2019 Vantage

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[killramos]

Its too bad, its a million times better car than the one it replaces. But nowhere near as pretty. I hope it grows on me, but then again I feel the same way about the DB11.

0-60 in 3.6, better than any of the RWD AMG's with the same engine. That's pretty impressive. 150k for one of these, who would buy an AMG GT-S?

AMG 4.0 up front and a ZF-8 directing the power, should be a hundred times more reliable too which is awesome.

[C4S]

Very nice and sexy ... but the front head light ... a bit too Mazda ..

I think the same way, ~ $150K US to start (probably $185K cad to start) so $200K can get one, just slightly more than AMG GTS/GTC, seems like better choice .. but running cost will be much higher . (i.e. $5500 windshield vs $2K something like that .. )

I actually think the Original Vantage, especially the V12S looks nicer .. perfect looking car, can't think of any panel can be be prettier ...

[Mitsu3000gt]

Dat ass

[Neil4Speed]

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Its too bad, its a million times better car than the one it replaces. But nowhere near as pretty. I hope it grows on me, but then again I feel the same way about the DB11.

0-60 in 3.6, better than any of the RWD AMG's with the same engine. That's pretty impressive. 150k for one of these, who would buy an AMG GT-S?

AMG 4.0 up front and a ZF-8 directing the power, should be a hundred times more reliable too which is awesome.

Maybe that was the agreement? Sure, you can buy our engines, but you need to make your cars less pretty.

[Buster]

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Its too bad, its a million times better car than the one it replaces. But nowhere near as pretty. I hope it grows on me, but then again I feel the same way about the DB11.

0-60 in 3.6, better than any of the RWD AMG's with the same engine. That's pretty impressive. 150k for one of these, who would buy an AMG GT-S?

AMG 4.0 up front and a ZF-8 directing the power, should be a hundred times more reliable too which is awesome.

Me.

(but I'm biased).

The Aston will also be a premium over the GTS. Probably by $20k or more. And the GTS looks far, far better.

The Aston has some weird miata-ish front end, and the rear is an odd riff of a Lincoln MKZ.

The whole thing comes off like an F-type - which in my view isn't a compliment.

[BavarianBeast]

You can build them out on their configurator now. Some pretty awesome colors and options. Definitely going to be an awesome vehicle, but I do agree that they botched the front end. I read somewhere last night that all of the 2019s are now sold out, but cannot seem to locate that article now. Impressive for Aston if true.

[killramos]

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Me.

(but I'm biased).

The Aston will also be a premium over the GTS. Probably by $20k or more. And the GTS looks far, far better.

The Aston has some weird miata-ish front end, and the rear is an odd riff of a Lincoln MKZ.

The whole thing comes off like an F-type - which in my view isn't a compliment.

Haha agreed for sure, it is not a good looking car. And the GT is awesome looking. I do like the Aston interior though.

The Aston lineup doesn’t make any sense now, this is considerably faster than any db11. How fast is the db11 based vanquish going to be I wonder?

I am surprised AMG let AM make this so fast, a bit of egg on their face for sure...

I look forward to the MT V12 Vantage S or the AMR in the future.

[Buster]

Do you mean like 0-60 fast?

do people look at that as much any more?

[speedog]

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Do you mean like 0-60 fast?

do people look at that as much any more?

Apparently they do re:Tesla roadster thread.

[killramos]

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Do you mean like 0-60 fast?

do people look at that as much any more?

0-60 fast is all some of us have

0.2 seconds quicker to 60, with a slush box, same size car, compatible price with the same engine. Well to me that’s impressive.

Might just be a symptom of AMG’s all being chronically undertired.

Oh and also, it has an Aston badge on the front, that always helps

[Mitsu3000gt]

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Do you mean like 0-60 fast?

do people look at that as much any more?

I've always liked that metric only because it's the most reasonable thing the average driver can actually experience on a regular basis and day-to-day, especially since most people don't take their cars to the track or to the drag strip for 1/4 miles. It is the best indication of stoplight-to-stoplight performance, which is what most of us probably drive in 99% of the time here in the city haha. Obviously nobody is doing hard launches from every red light, but I think it's still the easiest way to get an indication of how fast a car will feel in relatively normal use.

[Seth1968]

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Do you mean like 0-60 fast?

do people look at that as much any more?

No. It's a dying characteristic.

Don't get me wrong though, if it wasn't for the law, I'd be flooring it and punching people at the same time.

[Buster]

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0-60 fast is all some of us have

0.2 seconds quicker to 60, with a slush box, same size car, compatible price with the same engine. Well to me that’s impressive.

Might just be a symptom of AMG’s all being chronically undertired.

Oh and also, it has an Aston badge on the front, that always helps

I think (I don't recall specifically), that the MB published 0-60 figures were higher than the magazine tested ones. I think the GT has 295s in the rear?...the GT avoids a lot of the regular AMG predilections. The Aston has the same tire dimensions as the GT.

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I've always liked that metric only because it's the most reasonable thing the average driver can actually experience on a regular basis and day-to-day, especially since most people don't take their cars to the track or to the drag strip for 1/4 miles. It is the best indication of stoplight-to-stoplight performance, which is what most of us probably drive in 99% of the time here in the city haha. Obviously nobody is doing hard launches from every red light, but I think it's still the easiest way to get an indication of how fast a car will feel in relatively normal use.

I think a 40-100 run is much more telling.

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When I saw this I thought Fisker Emotion

[killramos]

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I think (I don't recall specifically), that the MB published 0-60 figures were higher than the magazine tested ones. I think the GT has 295s in the rear?...the GT avoids a lot of the regular AMG predilections. The Aston has the same tire dimensions as the GT.

I always had it in my head that the GT-S was 3.8. But I am seeing it beat that quite readily on magazine tests you are right.

Did you notice that the MB Canada website doesn't even have the GT and GT-S anymore? Just GT-C and GT-R

In that case yea I take the AMG GT (*whatever they are called now) over this. Seems like a decent competitor to the F type though.