During our test drives in Spain, the 2025 Aston Martin Vantage revealed more muscle and refinement than before, but we still have suggestions.
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A longer hood runs down toward a grille opening that’s 38 percent larger to improve cooling compared to the previous iteration.At the center of the dash is a 10.25-inch touchscreen that’s fast reacting and intuitive to use. Below it is a new center console that, as in the DB12, hosts physical controls for functions such as gear selection, temperature adjustment, fan speed, and audio volume, as well as the ignition’s start button, which is surrounded by the rotary drive-mode selector.
As in the DB12, a new center console hosts physical controls for numerous functions, including gear selection as well as the ignition’s start button, which is surrounded by the rotary drive-mode selector.Five different drive modes are now available, with the default start mode being Sport. Twisting the rotary controller to the right selects Sport+, which enhances the power train’s response and stiffens the suspension.
While selecting Sport+ mode stiffens the Vantage’s sinews and sharpens its responses, the suspension setting proved a little too stiff for some of the rougher, hilly Spanish roads we encountered on our test drive, the revs spinning up as the rear tires were on occasion kicked into the air. However, selecting Individual mode and dialing the suspension back to Sport while keeping the power train in Sport+ settled the car.
Yes, the new Aston Martin Vantage is very impressive. But it’s not perfect. The track sessions amplified the weak link we’d detected out on those fast and winding mountain roads: The new Vantage needs a dual-clutch transmission to fully exploit the precision in the chassis and the punch from the power train.
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