2010 Aston Martin Vantage details

By Tim Beissmann | December 10th, 2009

Aston Martin has revealed the details of its 2010 Vantage range, with personalisation and price reductions among the highlights.

Visually there are a few styling tweaks, with a large, grey cut-out section at the rear incorporating the exhaust pipes and number plate, and clear rear lamps, similar to the DBS, as an option.

A new set of 10-spoke, 19in diamond turned alloys sit proudly at the corners, along with a magnum silver bonnet and side strake meshes and sill design influenced by the N400 V8 Vantage.

Inside, the car receives headrests which have been mounted further forward, to increase passive safety, as well as larger wing mirrors.

Optional features include a 1000W Bang & Olufsen audio system and kevlar and carbonfibre seats which shave 17kg off the car’s weight.

Aston Martin Australia Operations Manager, Marcel Fabris, told CarAdvice that there would be excellent news for purchasers of the hardcore sports car.

“Aston Martin Australia has chosen to pass on the full five percent import duty reduction to customers, for cars delivered after 1st January 2010,” said Mr Fabris.

Customers are now able to order their MY10 cars, and with the price reduction, the Vantage has never been better value.

Pricing as of 1st January 2010 for the Vantage range:

- V8 Vantage Coupe (manual) – $250,358
- V8 Vantage Coupe (Sportshift) – $258,754
- V8 Vantage Roadster (manual) – $274,784
- V8 Vantage Roadster (Sportshift) – $283,181
- V12 Vantage Coupe (manual) – $379,251

Pricing quoted above is the Manufacturer’s RRP inclusive of duties & taxes, but excludes dealer delivery and on-road costs.

talk then think

Looks great too bad i can’t afford one unless i find that $40 million lottery ticket. 1000W Bang & Olfusen systen, that is going to be really really really LOUD (might even be louder than the engine). Nice car hope i get to see one out on the road.
Martin

Still my favorite Aston Martin. Watch out for that $100,000 price increase just to buy one in Australia…
Marc

Martin, you obviously haven’t read the story then!

http://www.caradvice.com.au Tim Beissmann

Marc,

Martin’s comment was fair at the time he published it. I stuffed up before and the story has since been corrected. Sorry for the confusion.

TB

http://www.motormo.com/ Rob

Definetly my pick of the Aston Martin Range. Say, didn’t the V8 Vantage (coupe) used to retail around $280,000?
brent

They’re still ridiculous prices of course compared with our friends overseas. I’d assumed the V12 Vantage would be much closer to DBS pricing than it is though I must admit.

Nice of them to pass on the import duty discount. They can probably afford to with the squillions extra they’re making on the Aussie dollar at all time highs against the pound and 47% higher than October 2008. If they passed some of that on then we really might be in business.
Jig

Very Nice but I would rather the V12 Vantage if it came with Sport Shift. For this price, I would opt for the Audi R8 instead and have it supercharged by ABT.

Peter

you’re probably right that the audi is a better car, but they arent much to look at in person – actually they look like a hairdresser’s car to me, save for the dirty great engine in the back (dont squeal, it’s just my opinion having seen them up close a few times). I’d love the aston, and in a V12 thanks, if only because it has 4 more cylinders and would make me feel 6 inches taller as a result.

FrugalOne

Vantage V8 Coupe is one of the best looking cars on the planet, s/exy Italian standard looking.

Anybody who buys a similar priced 911S needs his/her hear read!

A class vehicle all the way!

Cheers

F-0

The Real Car Fanatic

Frugal you idiot, people buy Porsche because they are more agile that Astons ( not taking anything away from Aston, they are beautiful cars, but for pure driving pleasure, the Porsche wins everytime.)

If you ever get to drive either of these cars, you’ll see what I mean.

Peter

You are probably right, but it depends on the driving. The 911′s ride is a bit hard (and noisy) for my tired old bones, the stereo isnt good enough, and corner shmorner – who drives these things fast around bends? you’d kill someone. that leaves the track (where I agree the porker is most likely best), and it is only the uber rich who can risk these things on a track with no insurance, burn out tyres (over $1200 a pop for the porsche) etc. I’d have the grand tourer any day, though things might have been different when I was 30 (actually I think I still would have had the aston, I’ve always preferred the look of it, and I am not enough of a purist to take function over form).

Baddass

Exactly my thoughts. A GT is better than a track focused car for the average man or woman, for 99.9% of the vehicles life. Although a stripped out no-frills Lotus racer appeals to my inner school boy, I still cling to the hope of buying one of the best ‘wafters’ on sale today (and one of my very favourite cars): a Citroen C6.

Alie

Love that new aston martin. Do you think I can fit the great dane & the english mastiff in it at the same time? Also like the sound of that citroen (has always been my fantasy car, in blue); I’ll just have to be happy with my forrester turbo