Exotic car companies, eager to extend their reach beyond the super-rich, are offering increasing numbers of "accessible" luxury cars.
That is, if you consider $100,000 accessible.
Aston-Martin this year unveiled its V-8 Vantage GT Coupe, defined as "an accessible race car" by Julian Jenkins, president of Aston Martin's American operations.
The sporty GT-themed car — capable of a 190-mph top speed and going zero to 60 mph in just 4.6 seconds — is the English company's first vehicle under the $100,000 mark. That's a bargain compared with the $302,000 sticker on a Vanquish Volante or the $154,000 for a mid-level Vantage S.
The Italian luxury automobile company Maserati, too, has gone down-market.
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