Aston Martin first fitted a V12 to the Vantage in 2007, but that’s not when I want to come back.
Instead, it’s late 2013, by which time the V12 Vantage was already “our favorite modern-day Aston” and had just been replaced by the V12 Vantage S, which had an additional 55bhp over this previous car, so 565 hp in total.
The location was Snetterton. The reason he was there was our Britain’s Best Driver car competition.
What the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S became was not just an updated variant of Autocar’s favorite modern-day Aston, but one of my all-time favorite driver’s cars. Top ten.
I love the Vantage S, but in truth, its naturally aspirated V12 engine was only a small part of the story.
“The Vantage makes friends before you crash out of corner one on lap one,” we concluded at the time. “The Vantage-based Astons have this curious ability to be a bit more bitter than you’d expect, but not this one. It’s a lot better,” said Andrew Frankel.
That 5.9-liter V12 was, I think, more spectacular than the last turbocharged V12 in the places we’ve tested it so far, but there’s no denying that the new engine’s added torque should make it easier to play with the Vantage chassis which, with a V8, is already one of the most playful cars on sale.
If, in addition to the extra oomph and throttle adjustability, it adds a lot of drama to the current Vantage, it will be worth considering. If it makes the car as good as the 2013 Vantage S, it will be quite sensational.
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This notice was published: 2022-03-16 12:17:31
