Aston Martin Reviews

The new Vantage is as wild as ever.

Light, but not skinny.

An intimate bubble of fun outside of our normal, average reality.

Aston Martin's 21st century renaissance kickstarted with the DB11, a high-dollar grand tourer that upped the outgoing DB9's dynamic envelope while keeping one foot firmly planted in the brand's aesthetically elevated roots. The sequel to Aston's bid for relevancy is the V8 Vantage, a more agile and track-focused two-seater, perennially the company's best-seller that guns for the heavyweight in the segment, the Porsche 911. With a completely updated design language and laser-like focus on perform

"My job is to make them drive like they look," Matt Becker, Aston Martin's vehicle attributes engineer, tells me. The engine is idling, and we're harnessed inside of the 2019 Vantage test mule's racing bucket seats, somewhere on a frozen lake near the Arctic Circle in Sweden. Since the Vantage is Aston's best seller, and it's representative of the things the brand stands for, it's safe to say this chilly prototype is the most important Aston Martin on the planet right now.

Less roofless coupe, more open-air lifestyle experience.

A 503-hp, 513-lb-ft variant of the 4.0 twin-turbo V8 is specially mapped and tuned for a more trilling and less bombastic engine note.

One of the last great analog experiences in motoring.

Proof that the naturally aspirated V12 isn't dead. Yet.

The British sports car is evolving, for the better.