Aston Martin hasn’t changed direction as frequently as its Formula 1 cars do during grands prix, but its historical path has followed anything but a straight line. Just the past few years for the 111-year-oldhave featured new ownership, a volatile share price, executive upheaval, and until relatively recently, an aging product lineup.
These mundane items are standard fare found in countless modern cars of all types, so they’re nothing to write home about—unless you happen to have owned a relatively new car built by Aston Martin. It desperately needed to address such shortcomings, especially at the Vantage’s, ahem, $194,400 starting price. Once you see it did so, you quickly concentrate on what matters most: hustling the car down the road.
Speaking of Venn diagrams, Aston showed one during its Vantage presentation to media members that illustrated its desire to push itself further up the luxury super sports car chain past things like the standard Porsche 911 Carrera S and certain AMG models and nearer a marque like Ferrari. This is why we found the DB12 Volante rides on a surprisingly aggressive setup—and why the new Vantage eschews its touring-first roots.
Brake hard into corners and roll into the throttle on exit, and a wave of torque and horsepower shove you out of the exit at a pace that, if you don’t bleed off the pedal, has high potential to unsettle passengers on public roads. The powerband isn’t only good for megabursts, either. At 45 or even 35 mph in fourth gear, a deep jab of the gas pedal yields acceleration strong enough to nullify any need for a downshift to third, let alone second.
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