Perhaps the best a V8 Vantage got for mere mortals - even with the lipstick
, even though the AMG V8 was never designed for a third pedal. The significant reengineering to make it happen ought to be appreciated by enthusiasts. Even if, hand on heart, it didn’t take long to realise the whole package was designed around the auto ‘box. Still, some less-than-perfect manual Aston Martins must be better than none at all, right?
Almost a decade ago, the racier, lipstickier V8 Vantage was your correspondent’s first Aston Martin launch, and first manual Aston experience as well. Following the N24 weekend , it was a hugely exciting opportunity for a young whippersnapper car hack. I’d grown up seeing various different Vantages, vividly recalled that V12 segment on Top Gear, and worried that the old stager had been built up to highly. I could only be disappointed, surely. The truth was anything but.
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