Once I first drove the Aston Martin Vantage in Spain, it was fairly beautiful. By a cloud of jet lag and unfamiliarity with Spanish highway tradition, it was evident then that the up to date child Aston had one thing particular going for it. That one thing turned extraordinarily clear on my residence roads throughout Cool Automotive Cup: The brand new Vantage is a real driver’s automotive.

I waxed my lyrics to a transparent shine in our Cool Automotive Cup megapost, so I’ll save the soppy particulars–The Vantage is spectacular as a result of it’s unafraid. It would flip, and it feels prefer it would possibly even flip an excessive amount of. The crux of it’s a strong entrance axle–That’s to say, the entrance tires will flip the automotive as a lot as you ask them to. Understeer is barely on the very edges of the Vantage’s lexicon, and solely occurs if you happen to rush it or drive it incorrectly. At its core, the factor will rotate as a lot as you demand of it.

It’s front-engined rear-drive bliss. Mixed with the beautiful sheet steel, new inside, and nuclear bomb twin-turbo V-8 engine, it is one thing to behold. The one weak spot is the gearbox, which I discussed being good within the video, however doesn’t rise up on the monitor. However the general impact was surprising, and within the distinguished firm of the Porsche 718 Spyder RS, Lamborghini Revuelto, and Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, the Vantage really stood the check.