On the cusp of a new Vantage, we grade every Aston sold in the decade since it partnered with Mercedes-AMG
We needn’t dwell long here, not least because Aston’s notorious folly barely qualifies for inclusion. Probably the best thing you can say about the Cygnet is that it represented outside-the-box thinking by one of Britain’s most venerable carmakers. Unfortunately, Aston stepped out of the box and straight into the equivalent of an enormous pile of horse manure.
Hideously unfair to go straight from a stillborn baby swan and a roofless oddity to what is undeniably a very handsome Grand Tourer - but from here on let’s remember that there’s typically only a fag paper between what are more often than not astonishing cars. Of course, the reason for the Vanquish propping up the GT pile is that there was only a fag paper between it and various other iterations of Aston’s VH platform at the time.
Okay, potential steward’s enquiry here already: yes, strictly speaking, the Vanquish - being the evolutionary take on the GT format that it was - was a better car to drive than the venerable DB9. But the Vanquish’s significance and place in history is hard to recall; the DB9’s is not. It was the first car based on the cutting-edge VH platform, the first built at Gaydon, and the one chiefly responsible for the inimitable style that we now associate with the brand.
The second oldest Aston to sneak in under the wire, and, like the DB9, it certainly showed its years towards the end. The Rapide also tended to suffer from frequent comparisons with the like-minded Porsche Panamera, a car that evolved to be far superior on the driving front. And the accommodating people in the back bit. But it never looked as good.
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