The Vantage badge has been gracing cars since 1951 when the nameplate was bolted onto a high-performance DB2. Looking at the latest iteration today, you wouldn’t suspect a heritage dating back over 60 years. The new Vantage is ultra-modern in its design, with carefully crafted, clean surfaces utterly devoid of grills, slats or vents. Just a very pure, simple line. So understated, so British.
First Drive: 2018 Aston Martin Vantage
A former Motoring Editor at the Telegraph, Erin Baker combines a bike licence and race licence with a love of high-speed cars and penchant for embarrassingly low-speed crashes. Now she has two sons, she’s largely put her leathers to one side, preferring the cut and thrust of automotive industry debates and wondering which cars have Isofix…
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