I finally purchased a 1988 DBS, at my 55. The first tune I played on the replaced (had to…) bluetooth radio has been "The Persuaders" opening theme. I came back to my childhood, to my Dinky and Corgi toys, to my purest time ever, in a minute, that I hope lasts forever. 🇬🇧❤️🍸

My dream since I was 13 years old (that's way back, in 1984!). The sound, the atmosphere, the elegant yet brutal lines.........perfection on four wheels.

@arkhsm

2 жыл бұрын

My name is Adrian, and this is my dream car from first reading the review in Autocar magazine in the late '70s. If I remember correctly, it was top speed record holder when introduced @ 177 mph !!

@ARBIS-19-70

2 жыл бұрын

Sexiest car ever made

My only criticism of this video is that it's not long enough! Awesome motor, the last of the great Astons! Thanks again Simon.

I am 60 and I am drooling over this car. What a sound, and it just looks so beautiful inside and out. A true masterpiece that is a beast. Wish I could win Lotto!!!!

That is the most American looking and sounding British car that I have ever seen.....nice

Forget the new ones. This is the dog’s....

@johneldepresso

5 жыл бұрын

ScotDoc every new car sucks

@astonmartin4360

3 жыл бұрын

I own a DB9 but would sell my soul a 1970's Vantage.Absolute perfection.

@mescko

3 жыл бұрын

Abso-bloody-lutely!!

“Hold the wheel Bough, I’m getting in the Aston.”

Stunning, i owned a Cumberland grey 1985 V8 Vantage about 20 years ago in Switzerland..It belonged to Jean Claude Mimran who owned Lamborghini & Yannick Noah the tennis player. sadly i sold to a guy in Norway . At the time i test drove a V600 but preferred the Vantage. one of the only cars i regret selling.

Such a beautiful car, still my favourite Aston and I can't see that ever changing.

My favourite car when I was s kid and nothing has changed today at 45. Beautiful big British brute, with an exhaust note to die for. I just wish I'd got in early, as back when I started driving you could pick a Vantage up for around 15k. Now, way, way into six figures. Bugger!

I would have killed a man to get my hands on one of these when I was 15. I still would.

@yippeethreeeight

5 жыл бұрын

Me too. The car is the reason I love the Bond movie with Timothy Dalton.

@garytree7729

5 жыл бұрын

Douglas Parker me too.....!!!

@numbereightyseven

4 жыл бұрын

Um, are you guys American, by any chance?

@Gooseman2k2

4 жыл бұрын

Here is something you can't understand How I could just kill a man

@dougie9071

3 жыл бұрын

@@numbereightyseven British.

With a last name of 'Venturi' he could only be a automotive test driver. One of my favourite cars of all time, old school, but still soooo desirable.

@Maddog494

2 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Clarkson made this similar comment about Max Venturi a test driver for Lamborghini

Looks like a British mustang with that glorious exhaust sounds

All I could do while watching this was fantasize about driving my own with that exhaust note as my background music.

@76Aston

4 жыл бұрын

Ditto!

“I’ve had a few optional extras installed “

The sound, the sound I can barely hold my wad!!!

It's British, loud and it likes to drink! LOL! Bang on.

What a noise! My favourite car

Blooming heck this car takes me back to when i was a kid watching the persuaders .

@minatormyth

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, were I was more the Danny wild fan with the Dino 🤗 These days I would like both.

Classic Car, Classic Platform!! Well Done, Mr Bond!!🇬🇧🎩🇬🇧

Thank you! This and the F40. That’s all I need. Fabulous video.

Meravigliosa, una delle mie preferite. Beato te che l'hai provata !

One of the greatest cars ever made!

I’d forgotten how brutally beautiful these Vantages look an sound. Truly the first of AM’s “a bruit in a suit” iterations. Just one complaint - far too bloody short! Oh, and placement of Kidston lozenge.

WOW I had no idea the Brits made their version of a Mustang. It looks amazing and sounds like a beast!!!

@SpookyFox1000

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a LOT more than a Mustang ! It’s an Aston !

darei tanto pur di farci un giretto; amo questa macchina più di ogni altra. La classe che ha nella linea, nelle finiture e nella meccanica sono un mix incredibile. Bel video finalmente con una V8 che tira.

The one and only car you will ever need to be happy

The only time I’ve heard one going flat what at sight and sounds better than anything

The two ton brick at full chat,. I haven't heard that sound for a while....Thanks for the memory

I remember reading in either Road and Track or Car and Driver - they had several of the fastest cars at the Volkswagen Test Track where they could pretty much floor it and leave it there. I think it was Brock Yates writing, it was amazing to see the speedometer touch 170, and the tach at 7000, and both slowly go past. I was just looking for the article so I could link it but couldn't find it.

@mescko

3 жыл бұрын

I may still have that issue somewhere. It was at the Ehra-Liessen test track--two seven-mile-long straights with a 180 degree curve at either end. I believe it was Sept. 1984 R&T. The XJ-S, M635Csi, BB512, and Ruf 911 Turbo were the other cars. The Vantage was clocked at 175 mph. BB512 was slightly faster ,the Ruf 911 laid down 186 mph. I read that article countless times ;)

@markscully2342

2 жыл бұрын

@@mescko for a car as heavy and un aerodynamic as the aston that was and still is a stunning achievement (I too read and reread all the magazine articles at the time).

As an American, I’ve always been reminded strongly of the Ford Maverick and Mustang II looking at these. That’s a mental image I’m trying hard to look beyond, to appreciate this design on its own. Because it actually is quite brutishly handsome, like an Iso Grifo but more pulled together.

Those wheels are gorgeous!

my lawd that thing sounds amazing!

Oh the noise! Great vid👍

@myZisfantastic

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to disagree! This is not a noise but pure V8 symphony! Cheers

Fantastic sound.

Truly beautiful.

It is funny how slight adjustments make such a difference as I am not keen on the 70s version of this but this version is one of the most perfect looking cars ever.

A muscle car wearing a suit from Saville Row !!

To my mind the newer cars aren’t a patch on the older handbuilt cars from Newport Pagnell.

@mescko

3 жыл бұрын

Hear hear!

@joshschneider9766

3 жыл бұрын

pagan would be my only exception.

@peterrenn6341

Жыл бұрын

When they felt the need to put that "Power - Beauty - Soul" nonsense on the dash when starting I knew they'd lost it. On the old one you're too busy juggling the choke and throttle to get the old girl to fire up and idle nicely from cold :-)

@MJ-iv1es

4 ай бұрын

​@@peterrenn6341 Absolutely!

Magnificent beast!

Respect............Amazing

That car, is art

It is beautiful ! God, what a car !

Love your vids

Didnt know it came with a 6 speed manual

@travisolson9190

3 жыл бұрын

That surprised me too

@mescko

3 жыл бұрын

@@travisolson9190 The last of them used the 6-speed from the Corvette.

Glorious.

Oh my, dear, Simon! I remember a time 12 years ago, where I was offered such a V8, not the Vantage but still, for only 40k...*sniff*

Forget the Lambo or 930 poster on the wall, when I was a teen in the early 90's, this was the car I dreamed of.

A truly beautiful car. I'd buy one if I could afford it. Guess that's what daydreams are for...

Fabuloso vehiculo.🇦🇷💎💚

Automobile meravigliosa... Che si distacca dalle vecchie db 5 e 6 più di classe... La vantage mostra che anche le aston si incazzano.... La linea poi richiama la Maserati ghibli e l iso rivolta.. M

My dream car.I have a DB9 which is nice, but a Aston Martin V8 Vantage...👍👍👍👍

@AlfOfAllTrades

5 жыл бұрын

Even if I could find just the vin plates and a front lamp... well, truth be told that's probably all I coud afford.

@gtrman9706

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlfOfAllTrades I am old.Hopefully you aren't.I hope you achieve your life goals.I have. 👍👍👍👍

@AlfOfAllTrades

5 жыл бұрын

@@gtrman9706 50 next year...

@paullondon5332

4 жыл бұрын

My friend has just traded up from a DB9 to one - best decision ever

Music sounds great. Nice car

My all-time favourite muscle car!!! And, being British, it can actually handle more than just a straight line!!!

one of my fave cars ever

I can't believe you took a fantastic car, to a beautiful location, with a nice chap to drive it, and made a video just a few minutes long.

This was my uncle's dream car as a boy, so about 20 years ago he bought a 400 x pack car in Suffolk red!

Wonderful what a Ford Zodiac mk.4 windscreen, wipers,front door shells& glass+floor-pan can do.yeah that's why the doors are so short.😎♥️

If ever there was a MANS CAR, this has to be it. It runs on testosterone. The ultimate Grand Tourer. Like many, this was my dream car in my teens. It will be a dream come true to own and drive one.

Ha ha...taking the Mark Felton intro music...

I didn't know AM made some muscles cars back then

@MiniOne82

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, good old proper British Beef.

@garrydavis3475

4 жыл бұрын

Aston back then were special really hand built every one individual

@mescko

3 жыл бұрын

You need to study up on the REAL Astons...

definitely my dream car no punny ev for me

Ah this is indeed a wonderful automobile!

What?! Mark felton productions theme song !!! I liked this Channel but now…I love it !

Long live the v8.

Nice Mustang!

I remember during the fuel strike which was early 2000’s (maybe late 90’s) being offered a standard V8 which had been ‘restored’ for £7k….having just had a baby my wife thought it wasn’t practical to buy it 🤦‍♂️ she’s longer my wife !!!

If you remember Oliver Read : British ,Almost a whisper and granted a similar thirst .

Professional and well presented video, spoilt somewhat by distracting 'Kidston' plaque in corner! John Paterson

cars lovers ends in this video.

Wunderschöne Schweiz :-)

Surely the car and its sound is dramatic enough without music

I will own one of these soon.... WOOHOOOO

Should have bought one for 20k when I could!

This is a bad boy car...

Simon Templar is alive and we’ll I see🙄

Sounds brutal, but looks like a 1972 Ford Maverick with a 1975 Ford mustang Cobra ii front grill...

It is in this model only, that the engine is connected to Tom Waits.

Beautiful car and video......engine sounds a bit rough?

Testers should dish out the same treatment to the 1980s Aston Martin Zagato Vantage,the Porsche 928,the Ferrari 412 I,and 1970s Masarati Bora.Get the same driver who drove this 1980s Aston Martin Vantage to drive all the cars I’ve mentioned on the public roads,and possibly the track like he drove the Aston Martin Vantage that would be great.

It's like a more refined and luxurious version of the old American pony cars, was that the idea?.. Was it the British version of the late 60s to early 70s Mustang or Camaro?.. I don't mean that as an insult, because I've always like the Vantage. A lot.

I. MUST. OWN. THIS. CAR. AS. SOON. AS. POSSIBLE.

Yum. Cataliticcon-whatnow? Traction control? No no no, this is a CAR....

The last real car

A mustang in fancy dress

favorite Astin

@kevinmanns7170

3 жыл бұрын

The name is ASTON MARTIN, not Astin

Another car engine ruined by music

@johnharrison1122

Жыл бұрын

Why do they do that? 5.3litre,quad cam carbie fed monster, the music is the note of the donk and should be nothing else.

@nickspong8265

Жыл бұрын

Awful

@CarsandChris

5 ай бұрын

You can still hear the car. Relax.

Wow

Lana lana LANAAA!!!

0:10 so they are built in a shack

Nr 1❤

IMO, the only car that can come close to this is a Jensen Interceptor or FF. Even then, they have borrowed, less sophisticated, V8s from the US.

Uggh that music

I have always dreamed of driving it all around europe like italy and spain. Im 18 do you think this will get banned till im able to fulfill rhat dream.

One minute in and we're in a petrol station! Welcome to the reality of AMV8 ownership 🙂

Did Aston make the engine?

still say the best Aston ever made

Come on Simon, do another video featuring this car. Maybe Wolf of Autobahn 2?

better than mustang

6.3 litre nice