Aston Martin V8 Vantage


Aston Martin creates special edition Robb Report V8 Vantage

There's no shortage of people deeply enamored with the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster. The folks at the Robb Report evidently agree, and included it in their "Best of the Best" list. But they didn't stop there: the luxury lifestyle magazine has teamed up with Aston to create a special edition of the British roadster, and they're only building seven of them. The Robb Report Limited Edition V8 Vantage Roadster is characterized by its black-on-black-on-black color scheme: black exterior paint, black fabric roof and black interior ... Read more →

Elite LMV-R brings the heat to Aston Martin Jonathon Ramsey

The Aston Martin Vantage GT4 might be worthy on the track, but what if you want a lightened, hardened Vantage for the street, à la Lamborghini's Gallardo Superleggera and Ferrari's F430 ...

Aston to field half-dozen V12 Vantage racers at Nürburgring 24 Jonathon Ramsey

It started with one lone V8 Vantage, dubbed the N24, that ran the Nürburgring 24-hour race in 2006. Last year, that first racer, a yellow car dubbed "Rose," won class honors in the race. ...

REPORT: Spied Aston V12 Vantage Roadster actually a beefed-up V8 Noah Joseph

If you saw the recent spy shots of a supposed upcoming Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster and wondered where all the louvers from the coupe went, the answer may be found in newer reports. Sources ...

Aston Martin offers power upgrades to last-gen V8 Vantages Damon Lavrinc

If you're a 2005-2008 Aston Martin V8 Vantage owner, you may have wished you'd held out for the 2009 model which benefits from an extra 0.4-liters of displacement (up from 4.3- to 4.7-liters) and ...

Daniel Craig gets free pass to drive Astons for life 1 year ago on Autoblog

As if being chosen to play the consummate British secret agent wasn't enough for Daniel Craig to brag about, the current 007 has been extended a free pass to drive Aston Martin's best cars any time he pleases. And he isn't limited to driving on the street. Aston has made its test track available ...

Aston Martin to move further upmarket? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Such is the logic of luxury economics: charge tens of thousands of dollars more for the same product, sell fewer of them and boost the balance sheet and your brand's long-term viability. That is what Aston Martin's considering for the next phase of its business plan, which runs from roughly ...

Form follows function? Hamann Aston Martin V8 Vantage 1 year ago on Autoblog

We were totally buying Hamann's line about "form follows function," right up until the point we saw the roof scoop on the tuner's Aston Martin V8 Vantage package. That aside, the kit from Hamann is one of the most comprehensive we've seen, implementing an array of aerodynamic, handing and ...

What do a giant tape measure, a V8 Vantage and Stephen Hawking have in common? 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above to view a hi-res gallery of Beijing 008 China, that's what. Artist Qin Yufen has just unveiled Beijing 008 with the help of Aston Martin chieftains Ulrich Bez and Kenny Chen. The art installation brings together a ginormous tape measure, a quote about disorder, a statuary tribute to ...

Premier4509 limited edition body kit for Aston Martin V8 Vantage 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Premier4509's V8 Vantage. Veilside's luxury and exotics arm has already released body kits for the Lamborghini Murcielago and Bentley Continental GT, and now Premier4509 has turned its attention to the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Any attempt to improve upon ...

Aston Martin upgrades the V8 Vantage for 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high resolution gallery of the V8 Vantage Not one to settle, Aston Martin is giving its V8 Vantage a host of upgrades for 2009 highlighted by a larger V8 engine with more power. Originally displacing 4.3 liters, the V8 has been bored and stroked to 4.7 liters for an 11% increase ...

Paramount Performance offers 65hp V8 Vantage upgrade 1 year ago on Autoblog

Make no mistake about it, the V8 Vantage is an unspeakably beautiful car. Sure, it looks like every other contemporary Aston Martin, but it's arguably the best application of the theme. Unfortunately its performance falls a little short of some of its competitors. So while we wait for news from ...

Mansory adds flavor, little else to the Aston Martin Vantage V8 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for a gallery of high-res images. Tuners normally try to find a balance between appearance and performance modifications, but in the case of Mansory, they've relied on the former at the expense of the latter. Starting with the achingly handsome Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a ...

Frankfurt 2007: Waiting for our inheritance, Part 1 - Aston Martin Vantage N400 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for more high-res, desktop-ready pics of the N400 Vantage. Our lottery ticket fantasy garage just got a bit bigger. Aston Martin unveiled the N400 version of its V8 Vantage, a road-going tribute to its time around the 'Ring in 2006. Like every other Aston product, it will be ...

Spy Shots: Facelifted Aston Martin V8 Vantage 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click over to see four large images at AutoGespot! Our friends from the Netherlands are back at it, capturing a hot new car before anybody else. Sporting U.S.-spec orange side markers, these special Vantage V8s made a brief appearance and started rumors that we might be in store for a sportier new ...

Specing Aston Martin's V8 Vantage N24 2 years ago on Autoblog

Aston Martin rocks. Remember back in June when they won their class at the Nürburgring 24 Hours with pretty much a showroom stock V8 Vantage? The one that finished 24th overall out of a field of 220 entrants, most of which were pure race cars? Well, Aston Martin Chairman and Chief Executive ...

In Texas you can "Drive Your Dream" 3 years ago on Autoblog

How cool would it be to drive five of the world's greatest cars all in one day? Nameplates like Ferrari, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and Porsche are all just a short jaunt away for less than the price of a single month's lease payment on any one of them. DFW Elite Auto in Dallas, TX has put together ...

Aston Martin shows off endurance with Project 30,000 3 years ago on Autoblog

After a driver team led by Dr. Ulrich Bez drove a production-standard V8 Vantage to a top-25 finish at this year's Nurburgring 24 Hours, Aston Martin engineers kicked off another demonstration of the Vantage's endurance. To commemorate the milestone of 30,000 cars produced, Aston Martin staffers ...

Iron Man! Aston Martin V8 Vantage completes Nurburgring 24 in production trim 3 years ago on Autoblog

"Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday" is how the old saying goes, but maybe we can change it to "Finish on Sunday, Sell on Monday" in the case of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. That's because an almost-stock Vantage entered and completed this past weekend's Nurburgring 24-Hour race. The only modifications ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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