i also saw it at the reveal at Gaydon. IMO the rear looks awesome & I've really tried to like the front but just can't. Whether its the lights, large mouth, no engine grills - probably a combo of all of that.
Agree with your comments re the front. Some colours disguise it a little though. I’m hoping one of the aftermarket firms come up with a “re-furb” option. If they get it right it could sell relatively well.
DW

CSK1

1,819 posts

154 months

Thursday 9th August 2018
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Maybe Singer can diversify into making the new Vantage look like the old one in the way they are doing (brilliantly) with the 911! smile

blade runner

1,122 posts

242 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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Spotted one in light blue heading south on the A38 just north of Bristol on the way home from work yesterday afternoon.

It looked a bit larger than I remebered. Certainly had some presence about it, but not sure the contrast between the light body colour and black grille did it any favours from the font view. I wouldn't say the design is growing on me - I still wish it was more elegant and less fussy. However, I can see why other people would find the agressive styling and features appealing.

morty1961

379 posts

212 months

Friday 10th August 2018
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Saw the phot of a metallic dark blue car on FB and it looked ok but saw a Flugplatz and a dark grey in the flesh at Stratstone and cannot get on with the front end at all or the rear diffuser ... rear lights look awesome but the diffuser draws your eyes. Not over impressed with the Merc interior either !!

Agent57

2,639 posts

184 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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Well I wasn't a fan of the styling and this is not the first I have seen. However....

Saw a dark blue one on the road today. Caught it out of the corner of my eye in the distance.
In one nano-second I thought ' That is something special' and in the second nano-second I thought ' That's an Aston'.

It definitely had presence and passed the drive-by test.

Think it looks best when it's out in the wild doing it's thing and seen from a distance.

Definitely made me stop and stare and stood out from the crowd even in a modest colour and sounding quiet.


macdeb

8,759 posts

285 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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They do look better in dark colours for me and saw one recently in Black with Orange callipers and highlights and it looked awesome. Didn't think I'd say that either but it's a grower.

8Speed

786 posts

96 months

Sunday 16th August 2020
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morty1961 said:
Saw the phot of a metallic dark blue car on FB and it looked ok but saw a Flugplatz and a dark grey in the flesh at Stratstone and cannot get on with the front end at all or the rear diffuser ... rear lights look awesome but the diffuser draws your eyes. Not over impressed with the Merc interior either !!
That sums it up for me.

Mr.Tremlini

1,555 posts

131 months

Sunday 16th August 2020
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CSK1 said:
Maybe Singer can diversify into making the new Vantage look like the old one in the way they are doing (brilliantly) with the 911! smile
Singer are restomoding the 964 which ended production around 1994, I am not sure a current car is in their target demographic, but hey, if so good luck!

Mr.Tremlini

1,555 posts

131 months

Sunday 16th August 2020
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I saw a new Vantage on the M25 a week ago, dark grey with chrome window trims. They are rare beasts in the wild, however it paled alongside the Newport Pagnell Vanquish, metallic red, black chrome, on Swiss plates (AI887) that I saw, also on the M25, a few minutes later.