Aston Martin unveils new £165k Vantage sports activities automotive – its quickest EVER

Aston Martin has launched its subsequent technology Vantage two-seater 202mph sports activities automotive – its quickest ever with extra energy and punch.

And it additionally reverts to a extra muscular and conventional again to the long run Aston Martin ‘face’ after the earlier model divided opinion as markedly as Marmite, 

But it stays ‘a hardcore sports activities automotive at coronary heart,’ says the British supercar agency.

The firm primarily based at Gaydon in Warwickshire dubbed the Vantage of one in all a trio of three new ‘jewels within the crown’, because it additionally showcased the Vantage GT3 endurance racer and debuted the 2024 season’s AMR24 F1 machine.

The Formula One crew loaned the providers of two-time driver’s champion Fernando Alonso to advertise the brand new sports activities automotive in a flashy new clip displaying how this can be a car that is claimed to have been developed round drivers. 

Aston Martin stated their new Vantage road-car is the quickest and most driver-focussed within the Vantage nameplate’s 74-year historical past, is ‘engineered for actual drivers’ and ‘the definitive front-engined rear-wheel drive sports activities automotive.’

It will must be as a rival to Porsche’s enduring 911.

On sale now and with first deliveries from spring, costs begin from £165,000. 

But with an enormous array of extras and bespoke choices to select from, it’s unlikely any well-heeled prospects will get a lot change from £200,000 – with some spending vastly extra to personalise their new buy.

The base worth is a big uplift on the £120,900 asking worth when the present outgoing model was launched in November 2017.

Visually, after the earlier Vantage marked a controversial change in look, the brand new technology additionally marks a return to extra traditional Aston Martin styling. 

It is 30mm wider with a extra muscular stance and a very redesigned entrance finish with a veined grille that’s 38 per cent bigger to spice up cooling air consumption. 

It additionally marks a return of the signature Aston Martin side-strake. 

Styling parts of the One-77 supercar have been included. There’s a wider rear bumper with facet vents and bigger diameter quad exhaust tailpipes to make it ‘look as dramatic from the rear because it does from the entrance.’

Powered by a 665 horsepower 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo petrol engine it accelerates from relaxation to 0-60mph in simply 3.4 seconds (0-62mph in 3.5 seconds) as much as a high pace of 202mph.

The energy output is up by 155hp, or almost a 3rd, on the equal outgoing 510hp Vantage, and a rise of 130hp or a fifth on the Vantage F1 version’s 535hp). That helps shave a second off the present automotive’s acceleration, whereas including 7mph to the highest pace.

The engine is linked to a rear-mounted eight-speed computerized transmission (with carbon fibre prop shaft) with guide gear-changes attainable by way of paddle shift.

Other options embody frameless door mirrors, ‘presenting’ pop-out door handles, and supple, fragrant Bridge of Weir hides.

Aston stated the brand new V8 Vantage will present ‘breathtaking energy, razor sharp dealing with and the right steadiness of a finely tuned front-engine, rear-wheel drive chassis,’ promising ‘most thrills with most confidence’.

Old college purists could mourn, however there can be no fire-breathing V12 model of the brand new Vantage – as Aston bade a final farewell to that possibility when it launched its finish of an period V12 Vantage two years in the past, noting on the time: ‘With manufacturing of the V12 Vantage strictly restricted to 333 examples globally, this last version celebrates the tip of an epic period in becoming type’.

Nor will there be a guide stick-shift gearbox model.

Aston Martin stated of the brand new Vantage: ‘The quintessential Aston Martin sports activities automotive and essentially the most driver targeted and quickest Vantage within the well-known nameplate’s 74-year historical past, it’s an genuine, unadulterated celebration of pure efficiency, engineered to ship ‘most thrills with most confidence’ consistent with ‘essentially the most dynamic interval in Aston Martin’s 111 12 months historical past.’

The firm stated the brand new Vantage follows the profitable introduction final 12 months of the DB12 Coupe and Volante and additional strengthens Aston Martin’s subsequent technology of sports activities vehicles, noting: ‘Vantage reaffirms the manufacturers place within the ultra-luxury, efficiency sports activities automotive market alongside its main roles within the ultra-luxury sporting GT, SUV and hypercar arenas, and the best echelons of world championship motorsport.’

Aston Martin chief government Amedeo Felisa stated: ‘As we enter a interval of pivotal change on the earth of high-performance vehicles it’s important to stay true to these qualities upon which a legendary marque has been constructed.

‘Any automotive bearing the Vantage title has a lot to live-up to, which is why this latest mannequin makes an unwavering dedication to high-performance in its purest and most specific type.’

He stated: ‘Class-leading energy and pace set up its credentials, however it’s by knowledgeable software of the most recent applied sciences to the Vantage’s completely balanced front-engine rear-drive chassis that we now have created a sports activities automotive with addictive functionality. Together with assertive styling, all-new inside and state-of-the-art infotainment, Vantage is world-class in each respect’.