Aston Martin doesn't change things for the sake of it. The core principal of its VH methodology is to improve what it already has: that's how models such as the V8 Vantage evolved from OK into very able indeed. Now, with the Vanquish, we've another evolution, boasting 'generation 4' VH platform, full carbon fibre bodywork and a 77 per cent new AM11 V12 engine. It's not 'more new' because, yes, Aston said there was no need - "Why change the bore centres for the sake of it?"The philosophy of VH means the Vanquish doesn't feel a radical diversion. Rightly or wrongly, we shouldn't expect otherwise. Rather, it's a better version of what went before. Only now, at last, it also looks like it, too...
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