Vantage Siko & Dad will test drive an AM V8 Vantage Roadster


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My dad got invited to an Aston Martin test drive... I will be attending as well! :D

We don't really know how he got selected, but we're not complaining!

It's a 30 minute test drive (but not just us, for the whole group!), next thursday. We'll try to take lots of pictures!


 
OK, so the event was yesterday.

Basically it was a personal 30 minute test drive, yourself accompanied by an AM rep.

They had a few cars available, mostly coupes with a couple of roadsters.

Based on the availability upon our arrival...
* Dad got the Vantage Roadster with manual tranny
* I got a the Vantage Coupe with Sportshift (clutch-less manual à la SMG/DSG)

I will post my review a little later.

Below are some pics we took. Unfortunately we didn't take pictures on the interiors since they were locked. I suppose we could have taken pictures when it was our turn to drive, but that would cut-in our timed test drive :) Although we took more pics inside the dealership while waiting (those will be posted later).




 
Great Siko.

The V8 Vantage Roadster reminds me quite a lot of the Porsche 944 Cabrio to look at.

 

I drove this car, around Montreal for about 30 min. I was lucky by choosing convertible, first – great weather, second – I had manual transmission so I had dream ride of my life. Car was working extremely well. The seats were very comfortable. Perfect handling, great acceleration, no complains for breaking and I could hear marvellous sound of the engine every time I press accelerator. My verdict is: perfect car with manual transmission.
 

Aston Martin

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers headquartered in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. Founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford, and steered from 1947 by David Brown, it became associated with expensive grand touring cars in the 1950s and 1960s, and with the fictional character James Bond following his use of a DB5 model in the 1964 film Goldfinger. Their sports cars are regarded as a British cultural icon.

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