A quarterly magazine for buyers and enthusiasts of Aston Martin cars. Vantage celebrates 100 years of one of the coolest car brands on the planet from the early gentlemns racers through to the all-new Vanquish. If you've a passion for Aston Martin's you'll love Vantage magazine.

Another chapter begins

Vantage

Licensed to thrill • THE FIRST GOLDFINGER DB5s ARE EMERGING FROM ASTON MARTIN WORKS AS AML LAUNCHES TWO NEW BOND EDITIONS

Bond special editions at the double

AML: the future starts here • DBX LAUNCH COINCIDES WITH ARRIVAL OF NEW BOSS TOBIAS MOERS

Changing face of Vantage • UK INDEPENDENT LAUNCHES AN ALTERNATIVE GRILLE TREATMENT

Unique Zagato comes to market • ALUMINIUM-BODIED PRE-PRODUCTION CAR RESURFACES

Virtually perfect • WHEN THE AMOC’S FLAGSHIP CONCOURS WAS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19, MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO ENTER AN ONLINE EVENT INSTEAD – WITH OUTSTANDING RESULTS. THESE WERE THE WINNING ENTRIES

Happy hunting at Spa • ASTON MARTIN RACING NOW SETS ITS SIGHTS ON LE MANS

Upholding tradition • DESPITE THE CANCELLATION OF MONTEREY CAR WEEK, SOME OF THE ANNUAL MONTEREY AUCTIONS WENT AHEAD – ALBEIT ONLINE

Desirables • Aston-related objects of desire, including a sculptor’s tribute to a Sixties icon More Aston-related goodies – and other objects of desire that have caught our eye

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JUDGEMENT DAY • Who’d have thought Aston Martin’s very future could hang on an SUV. The DBX had better be good…

VISION EXCESS • Years before DBX, this Lagonda concept was AML’s vision for a super-luxury SUV. Vilified at the time, it now seems rather prescient

Strange Rover • Imagine an early Range Rover with an Aston V12 under the bonnet. Imagine no longer…

ASTON POWER • From 1980s Vantage X-Pack to current DBS Superleggera via supercharged Vantage V550, we drive three generations of Aston Martin’s mightiest flagships

ONE STEP BEYOND • Offering gains of up to 120bhp on a V550 or V600, the Stratton V700 takes Aston’s twin-supercharged Vantage into a new dimension. We drive the prototype

ABSOLUTE POWER • With around 2800bhp in race trim, this is the fastest Virage on the planet, capable of 0-60mph in 1.17sec. It’s also road-registered. We go for a passenger ride

MEMORY MACHINE • John Etheridge was a team mechanic during Aston Martin’s golden years. Decades later, in the autumn of his working life, he created this DBR2 replica. Today we drive it – and remember a special talent

THE INDEPENDENT ASTON MARTIN MAGAZINE VANTAGE

BETTER BY DESIGN • The updated looks of the Callum Vanquish have divided opinion, but the changes under the skin are every bit as transformative – and work brilliantly

INCREDIBLE JOURNEY • Robin and Charlotte Morrison have driven their DB6 Mk2 all over the world. But nothing quite prepared them for the Pamir Highway

NEW TRICKS • Better materials and current know-how are helping ensure that the restored Bulldog will be better than ever

ALL THE ROAD CARS

HEROES: SIR DAVID BROWN • THE MAN WHO GAVE ASTON MARTIN ITS GOLDEN AGE WAS A CANNY BUSINESSMAN FIRED BY A PASSION FOR CARS AND COMPETITION