Follow along as Tedward takes us on a tour of this beautiful and rare Aston!
This week we’re at the helm of Aston’s posh V12-powered grand touring coupe. For 2015 the Vanquish introduces the new Touchtronic III eight-speed automatic gearbox into the mix, a transmission that’s been honed meticulously with technical partner ZF for use in the Rapide S and Vanquish. This, along with changes to the final drive gear ratio result in a Vanquish that’s both faster and more fuel efficient than last year’s model.
Last year we got a chance to road test the hardtop version of the Vanquish, and we left the scene suitably enamored. Here we find ourselves at the helm of the drop top version of the Vanquish for the first time, simultaneously congratulating ourselves on the incredibly fortunate sequence of events that led us to this point in life, and also immediately realizing that despite perhaps losing a step to its hardtop brethren, the Volante is, without question, the more ideal configuration of the Vanquish.
This week Aston Martin was gracious enough to hand us the key to a Vanquish drop top and set us loose on the streets of…
Praise the automotive gods! We recently spent some quality time with the 2013 Aston Martin Vanquish. Rather than wait for our soon-to-be-published review of the V-12 beauty, we’re sharing our video with you, shot by none other than our Multimedia Editor Chris Amos.