Bloomberg.com
Aston Martin’s new top-of-the-line grand tourer isn’t going to outsprint any of its supercar rivals. A four-second time in the zero-to-60 mph dash rates as “positively bovine” in comparison with a Ferrari’s three. But James Bond’s favorite automaker builds cars that make stopwatches irrelevant. “Aston Martins are pitter-patter, be-still-my-beating-heart beautiful,” both to look at and to drive. The new Vanquish is “a wicked, pretty thing”—a jewel that deserves a space in any collector’s garage.
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Jalopnik.com
Some have complained that all Aston Martins look the same, but “why keep swinging when you’ve already hit a home run?” The brand has a “brilliant” flagship in the Vanquish. It has “thousands of watts of charisma,” it’s “one of the most dynamic-to-drive grand touring cars in the world,” and it’s also “the best Aston ever built.”
