Overdrive

New Vantage Roadster turns the clock back to the good old days

CONVERTIBLES ARE OFTEN to live music what coupés are to a compact disc. You know you’ll get a better sound from your home audio setup, but there’s nothing as visceral as seeing your favourite band liv

THE latest Aston Martin Vantage is a fearsome sports car. Think of it as Britain’s answer to a Porsche 911 Turbo, with more panache but a little less performance, and you’ll be getting the picture. We

The Yorkshire Dales. The sun’s out. The roads twist and flow. The Ribblehead viaduct was just back there, now we’re getting stone barns and gambolling lambs. Spring is in the air, roofs are down, warm

‘THE ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE IS THE product to kill 911s.’ That’s a bold statement for 8 o’clock on a Thursday morning, but bold is what Aston Martin wants to be; needs to be if it is to implement and de

Eyebrows were raised when an Aston Martin engineer, speaking at the Austrian launch of the new Vantage Roadster, suggested the spring and damper rates had been carried over wholesale from the coupé un