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    A 510 HP 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Makes Music

    2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage: Driven
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    06/01/09

    In reply to A 510 HP 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Makes Music
    does not sound as good as an Italian V12.




    or even Italian V8s for that mater...


    or Italian 4s or V6s even...



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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    06/01/09

    @JawzX2: Now with 100% more employment!: It's the Murc that has the V12.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/01/09

    In reply to A 510 HP 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Makes Music
    Needs moar...


    Nothin'. It's pretty much perfect. Now if you'll excuse me, I need a moment alone.

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/01/09

    In reply to A 510 HP 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Makes Music
    305km/h? That's 185mph, right? For the price I think 200mph should be minimum. I can't get excited with this car, I don't know why. The engine is fantastic there's no doubt, they've been milking it since the DB7, but that package doesn't do it for me. The tacky hood.
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    Image of Rock517 Rock517
    06/01/09

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    Gag at the Wyclef music. Ruined it for me.


    Sidenote: Why the hell did Aston decide to re-invent the tach recently and make it go backward? Very odd looking.

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    06/01/09

    @Rock517: Agreed on both counts. The music sucked, and the anti-clockwise tach was bizarre until the moment during the top speed run when the needles were trying to reach each other, but unless the car is going to spend most of its time at 300 km/h, the tack would have been better in a conventional rotation.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    06/01/09

    In reply to A 510 HP 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Makes Music
    All those specs and no ring time?
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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    06/01/09

    @Graverobber: When your car get whipped by autos half the price, it is prudent to leave such information off the spec sheet.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    06/01/09

    @jbownsabmw and Will Work For Fuel: You know, I'd love to see a head to head between this and a 599. I'll drive the Aston if you'll take the Ferrari. We can switch cars between laps.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    06/01/09

    In reply to A 510 HP 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Makes Music
    Pardon me while I go change my pants.
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    Image of dculberson dculberson
    05/21/09

    In reply to 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage: Driven
    one of the coolest, most true to form cars in years, and people are bitching about the hood vents.


    Are you really going to care if you were driving it?

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/22/09

    @everyone: If this was a Ferrari or Lamborghini, we wouldn't care. But it's an Aston Martin. A true Aston would never sacrifice looks for power.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    05/21/09

    In reply to 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage: Driven
    The louvers are not very pretty, but who cares, what I like is a the idea of having a super sports car with shift stick. Looks like very entertaining to drive.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    05/21/09

    In reply to 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage: Driven
    This car will complement my carbon fiber toilet seat and matching luggage.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    05/21/09

    In reply to 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage: Driven
    Is there going to be a day when we find out who The Auto Insider is? Like the day we found out Kramer's first name is Cosmo?
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    05/21/09

    @Maxichamp: The closest we've got.

    [jalopnik.com]
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    Image of PowerTryp, Starless wonder. PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
    05/21/09

    @Maxichamp: The Auto Insider is the Stigs Journalist cousin.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/21/09

    @PowerTryp: They even share the first name, what a coincidence! I mean, how many people in this world have their first names "The"?
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    05/21/09

    @Mobius_1: Plus, they have matching birthmarks in the shape of the Nurburgring!
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    Image of Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
    05/21/09

    In reply to 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage: Driven
    I think the hood louvers are a viral marketing campaign for the new "V" TV series! I think its telling people to go F themselves in some weird alien language
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    05/21/09

    In reply to 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage: Driven
    This and the DBS are pushing the boundaries of elegance, IMO. I'm all for functional scoops and louvers, but it doesn't really seem to fit with the image AM has worked so hard to create.


    That certainly wouldn't prevent me from slobbering if someone handed me the keys to one, though. At that point, it would be my mission to make those scoops and louvers absolutely necessary!

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    Image of Forgetful - GT Junkie Forgetful - GT Junkie
    05/21/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick: you gotta do sumthing different when all of your cars fit the same silhouette.
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/21/09

    @Forgetful: Yeah, but not something that ruins the elegance of an Aston. And, it's a Vantage anyway, just with a V12. They shouldn't have to differentiate it that substantially.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/21/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick: I agree. Put them on the racing ones, no problem. But this is an amazing GT car so it should look like it belongs in Casino Square in Monte Carlo.


    Bond would not approve. Better stick to building better invisibility stuff, Q.

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    05/21/09

    @Mobius_1: The louvers remind me exactly of this:


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    Image of .357 .357
    05/21/09

    In reply to 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage: Driven
    You see, it is great and powerful, but those godawful louvers ruin it. They could have at least painted them the same color as the body. Astons are supposed to look great, and that one detail prevents that.
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    Image of Chuckie_A Chuckie_A
    05/21/09

    @CoЯiolis Eff: so...buy a black one?
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/21/09

    @Chuckie_A: Good idea.
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