bmwz4coupe
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Agree! What I like with the new grille is the way the hood continues forward, but I prefer the old grilles more agressive styling which also fits better with the rear diffuser.
Vantage [Official] Aston Martin Vantage (2018)
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TopspeedPT
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That was hard to watch. So much understeer and the car seems unstable.
10secs slower than a 2000kg M5 Comp
10secs slower than a 2000kg M5 Comp
bmwz4coupe
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But this is from the supertest a month ago? Or this months supertest?
bmwz4coupe
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What is that music?? Sounds like a german porn movie from the eighties....
What time did the AMG GT C did it in?
Looks like Mr. Bond needs a faster car. @TopspeedPT even the standard M5 made light work of the AM Vantage around the Nordschleife.
Grosser
Stuttgart Specialist
The GT C was not tested on the Nurburgring by Sport Auto. AMG GT S pre-fl did like 7:36 with Cup 2 if I remember
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
I have intended to post in this thread today. I have seen a few Vantages the past few weeks and have eaten humble pie. The car is gorgeous and has a width to length ratio that’s unlike any other car.
Menacing from the rear and beautiful from the front thanks to the smooth clamshell bootlid, it oozes sex appeal.
It may not be the fastest sports car money can buy but it’s more interesting to look at and to listen to than an M8 or 992CS.
mihc
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This color is absolutely stunning. And also this wheel design is good.
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I would like to see it next to something else to compare sizes, I have not had the luck to see one live, but in photos it seems to be no bigger than a 2 series or something, it is just what I perceive.
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What a contradiction that is not the sales success it deserves, it is in my top ten
Bridster
Oversteer Expert
Honestly, the car looks great. Even with the original front grill.
Exterior is not the problem. The problem is the interior. The air vents look like coming from a japanese hatchback. The infotainment screen is awkwardly tacked on top of the dashboard instead of being integrated like in all the other modern cars. The overall design comes off as being that of a jumped up 40k GBP sportscar. I don't see the Aston Martin identity coming through anywhere. Aston Martins are gentlemen's racers, right? The cars that James Bond would drive. When I look at the interior I don't see that. There is a lot of carbon fiber, sure, but carbon fiber isn't really gentlemen's racer's material, is it? It should be leather, brushed aluminium, polished steel, that sort of thing. The car looks great on the outside, but the inside is just as important because that's where you'll actually be spending your time. This interior is 100 miles from where it should be and completely kills the car for me, anything else notwithstanding. Like, god damn, interior should be where Aston Martin shines!
The other problem are the Mercedes engines. They probably make sense economically, make sense with regards to performance, with regards to emissions. They don't make much sense when it comes to brand identity and feel, though. All the Aston Martin competitors are making their own engines. Ferrari does, Porsche does, Mclaren does, and even brands that should be a tier lower on the prestige list, like Mercedes or Jaguar, make their own engines. When you buy a luxury sports car, or any high end car really, it's not like you just look at the specs and go, speed, check, comfort, check, gadgets, check, looks check; well, all checks out, so I am buying it. You want to feel like you are buying more than just a car, you wanna feel like you are buying that particular brand's vision of how a car should look and feel and drive. Not having your own engine and instead buying an engine from a competitor because it was simply better than your own throws a bit of a wrench into that and is not a good look.
Exterior is not the problem. The problem is the interior. The air vents look like coming from a japanese hatchback. The infotainment screen is awkwardly tacked on top of the dashboard instead of being integrated like in all the other modern cars. The overall design comes off as being that of a jumped up 40k GBP sportscar. I don't see the Aston Martin identity coming through anywhere. Aston Martins are gentlemen's racers, right? The cars that James Bond would drive. When I look at the interior I don't see that. There is a lot of carbon fiber, sure, but carbon fiber isn't really gentlemen's racer's material, is it? It should be leather, brushed aluminium, polished steel, that sort of thing. The car looks great on the outside, but the inside is just as important because that's where you'll actually be spending your time. This interior is 100 miles from where it should be and completely kills the car for me, anything else notwithstanding. Like, god damn, interior should be where Aston Martin shines!
The other problem are the Mercedes engines. They probably make sense economically, make sense with regards to performance, with regards to emissions. They don't make much sense when it comes to brand identity and feel, though. All the Aston Martin competitors are making their own engines. Ferrari does, Porsche does, Mclaren does, and even brands that should be a tier lower on the prestige list, like Mercedes or Jaguar, make their own engines. When you buy a luxury sports car, or any high end car really, it's not like you just look at the specs and go, speed, check, comfort, check, gadgets, check, looks check; well, all checks out, so I am buying it. You want to feel like you are buying more than just a car, you wanna feel like you are buying that particular brand's vision of how a car should look and feel and drive. Not having your own engine and instead buying an engine from a competitor because it was simply better than your own throws a bit of a wrench into that and is not a good look.
KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
the engine issue will be resolved in due course, the TTV6 will be swapped in and the V8 will be a thing if the past.
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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
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