has arrived, and although it’s Gaydon’s entry-level sports car, the key stats are anything but accessible; its front-mounted twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 puts out 656bhp and 590ft lbs of torque. As a result, 0-62mph is down to 3.4 seconds and top speed is said to be 202mph.
But is that actually enough in the increasingly agile and powerful sports car sector? Here’s what CAR’s deputy editor Piers Ward, and head of video for CAR‘Looks great, no doubt about that. But I can’t help but think they could have been a bit braver with the Vantage. They had an established platform to work from, so why not push it a bit further?’‘Remember, this is the entry-level Vantage.
‘And that was fine, but now we’re hearing Porsche will be adding a hybrid element to the 911 and it’ll probably still come out lighter than the Vantage…’‘Exactly. But what about Ferrari? Stroll’s not been coy about wanting to make Aston Martin the Maranello of the Midlands…’‘The current structure’s not a million miles from Ferrari – and that seems to be working out for the Italians.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: autocar - 🏆 93. / 67 Read more »
Source: RoadandTrack - 🏆 577. / 51 Read more »
Source: motorauthority - 🏆 61. / 68 Read more »
Source: CARmagazine - 🏆 382. / 55 Read more »
Source: adndotcom - 🏆 293. / 63 Read more »
Source: adndotcom - 🏆 293. / 63 Read more »