DRIVEN: So, How Does Aston Martin's All-New Vanquish Compare To Ferrari's All-New F12 Berlinetta?

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...
 

Yonder7 - 8/8/2012 10:19:07 AM

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I like it but in performance it won't compare....I reliability is better than the F12 and the quality is by far better than the one of the F12..IMHO ...

I95SPEEDINGTICKETS - 8/8/2012 7:18:38 PM

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Without a doubt this is the UGLIEST Aston Martin ever created.

I dare anybody to name a more unattractive Aston Martin model.........