New £200,000, V12-engined super sports cars are rare things; it’s not often you get to test one, even in this business.
Getting the chance to travel in two of them within the space of a fortnight, before any single paying customer – that would be something...
...People expect the Ferrari to be dynamically brilliant, and it is: poised, enthralling, and equally at home on road or track. Other people don’t really care how the Aventador handles; they’re in love with the outrageous image and idea of it as much as anything else. The surprising news? That, even in the face of such incredible opposition, there’s still a case to buy the bigger, slower, less powerful Aston over both. Quite a strong one, actually...
...Riding in the Vanquish was enough to reveal the car’s enduring point of difference: it’s a real-world car, if ever such a thing existed with a £190,000 asking price. It’s comfortable, usable, refined, relaxing to cover ground in. You can’t always say that of the F12; certainly can’t of the Lambo. There’s a maturity and grace to the Aston that’s missing from the other two as well...
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