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AGREED this car is SEXY as hell from any angle "look wise" but that is where the Sexiness stops.....
There is a local guy with a beautiful white one and the coupe is stunning and price is a bargain at $110k compared to other exotics but.....
I drove one the other day and was surely disappointed! Trust me if any of you drive it you'd be disappointed too.
I think they spent 80% of their money outside and totally sucked up the interior. The E-brake is on the left hand side next to the driver's seat and most of the controls are soo "rubbery". The radio sucks and the craftsmanship leaves MUCH TO BE DESIRED!
Either I'm just too anal or I just expert more from a $100k plus car....
so enjoy the looks and just be glad you don't own one. For $100k there are plenty of nicer cars out there, just none as SEXY look wise!
rick
There is a local guy with a beautiful white one and the coupe is stunning and price is a bargain at $110k compared to other exotics but.....
I drove one the other day and was surely disappointed! Trust me if any of you drive it you'd be disappointed too.
I think they spent 80% of their money outside and totally sucked up the interior. The E-brake is on the left hand side next to the driver's seat and most of the controls are soo "rubbery". The radio sucks and the craftsmanship leaves MUCH TO BE DESIRED!
Either I'm just too anal or I just expert more from a $100k plus car....
so enjoy the looks and just be glad you don't own one. For $100k there are plenty of nicer cars out there, just none as SEXY look wise!
rick
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From: In The Ether
Originally Posted by i_heart_my_DB8,Jun 7 2007, 04:34 PM
No, I only think of witty things to say after the moment has passed.
Damn my feeble game!!! DAMN YOU!!!!
Damn my feeble game!!! DAMN YOU!!!!
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From: the tracks around Europe
Originally Posted by Diez,Jun 13 2007, 12:50 AM
I really had high hopes for this car...Obviously gorgeous, but that has more to do with Henrik Fisker (who designed the DB9) than Aston Martin...he's no longer there and they haven't really done anything after that...DBS is a bodykitted DB9, The Rapide is 4-dr DB9...They've just been milking his design...We'll see what they come up with in the Vanquish replacement.
You'd think, its just so damn pretty, you gotta love it....until you drive one (especially if you're used to driving an S). Completely uncommunicative steering; heavy feeling; rubbery shifting, plus the exhaust noise is just a valve opening up. I was really disappointed after driving it...I wanted to love it but....I can't even imagine the convertible. 380hp would be great if the car wasn't as sloppy and heavy, but it feels anemic.
Of course there were hopes when rumors surfaced that Aston was going to produce a street legal racing version with carbon this, carbon that, perhaps supercharged...but of course they have to sell cars so they put all their time on the roadster...who knows if they'll ever come out with a performance version.
Now that Prodrive owns them though, perhaps they'll actually get some stones and put out real performance cars.
You'd think, its just so damn pretty, you gotta love it....until you drive one (especially if you're used to driving an S). Completely uncommunicative steering; heavy feeling; rubbery shifting, plus the exhaust noise is just a valve opening up. I was really disappointed after driving it...I wanted to love it but....I can't even imagine the convertible. 380hp would be great if the car wasn't as sloppy and heavy, but it feels anemic.
Of course there were hopes when rumors surfaced that Aston was going to produce a street legal racing version with carbon this, carbon that, perhaps supercharged...but of course they have to sell cars so they put all their time on the roadster...who knows if they'll ever come out with a performance version.
Now that Prodrive owns them though, perhaps they'll actually get some stones and put out real performance cars.
you can buy it directly from Aston.
Its called Vantage V8 24hr
Includes special painting, race cell, suspension, safety cage etc
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From: Miami
Originally Posted by stocky,Jun 17 2007, 09:34 PM
Here is is:
Its called Vantage V8 24hr
Includes special painting, race cell, suspension, safety cage etc
Its called Vantage V8 24hr
Includes special painting, race cell, suspension, safety cage etc
Closer to what we've been talking about is the Prodrive upgrade package (suspension, extra hp, carbon front lip and rear duckbill spoiler, etc) sold through the dealers and I believe the car still falls under warranty...I believe it ups the hp to around 420 or so... Still...it starts getting very expensive for the performance you get out of it...here's a link:
http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-2007...-V8-Vantage.htm
Still a beautiful car though!
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From: the tracks around Europe
What about this one...its road legal for sure as it is a rally car 
http://www.s2k.de/forum/thread.php?threadi...t=vantage+rally
http://www.s2k.de/forum/thread.php?threadi...t=vantage+rally
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Originally Posted by stocky,Jun 17 2007, 11:12 PM
What about this one...its road legal for sure as it is a rally car
http://www.s2k.de/forum/thread.php?threadi...t=vantage+rally
http://www.s2k.de/forum/thread.php?threadi...t=vantage+rally
So again the closest thing we'll get is the Prodrive upgrade package to give the car some attitude. Unless Aston indeed goes through in building a lighterweight, more exotic, more powerful version for the street: a Vantage Type-R, so to speak.
They did it with the dB9 and Bond's DBS: essentially the same car but with carbon body panels, wider front and rear fenders, lighter weight, carbon ceramic brakes, large hp increase, specialized interior, etc. Hopefully they'll do this next for the Vantage....someday....once they've made some money selling Vantage roadsters 
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Before teh Vantage was released I read an article with the guy who was in charge of the car at Aston (at Ford).
He said they would wana make the car match or better out mercedes quality, porsches engines, bmw handling etc.
I thought well, if tehy can do that for that price that would be awesome.
becaus eteh design is one of the most beautiful on the market.
But I read different test in different magazines and also some people I know drove it already and the verent that impresse either.
So its a bit of a shame that they didnt do better in teh end.
The rally Aston IS 100 procent streetlegal in europe!
The 24 (name because of the 24hrs of Nyuerburgring) too almost certain
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