A quarterly magazine for buyers and enthusiasts of Aston Martin cars. Vantage celebrates 100 years of one of the coolest car brands on the planet from the early gentlemns racers through to the all-new Vanquish. If you've a passion for Aston Martin's you'll love Vantage magazine.
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Vantage
Vantage opens up • NEW VANTAGE ROADSTER PROMISES COUPÉ LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE AND HANDLING AND SEES RETURN OF CLASSIC ‘VANE’ GRILLE AS AN OPTION
Speedster steals show • GENEVA DEBUT FOR V12-ENGINED RETRO-INSPIRED LIMITED EDITION
F1 stars test Valkyrie hypercar • TWO MORE VERIFICATION PROTOTYPES JOIN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
DBX gets Q personalisation treatment • EARLY GLIMPSE OF CUSTOMISATION POSSIBILITIES
Stroll throws Aston a cash lifeline • F1 BILLIONAIRE LEADS RESCUE CONSORTIUM
IN BRIEF
First, the good news… • VANTAGES FLYING, BUT VALKYRIE PLANS ON HOLD
That champagne feeling • CONCOURS AND SPORTING ACTION AMONG AMOC HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2020
Opportunity knocks • THE FIRST AUCTIONS OF THE YEAR THROW UP A BARGAIN OR TWO, AND GOODING & CO PRESENTS A RARE CHANCE TO BUY A DB4 GT ZAGATO
Desirables • Aston-related objects of desire, including more than one with a Bond connection
Desirables • More Aston-related goodies – and other objects of desire that have caught our eye
Classic Aston Martin tyres from Pirelli • Longstone Tyres is pleased to announce the range of period-style Pirellis now available again for classic Aston Martins
HOME & AWAY • We drive a pre-production DBX in the damp and cold of the Welsh forests – after first trying it in the heat and dust of Oman
SMOOTH OPERATOR • Famed for his smooth style, Tony Brooks starred for Aston Martin in its 1950s racing heyday. Here he recalls those heady times
THE OTHER LAGONDA • Everyone remembers the Lagonda ‘wedge’, but there was another, earlier, V8-powered four-door. We savour a drive in a rare and special machine
TWENTY TWENTY VISION • The DB7-based Twenty Twenty was a Giugiaro concept for a future Aston. In 2020, it still has the power to shock
Driving the Twenty Twenty
OH OH HEAVEN • We drive one of the original 1960s Bond DB5s on the actual Alpine pass that featured in Goldfinger. It really doesn’t get much better than this
SHOOTING TO THRILL • We join the film crew and stunt drivers on location in Italy for the 25th Bond film, No Time To Die
IMITATION GAME • No Time To Die required no fewer than eight replica DB5s for the action sequences. We find out how they were created – and get behind the wheel
THE NAME’S BECKER • Matt Becker, Aston’s chief engineer (above), recalls when his dad Roger became Bond’s stunt driver on The Spy Who Loved Me
WHAT LIES BENEATH • The ‘VH’ platform underpinned a remarkable 15 years of Aston Martin production, from first DB9 to Rapide AMR
VH roots – and the VH family tree
Speed freak • It’s hard to imagine a more unlikely competition car, but Michael Urban’s DB6 Volante has won dozens of trophies in races, rallies and sprints. We met up with car and owner at Goodwood
SYSTEM UPGRADE • The Aston Workshop has developed a comprehensive package of upgrades for the classic V8. We compare modified with standard
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HOOKED ON CLASSICS • Pugsley & Lewis have been maintaining, restoring and improving classic Astons for more than 30 years. We find out what drives them
MODEL LISTINGS
HEROES: SIR KEN ADAM • IMAGINING BOND’S ASTON MARTIN DB5 WAS JUST ONE SMALL CHAPTER IN KEN ADAM’S REMARKABLE LIFE