Aston Martin V8 Roadster review
Aston Martin Vantage 4.3 V8 Road Test
Test date 25 April 2007
Price as tested £91,000
For Looks, noise, handling and ride, roof-up refinement
Against Fiddly sat-nav, sometimes awkward transmission, could be faster
When a car sounds as good as the Aston Martin V8 Vantage coupé, the arrival of a convertible version is something that we are genetically obliged to get excited about. That we've had to wait a year and a half since the introduction of the coupé in 2005 hasn't dampened our enthusiasm one bit.
Despite the apparent wait, the roadster has actually been on the cards since the inception of the V8 Vantage, which, when total production numbers soon exceed those of the DB7, will become Aston's most successful car ever. Rightly so. In our November 2005 road test we said we could understand entirely if you chose a V8 Vantage over a Porsche 911. Question is, does the roadster have all the desirability of the coupé?
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