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Aston Martin V12 Vantage - Autocar & DR vids
« on: 22-May-2009, 16:41:06 »
What an awesome car this turned out to be! Although I was also disappointed at first with "just" 517 bhp, instead of the full 600 bhp of the RS concept car, in reality it really is a lot for such a small car.

Here's the review by Autocar:


http://www.autocar.co.uk/VideosWallpapers/Videos.aspx?AR=240237&CT=V


And the one by Drivers Republic:


http://www.drivers-republic.com/dr_tv/index.cfm?videoid=b56bb59d76ab46e7a58257134a1bd0d1&area=videos


And a bonus video: An onboard lap on the Nürburgring in the racing version of this car:
http://www.drivers-republic.com/dr_tv/index.cfm?videoid=72c19987132c4fec898918cd62dd078f&area=videos

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Re: Aston Martin V12 Vantage - Autocar & DR vids
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Re: Aston Martin V12 Vantage - Autocar & DR vids
« Reply #2 on: 22-May-2009, 17:30:11 »
Really nice car, but as usual with Aston Martin the performance/price ratio is a little bit disappointing.

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Re: Aston Martin V12 Vantage - Autocar & DR vids
« Reply #3 on: 23-May-2009, 23:48:17 »
nice find, thanks for the links guys!
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Re: Aston Martin V12 Vantage - Autocar & DR vids
« Reply #4 on: 24-May-2009, 00:10:36 »
I like it better when I first saw it as a concept, but.... I think it doesn't make much sense to have such a big engine on this car, and specially these days when all brands are starting to decrese engine's since  :roll:

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Re: Aston Martin V12 Vantage - Autocar & DR vids
« Reply #5 on: 24-May-2009, 17:13:48 »
Seems to me that the fact that the V8 Vantage didn't even had 400hp when most competitors were well above that (510hp for the Scuderia, even more for the LP560) forced them to do that. The power of this new V12 Vantage, though, considering it comes from a race-spec 6 litre V12 is not that impressive afterall...

 

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