Video Review: Aston Martin VanquishIs it the best Aston ever assembled?

Jeff Glucker

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I got a taste of the new Aston Martin Vanquish during a sopping wet day on a racetrack outside of New Orleans. The car was impressive but my time with the Brit-bred brute was far too brief. I needed more time. I needed to more deeply sample the new seats. I needed time to experience the revised center stack with its haptic-feedback buttons. Most importantly though, I needed time to get more closely acquainted with the 565-horsepower 6.0-liter V12 engine mounted under the sultry carbon fiber nose of this grandest of tourers.

I got more time…

[youtube width=”720″ height=”405″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvQqdxyp2Bo[/youtube]

[Disclaimer: Aston Martin let me borrow the Vanquish for a weekend, and included a full tank of gas. I said goodbye to my wife and dogs on Friday only to reemerge with a British accent on Monday morning.]

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Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. He’s often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff

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17 responses to “Video Review: Aston Martin VanquishIs it the best Aston ever assembled?”

  1. PotbellyJoe ★★★★☆ Avatar
    PotbellyJoe ★★★★☆

    Is there a decidedly amazing Aston Martin that is delivered with "Some assembly required"? Because I could appreciate the argument that this as the best Aston ever.
    If money were no object, it wouldn't be the one I would buy, but the 1977-89 V8 Vantage will always hold that spot in my heart regardless of how amazing the new ones look.
    <img src="http://assets.hemmings.com/uimage/14548730-700-0.jpg&quot; width=550>

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    1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      Also… best doesn't equal favorite.
      My favorite AM is the V12 Vantage, because it's insane.

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      1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
        Peter Tanshanomi

        Thank you for giving the correct Hooniverse answer. The new Vanquish is more of an Edmunds.com answer.
        (The Redacted answer is One-77 for now, but sure to become a Cygnet as soon as one gets stolen and wrecked by a naked woman high on E.)

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    2. Lotte Avatar
      Lotte

      Is this the Favourite AM Vantage thread?
      <img src="http://www.automania.be/files/Image/ASTON%20MARTIN/Historiques/69a.jpg&quot; width="400/">

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      1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
        Jeff Glucker

        It is now
        [youtube QZ46dyQsie0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ46dyQsie0 youtube]

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  2. RichardKopf Avatar
    RichardKopf

    Well, it's no Lagonda. I expect my Astons to have a CRT screen. And 90° angles.

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    1. Tim Odell Avatar
      Tim Odell

      And E pillars.

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  3. Lotte Avatar
    Lotte

    <img src="http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7777/jeffandcatrinel.jpg&quot; width=500>
    "…and these seats are, uh, made of a nice, uh, texture, and uh…"
    "Concentrarsi solo sulla revisione, compagno."

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    1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      best photoshop ever…

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  4. LSB Scott V Avatar
    LSB Scott V

    Very well done Jeff. I enjoyed it thoroughly…nothing quite sounds like an Aston V12.

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  5. Van_Sarockin Avatar
    Van_Sarockin

    That blue sucks; neither fish nor fowl. The engine bay also looks far less like sculpture than prior models. I'm glad they've sorted out their buttons and controls, but if you're buying this car for the digital interface, then you're truly hopeless. The cost makes the DB5 a total steal. You can give me the blue one.

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  6. RobbyDeGraff Avatar
    RobbyDeGraff

    Awesome, great video and review

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  7. Ray Avatar
    Ray

    Header intakes???? 1:47

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    1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      misspoke… I don't have a script, which is evident at 1:47.

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      1. Vairship Avatar
        Vairship

        As long as you don't crack the welds on them, we'll forgive you.

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  8. Xedicon Avatar
    Xedicon

    This is nitpicking to be sure but… that has to be the tiniest NAV screen available in a new car today. Also I'd be curious to know how it's worth over twice as much as a fully loaded Viper GTS which by all accounts is a seriously awesome car to drive both on and off the track, has better infotainment, an actual manual transmission, 75 more HP, 143 more lbs / ft of torque, bigger rear tires, certainly would have better handling as it's also meant to be a track car, also makes use of a lot of carbon fiber (not as much I admit) and while I know this is subjective I think the Viper is better looking.
    Yes the interior of the Aston is nicer but not by a margin of roughly $150,000 – I find the price of the Aston to be totally insane (but I'm sure they'll sell all of them).

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  9. sport_wagon Avatar
    sport_wagon

    I'll be honest with you. I usually can't stand American car review videos. Somehow car videos just don't seem right unless the reviewer has a British accent and uses phrases like "properly quick." But this. THIS. You have the gift, my man. Your passion for automobiles shines. Your delivery is spot on. I thoroughly enjoyed this vid. Keep making them. And the bozos who run Top Gear USA should hire you so they can have a GOOD show.

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