NEW Aston Martin V12 Vantage: Silly but Wonderful | Catchpole on Carfection

This is the last V12 Vantage that Aston Martin will make. Although this car has no obvious purpose, Henry explores why this car exists and why it should.
00:00 Epic Intro
01:05 How many and How much???
01:30 Will people know it’s the V12?
02:28 Key Performance Stats
03:03 The Engine!
04:05 More Key Stats
04:45 Design touches
05:32 Interior
05:50 Exhaust and engine noise
06:18 Chassis
06:53 Handling and Performance
08:30 Gearbox
09:15 Conclusion
09:41 Epic Emotional Outro
10:43 Special Message from Henry
As the world moves towards a downsized and eventually non-combusting era, we must bid farewell to one of our favourite cars and, unfortunately, the V12 Vantage is one of them.
Why are we fans of the V12 Vantage? Because of the sheer audacity, that’s why. Who else would be bold enough to pack a behemoth of an engine into a car of this size and get away with it? Whether that weight and size impact the handling of the car is to be determined by Henry Catchpole in this review, but if its predecessor is any indication, the sound alone would make it worthwhile.
Here are the headline specifications:
• 5.2L Twin Turbo V12
• 700PS (690HP), 753Nm
• ZF 8-Speed automatic
• 0-60mph in 3.4s
• 200mph top speed
• Rear-wheel-drive only
• Limited to 333 units
• The last V12 Vantage
• Unique bodywork
• Spoiler is optional
• 21-inch alloy wheels
• Michelin Pilot Sport 4S road tyres
• 1mm thin steel exhaust system (saves 7kg)
• 1795kg total weight
• 40mm wider tracks than the V8 Vantage
• Carbon bucket seats that are 7.3kg lighter than standard seats
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It sounded like he kept making up excuses for the car. I can describe it for all of us: disappointing. Exterior looks meh, added bits look tacky and out of place, that from grill has to go I wonder if you can choose the previous grill which would be more fitting for this car, the interior is the same and it looks awful for an Aston. The old Vantage was a beautiful car…

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Nah,@@maddog4390- if A.M. made more of this car, it might be less rare, but would be no less special than it is now. 🙂

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So glad companies are making cars like this. A crazy, fun car with a V12 and NOT electric!

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Takes me back to the previous generation V12 Vantage and the film Top Gear did on it then. They ended in a similar fashion denoting that as the last V12 Vantage, and time proved them wrong, but somehow, sadly I feel you're right this time. At least the V12 Vantage existed, at least for some time.

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Oddly, he seems to have missed that this generation of Vantage and DB11 were both designed to take either engine from the outset. The only things left to chance were whether there'd be a manual gearbox in the mix somewhere...and if Benz was going to find any use for the V12 in any non-Aston products.

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Is it legendary? Wouldn't the 'legendary' sound be from the motors that Aston actually made - not the Mercedes items, tweaked and transplanted?

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Silly but makes perfect sense in this currently crazy sports car market and only 333 crazy people can buy it! Thank you Aston, I am still a big fan.

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Nice video Henry as always, great presenting. Very engaging. This Vantage looks good in Red minus the droopy spoiler that just cheapens it visually.

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That final Shot 👌

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Such a sublime machine!

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Great videos as always. If I may be a little critical I'd love a bit more work on the sound part, I wanted to hear more of that V12 and more clearly, maybe have a few seconds dedicated to that when reviewing these kinds of engines!

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Epic emotional indeed

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Beautiful beast

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Ultrawide Resolution! Love it! Me with a SuperUltrawide monitor: "But it could be more..."

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Man, I miss driving on Exmoor when I see it on film.Highly recommend Dunster to Simonsbath to Lynmouth and loop to Minehead. Enjoyable in any car but would love to do it in this one! Good job Mr Catchpole!

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This makes me think of Clarkson’s epic video on the old V12 Vantage. Surely this will be one of the last non-hybrid V12s?

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To me it feels like a budget one-77 and I love it!

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