Aston’s old-school charmer

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

‘BEST ASTON MARTIN OF THE LAST 25 years.’ So said John Barker, editor-at-large, evo co-founder, and a man who knows a thing or two about engineering cars, in our review of Aston Martin’s latest Vanqui

ON looks alone, the Aston Martin Vanquish Volante could, quite rightly, sit at the top of any man, woman or child’s lottery-win wishlist. Building on the aggressive but elegant profile of the Vanquish

It’s 90kg heavier. Antiroll bar stiffness and rear spring rates have been upped by 7%. And the roof goes up and down. There you go: the material differences between the coupé and Volante. The Volante’

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

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