Out with the old: Bidding farewell to the Aston Martin Vanquish S

It's old technology. An old chassis, wrapped around an old dinosaur of an engine, and coddled with outdated gadgets. I'm talking about the Aston Martin Vanquish, and it's time to say good-bye to this fantastic machine.
That old engine I mentioned is a nearly 6.0-liter V12. Here it's making 580 horsepower. Perhaps more importantly, it's making tremendous noise and it's not having its pipes chopped down thanks to any added induction. This is a naturally aspirated mill, and it's might is apparent when it's allowed to bark.
Aston Martin are moving into their Second Century Plan. That's being realized by the DB11 (both V12 and V8), the new Vantage, and a few more models still to come.
While those will all likely be emotionally gratifying machines, none of them will wail and howl like this Vanquish. It's an aged monster, and it's fading into the darkness not with a whimper but with a guttural roar.
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[@Periodoc1969]

Everybody saying its old.... you got to be sitting in the drivers seat and up shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear at 5000 rpm and then you're ears will pop out and you'll have that grin on your face that won't go away any time soon. Its the best car period.

[@waffle168]

Auto journalism at its best!! Wow!

[@JBsC6]

This Aston is the most beautiful. The new ones are nice but the vanquish is such a lovely design

[@87Maroon]

Excellent video, Jeff. Beautiful shots!

[@Blackshinigami08]

Y'all's quality has been superb lately.

[@jo23bulls]

Great car to look at, but I'd take a Vantage anyday.

[@tonyknox4415]

Bye old girl, it was nice knowing you 😍😢, Fucking environment and governments 😡

[@EdwardFeenman]

The only problem with this car, is the long list of cars anyone would buy before it. Maybe there are a few James Bond nerds out their that would put this car on top of their list, maybe a few British nationalist, but I think the vast majority of the high end sports car/ Grand tourer buyer's can think of at least a half dozen other cars they would want before this. It's damn pretty, and that v12 sounds soooo good, but....

[@EdwardFeenman]

mrpmj00 yeah... That's an easy choice.

[@ALMX5DP]

Far be it from me to know what lavishly rich buyers know or want, but I distinctly feel that when shopping for a car in this class they look for exclusivity and design above all else. It doesnt matter that this Vanquish may be "worse" to drive, has less horsepower, or even has an inferior infotainment, just the fact that it looks the way it looks and evokes emotion that the driver looks for.

[@craigyirush3492]

Too much carping for a farewell video. But that sound...