Britain's First Supercar: The Aston Martin V8 Vantage

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Britain's First Supercar: The Aston Martin V8 Vantage
hen you think of the 1970s British auto industry, you typically think of small, lightweight roadsters. These cars — when they worked — were perfect for cruising the B-roads...

This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on December 14th, 2017 in the Car Culture category.

 

[Epic B]

It looks like a British Mustang.

 

[-Fred-]

It's more muscle car than supercar IMO...

 

[Moglet]

A guy I used to work with has one of these; it's such a beautiful thing. One of my favourite Aston Martins.

 

[Oelix]

IMO one of the most beautiful cars ever made. Was in awe when I saw one once in the UK. Wish it were in GTS, Forza has had it for a while now.

 

[Stotty]

It's more muscle car than supercar IMO...

This... muscle car/GT. Not a supercar... it's front engined.

I'm not a massive Aston fan generally, but that generation from the 70's and 80's would be the least desirable for me... styling wise, they lack the delicateness of the 60's cars, and the astonishingly pretty lines/proportions of the early DB9.

 

[Joey D]

Since there's about a million definitions of a supercar, I went with what the automotive press hailed it as. Even many Aston Martin databases call it a supercar when I was doing the research for it.

Wikipedia, who cites a dictionary and a supercar book, says it's a luxury, high-performance, sports car or grand tourer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercar

 

[TVR27]

It looks like a British Mustang.

It gets posted a lot in car association and the next thing people post is the mustang.

 

[CSMDuty11]

Wikipedia, who cites a dictionary and a supercar book, says it's a luxury, high-performance, sports car or grand tourer.

Wikipedia also thinks that four-door coupes are actually a thing instead of them being sedans, but the Vantage being a grand tourer I'm more inclined to believe

 

[Joey D]

Wikipedia also thinks that four-door coupes are actually a thing instead of them being sedans, but the Vantage being a grand tourer I'm more inclined to believe

4 door coupes are a thing though. Coupe has nothing to do with the amount of door and everything to do with the roof line and body proportions.

 

[TVR27]

Wikipedia also thinks that four-door coupes are actually a thing instead of them being sedans, but the Vantage being a grand tourer I'm more inclined to believe

Never believe anything on Wikipedia.

 

[daan]

A-Z Supercars: Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1977-1989)

From Evo

1977-1989 Aston Martin V8 Vantage: The First English Supercar

from https://autopolis.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/1977-1989-aston-martin-v8-vantage/

The V8 Vantage was dubbed Britain’s first supercar when it was launched in 1977; the 150mph DB6 and Jaguar E-type clearly weren’t fast enough to qualify…

From https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/supercars/aston-martin-v8-vantage/

The first Vantage used a 5.3-litre V8 that produced 375bhp housed beneath a quintessentially British body. Later ramped up to offer 404bhp, the two-door bruiser earned the title of ‘Britain’s first supercar’.

From https://www.msn.com/en-ae/cars/enthusiasts/the-history-of-the-aston-martin-vantage-name/ar-AApgXMk



All of which concur with the

it’s regularly referred to as Britain’s first supercar.

from the article.

 

[Dennisch]

Pretty looking, great sounding, and an absolute ******* of a car. High quality unreliability guaranteed. Still, would love to own one, just to piss myself off everytime it dies during a nice weather cruise.

 

[SilkCutXJR]

I know the name of it´s parents....Violence and Beauty.

Best Aston. Period.

 

[Sting]

Lottery win would see me buy one instantly. Still one of the best looking Aston Martins in my opinion.