What are the common problems with the aston martin Vantage V8?
December 24, 2022
The price of Aston Martin Vantage starts at Rs. 3.00 Cr and goes upto Rs. 3.50 Cr. Aston Martin Vantage is offered in 2 variants – the base model of Vantage is V8 and the top variant Aston Martin Vantage Roadster which comes at a price tag of Rs. 3.50 Cr.
Which Aston Martin has a V8?
Production of V8-engined Aston Martin cars resumed in 2005 with a new generation of the Vantage, powered by the Jaguar AJ-V8 naturally aspirated V8 engine. Since 2016, Aston Martin has switched to the Mercedes-Benz M177 turbocharged V8 engine, beginning with the DB11 model.
How much is a 2022 Aston Martin V12 Vantage?
Vantage Power
This Vantage will feature Aston Martin’s 5.2-liter twin-turbocharged V-12, which is tuned to deliver up to 650 horsepower. It can get from zero to 60 in 3.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 186 mph. Available only in an 8-speed automatic transmission, pricing is expected to be close to $200,000.
How many V8 Vantage S were made?
V8 and V12 Vantage production together totaled a mere 24,700. Seeing a Vantage, or any Aston Martin, on the road remains a rare treat. A real jewel of a car, every drive in a V8 Vantage is an event and the ownership experience is superb.
What is the most powerful V8 engine?
The Hellephant A170 is a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 that’s been tuned to run on high octane E85 fuel that allows it to produce 1,100 hp. It’s legal for use in custom street cars based on models built before 1976. Pricing will be announced in 2023.
Is a V8 Vantage a supercar?
A 0-60 mph time of 5.2 seconds and a top speed approaching 170 mph made the V8 Vantage not only the UK’s first true supercar but also the fastest 4 seater production car in the world.
Is Aston Martin faster than Lamborghini?
Aston Martin lists 4.6 seconds to 62 mph. Lamborghini lists 3.2 seconds 0-62 for the Huracan. It makes 412 lb ft of torque at 6500 rpm
Is the V8 Vantage reliable?
Aston Martin V8 Vantage reliability
For such a high-performance machine, the V8 Vantage’s dependability is impressive. Any early niggles have long since been addressed and the car enjoys a reputation for excellent reliability.
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO DRIVE?
The gearbox is sharper. The electronic rear differential is lightning-fast in its reactions, to maximise traction (or yobbery, depending on your mood). There’s no longer a Comfort mode for the powertrain and chassis – this time everything’s gone up a notch, with Sport, Sport + and Track modes to choose from. Heck, there’s even a seven-speed manual gearbox available. You won’t find that in any of Aston’s other models.
LET’S HAVE THE LOWDOWN ON THE ENGINE.
There’s more than one now. The regular engine develops the same 503bhp and 505lb ft as in the Mercedes-AMG C63 (though torque’s down a smidge in the manual), which is enough to get the 1.5-tonne Vantage from 0-62mph in 3.6 seconds and on to a top speed of 195mph. Those figures climb to 4.0secs and 200mph with the stick-shift transmission. That’s huge performance from an entry-level model, but necessary now the Vantage has an options-free entry price of £120,000 and has to compete with the likes of the Audi R8 V10 Plus, McLaren 540C and Porsche 911 Turbo.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER VERSIONS?
There’s a soft-top Volante but the coupe gets other power options. There’s an uprated F1 Edition that’s £18,000 more and boosts the V8 to 527bhp. That car, although not as attack-orientated as a Porsche 911 GT3 is the more track-focused machine, the one that leads the F1 circus around as the safety car. Then there’s the V12 Vantage. It’s worth running through the basics here: 690bhp and a 200mph top end. That ought to do it. It somehow conspires to be less than the sum of its parts, though.
WHAT'S THE VERDICT?
Aston Martin struggles at new cars, traditionally. Oh, it gets them right eventually. But take the DB9, the last Vantage, even the DB11 – we tend to remember them most fondly for what they morphed into throughout their lives, not how they first emerged.
The new Vantage is, mostly, different. Slightly dead steering and lazy automatic gearbox aside – and those are minor gripes, we promise – this thing feels far better sorted than the car it replaces. It sounds wonderful, looks fabulous, goes like stink and has an extremely capable, if slightly inert unless you’re going ballistic, chassis.
We know way too much about this, for better or worse.
The car is pretty solid overall.
The Sportshift transmission is an abomination against humanity. It works horribly. Its low speed behavior, especially around town, is horrendous, and downright dangerous, as it mis-shifts or sometimes doesn’t engage at all. Aston Martin tells people they aren’t operating it correctly, which is absurd, seeing as its a freakin auto shifter. There’s nothing to operate. Cars role backwards down hills (not kidding), and first gear doesn’t engage correctly.
The clutch is another abomination. They fail, and its a known weak spot. The sportshift and manual use the same clutch, with different actuating mechanisms. Clutches are know to catastrophically fail and take the flywheel with it.
Brakes squeak. They work well, but they howl like crazy, especially rears.
The handbrake is an odd throwback to 1950s British sports cars, and it works occasionally. It has a personality for sure, and you and the handbrake mechanism must come to an understanding, otherwise, you’re not going anywhere, especially if you expect to use it as a hill holder if you have the Sportshift and expect not to reverse rear end someone
The electronics are incredibly old school and somewhat convoluted. There are a number of digital controllers all over the car that do all sorts of things. There’s a reason that Aston recommends a trickle charger on the battery during periods when you may not use the car, because if the battery goes dead, then some or all of the controllers lose their minds and don’t reboot properly, leading to failed subsystems. The most common of these if the convertible top controller, which costs like $2000 US to replace.
The trunk latch mechanism forgets its a trunk latch mechanism sometimes, and refuses to open.
The hood latch mechanism forgets its a hood latch mechanism and conspires with the trunk latch mechanism and refuses to open.
The sun visors are the size of a matchbook, or maybe even a match stick. Completely useless.
The door glass forgets to go up and down that tiny bit it needs to to clear the weatherstripping.
The radio software is incredibly convoluted, but not much more than most cars of the era. But it works, and actually sounds really good if you have the upgraded system
Now THE GOOD!
The cars are just beautiful and uncommon. They go like hell, and sound amazing. They have a subtleness that is just totally unique in the industry, and the V8 in particular, has an incredible weight balance with incredible chassis dynamics and the best damn steering turn-in and transient response I’ve ever felt.
Lots of people hate the transmission, its the most criticized part of the car by a wide margin.
One must buy a manual transmission, and have been looking for another either Vantage or DB9 with a manual, but there simply aren’t that many good examples, as the horrific sportshift was fitted to most of them.
Overall, its a pretty great and unique car, and one must look forward to owning the same, as long as it doesn’t have that dreadful gearbox in it.
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