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Aston Martin Vanquish review

£330,000
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Published: 28 Oct 2024
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Interior

What is it like on the inside?

If you do the bald numbers versus a DB12, the Vanquish is wider (2.4in), longer by 6.5-inches and a smidge lower. But the wheelbase is three inches longer, too. The cabin is generous for the two occupants, but while the old Vanquish could be equipped as a psuedo +2, there’s no such option for the new one. Best opt for the fitted luggage set that sits behind the front seats, or buy a backpack that fits.

Mind you, the little handbags that sit between the braces don’t look like they’d hold more than a couple of pairs of pants and a wallet. There’s still a fair-but-not-huge boot for actual stuff.

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Other than that, there’s the now-familiar Aston interior that’s leagues ahead of the old equipment. Proper heavy metallic rollers for some functions, buttons and rotary dials, heavy on the knurling. Yes, there’s a touchscreen, but you don’t have to use it much, and although some of the displays use weeny fonts, it’s all very good-looking and nicely balanced between tech and intuitive touch.

Slightly laggardly in operation - it can take a while to boot up on start-up compared to some systems - but once it’s warmed-up, it’s fine.

As ever, the material quality is excellent with some visible fixings and screws for extra ruggedness, and you can choose between sports seating or carbon-shelled performance seats (possibly defeating the point of the GT bit), and a plethora of options from Aston’s bespoke ‘Q Department’.

The roof can be a full-width glass affair with UV protection or carbon, but we’d advise going for the sunlight option. With those good-looking but short side windows, the glass really helps with what can be quite a dark cabin. After that, there’s a really rather powerful Bowers & Wilkins stereo. Which is most excellent for inappropriate drum ’n’ bass. Allegedly.

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