Phont: Aston Martin, current V8 Vantage
Hell yea. Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage replacement will drop
next year with a 4.0 liter V8 sourced from Mercedes-AMG and will definitely
come with a manual transmission. Get out your best stationary and fancy-pants
pen because we all owe Aston bespoke thank you letters.
“I’ve already gone on the record saying I want to be the
last manufacturer in the world to offer a manual sports car.”
That was Aston CEO Andy Palmer talking to Car And Driver, and possibly stealing my heart in the
process.
The 2017 V8 Vantage is the next step in Aston Martin’s 21st
Century portfolio of seven new models, including the all-new DB11, an upcoming
Vanquish replacement, and an upcoming, possibly electric, DBX crossover.
But if you want an Aston with a 4.0 liter V8 and a manual option,
the upcoming Vantage is your ticket. If I’m not mistaken, this will be the only
way to get an AMG V8 engine with a manual. Perhaps it’s better this way.
Palmer also confirmed an automatic option, but was adamant
against a heavy dual-clutch set up suggesting it was redundant and unnecessary.
A few other nuggets from Car And Driver include
Palmer mentioning that he wants to keep engine options limited per model. What
that means for a V8 DB11 or a V12 Vantage remains unclear, but here’s hoping
Aston does indeed have them in mind.
Also on the slate for Aston is a “world’s
fastest” hypercar team up with Red Bull, which apparently isn’t part
of the 7-car lineup we’ve been promised.
It will be interesting to see how much of the DB11 carries
over into the Vantage design this time around, with hints from Palmer and crew
that there would be more variation in model-to-model designs going forward.
As a fan of the DB11 and particularly the new million-dollar
Lagonda sedan, I’m extremely confident of the pen in the hands of Aston’s
designers.
source: http://jalopnik.com/the-2017-aston-martin-v8-vantage-will-save-the-manuals-1767881950
by Justin Westbrook
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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