Tuscan S vs DB9
Discussion
For one reason and another I hadn't used the tuscan, since last autumn. Happily it started easily once I'd got a good connection with the jump leads and I was able to drive it down to Peninsular TVR for it's major service. Whilst that was being done the ever generous and understanding Mrs Pits hired me an Aston DB9 for my birthday and fulfilled a long held dream. I have to say I really enjoyed it, despite the dreadful auto box, a manual version must be a fantastic car. It was much quicker than I'd been expecting and I never got tired of looking at it, inside and out. In fact I even gave it a good wash! It somehow deserved it! How people choose to pay more to drive Ferraris and even worse Porsches instead of a modern Aston is beyond me. But hey, each to his own. All I'd say to anyone considering spending upwards of £65k on a car is to try one.
The same day the Aston was handed back I picked up the Tuscan. Naturally expecting it to feel a bit of a poor relation I have to say it felt stunning. Not quite as quick as I remember from the drive down, those Astons really do fly (the torque on the DB9 is the same as the DBS). But it's a much more agile car. The Aston particularly with the traction control on felt a bit clumsy in comparison. When you got the car stuck into a corner hard the chassis came alive and felt nicely balanced but on initial turn-in it felt clumsy, the steering a bit slow witted and no where near as communicative as the Tuscan's. Fair enough perhaps as its much more of a GT car. But the Tuscan on a narrow twisty road would leave it for dust.
On a faster straighter road in fairness to the DB9 there's not much in it. In fact the DB9 is thunderous up to 6k and disappointingly faster left in full auto mode - it's very hard to time the 'manual' changes to co-incide with the low 6800 cut-out. But in the upper reaches of the rev range the Tuscan finds something the DB9 just hasn't got and it's final lunge from 6-7500 is where it has the edge. Not bad for a car costing less than half as much when new.
All in all another stunning result in terms of performance and driving pleasure per £ for TVR. And nice to know a sorted Tuscan can still cut it with some of the best new metal out there.
And that was all with the roof on. Once I had the spring sunshine on my face and the CCCs blaring in my ears it was no contest. I wouldn't swap the Tuscan for anything. Not even a DB9.
....mind you, they do a Volante don't they...and the DBS must be very special...
The same day the Aston was handed back I picked up the Tuscan. Naturally expecting it to feel a bit of a poor relation I have to say it felt stunning. Not quite as quick as I remember from the drive down, those Astons really do fly (the torque on the DB9 is the same as the DBS). But it's a much more agile car. The Aston particularly with the traction control on felt a bit clumsy in comparison. When you got the car stuck into a corner hard the chassis came alive and felt nicely balanced but on initial turn-in it felt clumsy, the steering a bit slow witted and no where near as communicative as the Tuscan's. Fair enough perhaps as its much more of a GT car. But the Tuscan on a narrow twisty road would leave it for dust.
On a faster straighter road in fairness to the DB9 there's not much in it. In fact the DB9 is thunderous up to 6k and disappointingly faster left in full auto mode - it's very hard to time the 'manual' changes to co-incide with the low 6800 cut-out. But in the upper reaches of the rev range the Tuscan finds something the DB9 just hasn't got and it's final lunge from 6-7500 is where it has the edge. Not bad for a car costing less than half as much when new.
All in all another stunning result in terms of performance and driving pleasure per £ for TVR. And nice to know a sorted Tuscan can still cut it with some of the best new metal out there.
And that was all with the roof on. Once I had the spring sunshine on my face and the CCCs blaring in my ears it was no contest. I wouldn't swap the Tuscan for anything. Not even a DB9.
....mind you, they do a Volante don't they...and the DBS must be very special...
The Pits said:
For one reason and another I hadn't used the tuscan, since last autumn. Happily it started easily once I'd got a good connection with the jump leads and I was able to drive it down to Peninsular TVR for it's major service. Whilst that was being done the ever generous and understanding Mrs Pits hired me an Aston DB9 for my birthday and fulfilled a long held dream. I have to say I really enjoyed it, despite the dreadful auto box, a manual version must be a fantastic car. It was much quicker than I'd been expecting and I never got tired of looking at it, inside and out. In fact I even gave it a good wash! It somehow deserved it! How people choose to pay more to drive Ferraris and even worse Porsches instead of a modern Aston is beyond me. But hey, each to his own. All I'd say to anyone considering spending upwards of £65k on a car is to try one.
The same day the Aston was handed back I picked up the Tuscan. Naturally expecting it to feel a bit of a poor relation I have to say it felt stunning. Not quite as quick as I remember from the drive down, those Astons really do fly (the torque on the DB9 is the same as the DBS). But it's a much more agile car. The Aston particularly with the traction control on felt a bit clumsy in comparison. When you got the car stuck into a corner hard the chassis came alive and felt nicely balanced but on initial turn-in it felt clumsy, the steering a bit slow witted and no where near as communicative as the Tuscan's. Fair enough perhaps as its much more of a GT car. But the Tuscan on a narrow twisty road would leave it for dust.
On a faster straighter road in fairness to the DB9 there's not much in it. In fact the DB9 is thunderous up to 6k and disappointingly faster left in full auto mode - it's very hard to time the 'manual' changes to co-incide with the low 6800 cut-out. But in the upper reaches of the rev range the Tuscan finds something the DB9 just hasn't got and it's final lunge from 6-7500 is where it has the edge. Not bad for a car costing less than half as much when new.
All in all another stunning result in terms of performance and driving pleasure per £ for TVR. And nice to know a sorted Tuscan can still cut it with some of the best new metal out there.
And that was all with the roof on. Once I had the spring sunshine on my face and the CCCs blaring in my ears it was no contest. I wouldn't swap the Tuscan for anything. Not even a DB9.
....mind you, they do a Volante don't they...and the DBS must be very special...
I'm suffering from a similar problem of choice. I've got both a Tuscan S and a V8 Vantage. Really need to move on one of them due to a house purchase but cannot for the life of me decide between them. I've taken the Tuscan back off the dealer that was doing a Sale or Return and I'm really excited about driving it this weekend. The same day the Aston was handed back I picked up the Tuscan. Naturally expecting it to feel a bit of a poor relation I have to say it felt stunning. Not quite as quick as I remember from the drive down, those Astons really do fly (the torque on the DB9 is the same as the DBS). But it's a much more agile car. The Aston particularly with the traction control on felt a bit clumsy in comparison. When you got the car stuck into a corner hard the chassis came alive and felt nicely balanced but on initial turn-in it felt clumsy, the steering a bit slow witted and no where near as communicative as the Tuscan's. Fair enough perhaps as its much more of a GT car. But the Tuscan on a narrow twisty road would leave it for dust.
On a faster straighter road in fairness to the DB9 there's not much in it. In fact the DB9 is thunderous up to 6k and disappointingly faster left in full auto mode - it's very hard to time the 'manual' changes to co-incide with the low 6800 cut-out. But in the upper reaches of the rev range the Tuscan finds something the DB9 just hasn't got and it's final lunge from 6-7500 is where it has the edge. Not bad for a car costing less than half as much when new.
All in all another stunning result in terms of performance and driving pleasure per £ for TVR. And nice to know a sorted Tuscan can still cut it with some of the best new metal out there.
And that was all with the roof on. Once I had the spring sunshine on my face and the CCCs blaring in my ears it was no contest. I wouldn't swap the Tuscan for anything. Not even a DB9.
....mind you, they do a Volante don't they...and the DBS must be very special...
It's a tough decision I don't want to have to make !
Edited by Lucozade on Tuesday 24th March 13:41
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