Aston Martin Vanquish S review
Aston Martin Vanquish 6.0 V12 S Auto Road Test
Test date Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Price as tested £177,100
For Looks, pace, image, genuine 200mph-plus ability
Against Brakes not as effective as we'd like, some Ford group switchgear
The original Vanquish was launched in 2001 to critical acclaim. It was the car to trumpet a new era at Aston Martin and has since been followed by the DB9 and, this summer, will be joined by the Porsche 911-rivalling V8 Vantage.
It represents a long line of big hairy Astons that started with the original V8 Vantage of the late ’70s and continued with the Virage Vantage of 1993.
This is the first time the original Vanquish formula has been toyed with, though there was a Sports Dynamics suspension package offered from mid-2004 similar to the one that appears here.
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