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I,'m not a lover of convertibles but this is a beauty.
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I’m starting to like these. Not sure about the wing though.
What I don’t particularly like compared to my previous gen V12VSR are the fixed roll over hoops that are concealed on my car and nicely covered in leather, interior is a bit of a mess with the stuck on IPad which serves as the nav screen, also the exposed bit of roof that still shows when the top is down (a bit like a Porsche Boxster) whereas on the old model the roof is completely hidden under a cover when open.
Viewed from the side the car looks like pinched in the middle and upwards which is less obvious on the V12 because of the side skirt… and the wing, without it the rear looks to go downwards increasing the pinched effect.
Another thing is weight: how come a DBS Volante manages to weigh about 100 kgs less when this is supposed to be the smaller car with the same engine?
Saying that, the soon to be face lifted Vantage has grown on me and in the right spec and colour like the one advertised, I must admit they look quite good.
Although a beautiful design, the old gen Vantage is starting to show its age.
I’m surprised there are quite a few New V12 Vantages offered for sale as when I enquired about them when new, they were apparently all sold and the order book was closed.
I suspect many of those orders were dealer orders and speculators betting on the wrong horse.
They’ve come down in price quite a bit and I fear (or hope), there’s still some way to go.
One dealer in Belgium who has two nearly identical V12 Roadsters for sale, just lowered his asking price by some €100K as they were not selling at the original asking price. That’s not a good sign.
What I don’t particularly like compared to my previous gen V12VSR are the fixed roll over hoops that are concealed on my car and nicely covered in leather, interior is a bit of a mess with the stuck on IPad which serves as the nav screen, also the exposed bit of roof that still shows when the top is down (a bit like a Porsche Boxster) whereas on the old model the roof is completely hidden under a cover when open.
Viewed from the side the car looks like pinched in the middle and upwards which is less obvious on the V12 because of the side skirt… and the wing, without it the rear looks to go downwards increasing the pinched effect.
Another thing is weight: how come a DBS Volante manages to weigh about 100 kgs less when this is supposed to be the smaller car with the same engine?
Saying that, the soon to be face lifted Vantage has grown on me and in the right spec and colour like the one advertised, I must admit they look quite good.
Although a beautiful design, the old gen Vantage is starting to show its age.
I’m surprised there are quite a few New V12 Vantages offered for sale as when I enquired about them when new, they were apparently all sold and the order book was closed.
I suspect many of those orders were dealer orders and speculators betting on the wrong horse.
They’ve come down in price quite a bit and I fear (or hope), there’s still some way to go.
One dealer in Belgium who has two nearly identical V12 Roadsters for sale, just lowered his asking price by some €100K as they were not selling at the original asking price. That’s not a good sign.
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