Aston Martin Vantage (2018 to 2024)

“In the latest Vantage, Aston Martin has a sports car to be proud of. It performs as such a beast should, behaves itself when the need arises and oozes quality outside and in.”
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Model reviewed: F1 Edition
Score: 8 / 10
“The Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition is an extreme and expensive new version of a car we already know and mostly love, with improved performance, steering and handling, and tweaks to the interior that make it feel more special than before.”
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Model reviewed: Roadster
Score: 8 / 10
“Qualities that make the fixed-roof Aston Martin Vantage a fine grand tourer are still in abundance in the Roadster – combined with the ability to drop the top in just seven seconds.”
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Model reviewed: Roadster
Score: 8 / 10
“This highly engaging new Aston Martin Vantage Roadster takes the fight right to the front door of German rivals Porsche, Mercedes-AMG and Audi in the high-end convertible sports car stakes. True, this is an expensive car, but the latest open-top Aston is also quick, capable and extremely desirable.”
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Model reviewed: AMR
Score: 7 / 10
“There are many things to like about the Aston Martin Vantage AMR, not least the way it looks and sounds.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Aston Martin Vantage is a huge step up from the model that went before it. Its performance and refinement are exceptional, and for those looking for a brilliantly well-rounded sports coupe it has very few peers indeed.”
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Model reviewed: Vantage coupé range
Score: 8.4 / 10
“The new Vantage is Aston Martin’s feral sports car. The Vantage has ramped up its assault on rivals from Porsche, Audi and Jaguar and is a true weekend warrior, striking a great balance between scintillating performance and everyday usability.”
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Model reviewed: Roadster
Score: 8 / 10
“Like the Coupe, the Aston Martin Vantage Roadster is not perfect. It has its flaws and will face the stiffest of competition from the likes of the Porsche 911 Cabriolet. And yet, to this road tester at least, the Aston Martin is one to go for.”
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Model reviewed: AMR
Score: 8 / 10
The new Aston Martin Vantage AMR is Aston’s first crack at a more serious baby sports car and it’s packing a seven-speed manual.
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The new Aston Martin Vantage is a highly convincing sports car, and a solid improvement over its predecessor. Despite the similarities in hardware, its more aggressive personality also succeeds in clearly differentiating the Vantage from the larger, softer DB11.”
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Model reviewed: Coupé
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The stylish Aston Martin Vantage is one of the most enjoyable, capable and characterful cars in its class”
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Model reviewed: Roadster
“In an ideal world, I’d pick the Vantage Roadster with a manual ‘box for the best combination of enjoyment and engagement. But even without the stick shift, the convertible still wins me over with the added drama it brings.”
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Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol manual AMR
“The marginal loss of pace in comparison to the automatic is more than made up for by the enhanced feeling of really driving the manual car that creates the added excitement, engagement and exhilaration.”
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“In today’s highly competitive world of motoring, a movie link to a legendary spy is not enough. It won’t cut. The car really has to deliver. And it does.”
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Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol automatic coupé
Score: 8 / 10
“I’ve driven more expensive vehicles but never have I seen one bring so many smiles to people who stop and point and wave; and other drivers are also noticeably keener than usual to make way for you than when you are at the wheel of other cars.”
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Model reviewed: AMR
Score: 9 / 10
“A more involving and agile Vantage with a more clearly defined character.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Fast and fun Aston Martin Vantage is very different to its predecessor, but fun, and faster than ever.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“A brilliant, engaging and enjoyable sports car, with huge performance and a distinctive, atelier feel that Aston Martin excels at. The pugnacious styling might be more divisive than the clear beauty of its predecessor, but it’s striking, confident and far less traditional.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“You’re blown away when you see it, but to drive it is to love it. The engine is keen to push forward, the noise addictive, and cornering incredible. It comes with a sweet eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox that’s smooth as silk around town and hugely engaging at speed.”
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Model reviewed: F1 Edition
Score: 8 / 10
“Many small changes add up to the best Vantage yet. This is still a flawed car in some respects, particularly its interior and infotainment, but it has so much character – backed up by real dynamic talent – that you probably won’t care.”
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Model reviewed: Coupé range
Score: 8 / 10
“The Aston Martin Vantage is a sports car, pure and simple. It is a British rival to the Porsche 911, powered by a rip-roaring V8 engine.”
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Model reviewed: Roadster range
“The Aston Martin Vantage Roadster is an intelligent car, with a cultured depth to the way it flows across-country. It’s a car you drive with your fingertips, in a relaxed and enjoyable way. It is effortless and remains unruffled – a very British type of open-top sports car. And a very fast one, too.”
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Model reviewed: Volante
Score: 8.6 / 10
“Baby Aston roadster takes on Porsche 911 Cabriolet”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.2 / 10
“Long overdue replacement for Aston’s best-selling sports car.”
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Model reviewed: Vantage AMR manual
“The Aston Martin Vantage’s 4.0-litre V8 engine sounds so epic you’ll be applauded by strangers”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
“A bit on the dim side, but still a total belter” (Jeremy Clarkson)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“A superb blend of British beauty and German engineering”
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Model reviewed: F1 Edition
Score: 8 / 10
“You don’t need to be obsessed with Formula 1 to appreciate the fine work that’s been done on the chassis and drivetrain of this already likeable two-seat GT. There was no need to sell it solely in lairy colours, with F1 badging, but if you can put up with that then this is a quite lovely piece of kit.”
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“The V8 Vantage is all things to all Englishmen, a sort of automotive panacea for motorists otherwise wary of compromise.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“Likeable and fast sports GT, comfortable, with a surprising amount of practicality. It enters a crowded market where some equally charismatic rivals are as quick, much cheaper and a lot more economical, and there were slightly worrying inconsistencies about the test cars provided.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Punchy, exciting, yet still big-hearted and amazingly comfortable. The baby Aston is also the best Aston.”
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Model reviewed: AMR
Score: 8 / 10
“Sat in the middle of all 200 examples is – hurrah! – a manual gearbox. Y’know, like they used in the olden days.”
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