Comments on: 2010 Aston Martin Vantage details

By: Alie

Alie — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:46:58 +0000

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

By: Baddass

Baddass — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:42:32 +0000

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.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:22:13 +0000

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).

By: The Real Car Fanatic

The Real Car Fanatic — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:02:23 +0000

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.

By: FrugalOne

FrugalOne — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:55:58 +0000

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

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:43:33 +0000

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.

By: Jig

Jig — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:22:05 +0000

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.

By: brent

brent — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:19:02 +0000

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.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:55:30 +0000

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

By: Tim Beissmann

Tim Beissmann — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:22:16 +0000

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.