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Aston Martin, the epitome of British Luxury and the classiest looking car on the road for the best part of 60 years.
It is the Grand Tourer of Grand Tourers and James Bond's choice of vehicle to boot! Bond has had a close association with Aston Martins for decades, and he got behind the wheel of a V8 Vantage previously in the 1987 movie The Living Daylights where Timothy Dalton played 007.
I have to say that Timothy Dalton, for me, encompassed everything that Ian Fleming was trying to get across when telling the story of the semi-fictional secret agent when Dalton was playing the character. It’s the same when we talk about this V8 Vantage. Ok, not everyone’s 'cup of tea', however, it was at the time the high end of British motoring, and the lines with the more masculine look were so British for that period in time and it was a perfect mix of beauty and aggression, housing that thunder-roaring V8 power unit.
Take a trip as James Bond or down memory lane, but this is not one to miss.
Vehicle - 1975 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Power Unit - 5.3L V8
Horsepower - 390 bhp
0 - 60mph - 6.1 Seconds
Top Speed - 150mph
Transmission - Automatic
Made Famous By - The car appeared in the film 'The Living Daylights'.
I was bought the driving experience by my family as a 60th birthday present. The driving experience was superb, I drove three different Aston Martin's and loved my time on the track, however my experience was tainted by the poor after sales. To begin with I was informed that my video memory card was corrupted and hadn't recorded any of my drives. Next we asked to view the photo's and we were very disappointed that the first photo's were so dark that you could not see who was driving. Then we were told that the media centre hadn't yet received the photo's from my last drive but these would be emailed to us to save us hanging around. We took this in good faith and paid £29.00 for the photo package. The following day we received an email containing only the dark first drive and good photo's of my second drive. No last drive photo's and no mention of a refund or discount on the cost of the complete photo package which we have paid for in full but not received. We would recommend to everyone to do the drive . but discourage them from paying for a service which is over-priced and seemingly unmonitored in its quality and content.
Iain Jeffrey HutchisonGreat experience in this super old car, made even better by the instructor Gideon
Steve HarveyWent to experience a range of cars, started with the '75 Aston. Tom Reed made sure I got the best out the time behind the wheel. Had a great day.
Tim Hampshire
