Aston martin v8 vantage

£185,000 OTR/£240,000 as tested/£1,849 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Aston’s GTs are increasingly sporty: too much for the daily grind? DRIVER: rowan horncastle YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT, for our final report, o

Convertible version of the twin-turbo V12 grand tourer is heavy and huge, but it’s also hugely enjoyable

WE HAVE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF BIG, practical performance cars on the Fast Fleet at the moment. There’s ed-in-chief Gallagher’s Audi RS6, super-snapper Aston Parrott’s Alfa Stelvio Quadrifoglio and my ow

IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat

The mercury is climbing steadily into the high twenties, and above us the blue sky is dotted with only a smattering of little fluffy clouds. At last, summer is here. Better still, we’ve got the scener

Mileage 4202 List price £53,405 Best price £49,665 Price as tested £61,260 Test economy 40.8mpg I’M USUALLY A fan of road trips. However, it turns out that a 5am start is enough to dampen my enthusias