THE CLASS-TOPPING ASTON WITH OLD-SCHOOL CHARM

Mk2 Vantage was our top pick when it arrived in 2018 – and now it's £60k

- SAM PHILLIPS

If you have a wad of cash to splurge on a luxurious and fast sports coupé but don’t want to follow the crowd into a Porsche 911, allow us to posit its brawling British rival.

“We can’t think of another super-sports car that would make you smile more often” is how we described the second-generation Aston Martin V8 Vantage when we road tested it in 2018. We fell for its old-school V8 charm and impressive dynamics so utterly that it was our pick of the super-sports car class at the time.

Depreciation hasn’t been kind to the Aston, but that’s good news for prospective used buyers, because you can now bag a tidy example for around £65,000, which is roughly £100k less than the latest Vantage.

But if that tantalising saving alone doesn’t have you leaping for your laptop to boot up the classifieds, perhaps you’ll be convinced by the Vantage’s awesome firepower.