Us as the people who had the pleasure of Top Gear and The Grand Tour will never realise how lucky we are truly are. I highly doubt for many many years there will ever be a trio quite as amazing as Clarkson, May and Hammond are. We are the lucky ones.
The cinematography is totally irrelevant. It's just the wit of the trio combined with innovative challenges that made top gear a great show. Sadly grand tour never reached that pinnacle. I am glad that the studio format is gone. 👍
Hammond's driving is second to none. Simply incredible how he is so relaxed as he drifts and pulls near-death manouvres, doesn't break a sweat and then just says "it works"
Chris Harris... I dig the original guys too, but let's not get carried away. Chris can out-drive all of them and be even cooler doing so. I so wish we could have seen him with these 3
@@jimmyhayersnot really Chris cannot explain a car like Hammond could and couldn’t truly express how it feels to drive it. It’s not just about stats and figures
This is really astonishing review. Never seen something better than this trios reviews. The Grand Tour's operator crew really shooting film better than the Low Gear now. I like the way Richard tells about car, his voice and acting really amazing and inspired
I really wish they’d make more of these reviews. The adventures are cool but clips like these are just top class. No one does it better than them, not even close.
I have always loved Astons, they are like scotch whisky, refined smooth drink with that smoky bite, thats exactly what I love about the sound - refined and gentlemenly but ferocious at the same time
The V12 Vantage is coming very soon. These are the best Motoring journalists ever. Their enthusiasm still shines. BBC Top Gear has never been the same.
@@kia2065 Do you mean "hideousness in motion"? That's possibly the worst looking Aston Martin Vantage ever. To quote a guy I heard on a podcast, "It looks like a fish that's very surprised, probably because of how it looks", and there isn't a better way to describe how it looks than that. Besides, you know a sports car is hideous when the SUV that's supposed to look like it (the DBX) is more beautiful than the sports car itself!
@@akshaysankarshana2405 Look at the front, the lights, the grill, it's all there they even have similiar bulges on the sides of the bonnet (although on miata they are more prominent).
Just a slight correction; the car cost 121 000 pounds when this review first aired but, in typical Aston Martin fashion, you can now pick this car up for 49.99. Not a bad review but my all time favourite AM review is Clarkson's v12 Vantage - "It's wonderful, wonderful, wonderful."
Don't want a "soggy" setting? I think the Roma and Tributo are fantastic for having a "bumpy road" damper setting button! We're not always gunning for laptimes! Railroad tracks ahead? Cobblestone road? Just push the "smooth" button!
That engine is a 100% AMG, sounds like any other AMG engine, period. That's just marketing BS these guys are paid to say. And more importantly, no British car journalist will ever give a British car a bad review.
No Richard... Im fairly sure that if my Wee came out that colour id be checking to see if it glowed in the dark in a gloriously childish manner :-) I quite like the colour but that sound? Glorious and it looks like it handles like a Porsche and with that AMG plant? I want one!
True, that colour though. I understand Aston Martin is trying to modernise, and they should, but please don't become tacky. It seems to me this is where Aston Martin is still lagging behind a bit. Sure, the cars are still beautiful, and they succesfully modernised them. But apart from that they seem to be trying to appeal to a young crowd a bit too much without knowing that crowd too well. Bentley does this better.
My lovely silver 200k Vanquish had NO seat height adjust and the appropriatly placed grey cushion for my little frame always made my kids roar. Yes, I drivey Vanquish sitting on a cushion. Few better looking AMs though.
I can't help it I don't know why but I genuinely think this is the best-looking Aston, especially in maroon red. I know it's not but for me it is and I don't know why
This is a good car, no doubt. But not a great car. I own a 2009 DBS with a manual transmission and I have to disagree with the statements that it is not well-built. I compared this car from my other cars of roughly the same vintage. I can tell you the material quality is better than both of my Ferraris and on par with a GT3RS which, in my opinion, is it as good as it gets. The V12 version of the new Vantage is indeed going to be epic I do look forward to that car Immensely!
I saw a video of one of these close up and there was terrible orange peal in the paint job...also pretty sure it was a production model. Might have been a lemon car, but honestly that's unacceptable for the price point. Either way the car is beautiful, they really need to fix that.
So, rather than power sliding the car around corners (something very few owners will do), why don't you drive the car into a corner at speed with traction control off and tell us if you're getting under-steer?
Do mine eyes and ears deceive me? Richard "the Porsche 911 addict" Hammond loving an Aston? Have the wheels finally turned? I mean honestly the new Vantage is drop dead gorgeous. Especially the F1 Edition.
What a car what a beast & my god that fuckin soundtrack is just orgasmic. Absolutely adore Aston's & this one imo has to be right up there among the very best they've made. I mean just look at it. I could quite easily just stand there & drool over this masterpiece all day.
What colour Aston Martin would you have? 🤔
Not that one....🙂
@@b2tall239 lol yea I agree!
Verde oscuro, Dark Green.
Midnight blue with standard blue Aston Martin accents
@@Oscar-Cardelle nice choice
Us as the people who had the pleasure of Top Gear and The Grand Tour will never realise how lucky we are truly are. I highly doubt for many many years there will ever be a trio quite as amazing as Clarkson, May and Hammond are. We are the lucky ones.
Yep. This is peak motorsport television and we should enjoy it while it lasts.
Well said mate ! We really are the lucky ones
@@cryptidian3530 completely agree
@@totenkopf28 we honestly are.
Couldn't have said it better, the best trio!
The cinematography in this video is what makes The Grand Tour unrivaled. Hammond, I’m so amazed by your driving.
The cinematography is totally irrelevant. It's just the wit of the trio combined with innovative challenges that made top gear a great show.
Sadly grand tour never reached that pinnacle. I am glad that the studio format is gone. 👍
@@bobinpune I agree, but again tg never reached TGT's level of cinematography.
@@bobinpune Totally irrelevant. Probably much like the device you’re watching these videos on.
Actually the TG crew followed Clarkson
You're not watching him drive though
I love how Hammond looks like he is having the time of his life driving the Aston but just says "yeah, it works"
This review was really quite fabulous.
This applies to how Hammond hasn't crashed it yet.
Or put water in its fuel tank
Hammond's driving is second to none. Simply incredible how he is so relaxed as he drifts and pulls near-death manouvres, doesn't break a sweat and then just says "it works"
Lots of film cuts, retakes and editing to get it to look like that dude. 😂
Chris Harris... I dig the original guys too, but let's not get carried away. Chris can out-drive all of them and be even cooler doing so. I so wish we could have seen him with these 3
@@spill1t but one thing for sure is that in terms of reviewing cars Chris doesn’t even come close to these three and it’s not a debate
@@ahmadpatel8186yeah, he's better than all three of them at reviewing cars if you're actually into cars.
@@jimmyhayersnot really Chris cannot explain a car like Hammond could and couldn’t truly express how it feels to drive it. It’s not just about stats and figures
This is really astonishing review.
Never seen something better than this trios reviews.
The Grand Tour's operator crew really shooting film better than the Low Gear now.
I like the way Richard tells about car, his voice and acting really amazing and inspired
yeah I see what you did there ASTONishing
After that ASTONishing pun i think i need a MARTINi
Well played
The smile on his face says it all
I really wish they’d make more of these reviews. The adventures are cool but clips like these are just top class. No one does it better than them, not even close.
I have always loved Astons, they are like scotch whisky, refined smooth drink with that smoky bite, thats exactly what I love about the sound - refined and gentlemenly but ferocious at the same time
A gentleman that can be fierce!
It sounds soulless, because its an AMG twin-turbo V8 instead of the OG 6.2L V8 that this should have had.
The V12 Vantage is coming very soon. These are the best Motoring journalists ever. Their enthusiasm still shines. BBC Top Gear has never been the same.
“Yep, it works”
Well that’s a relief
unlike *ehm TVR...
991 GT3 Touring, 458 Speciale and this Vantage, all you need 💯
The low seat position. 😂😁
Such a beautiful machine. Inside and especially the outside. My favourite model by far. Then the db11 then the db9
I like what they've done to the front facia/grill. I knew it was going to change after Ford started using it for the fusion
That's the coolest car I've ever seen and I'm serious.. you don't need 800hp you don't need Fins, wings, or hoodscoops you need this
Facts, beauty in motion
@@kia2065 Do you mean "hideousness in motion"? That's possibly the worst looking Aston Martin Vantage ever. To quote a guy I heard on a podcast, "It looks like a fish that's very surprised, probably because of how it looks", and there isn't a better way to describe how it looks than that.
Besides, you know a sports car is hideous when the SUV that's supposed to look like it (the DBX) is more beautiful than the sports car itself!
@@akshaysankarshana2405 It looks very much like a mazda miata.
@ No, it doesn't! Miata looks beautiful. This is a fall from grace.
@@akshaysankarshana2405 Look at the front, the lights, the grill, it's all there they even have similiar bulges on the sides of the bonnet (although on miata they are more prominent).
Thank god 🙏🏻 you are safe Richard after all your experiences, drive fast & stay safe.
This video is five years old.
If anybody interested, audio track of 0.48 - 1.38 is John Murphy - Automatic
Best Trio Forever ♾ 🙏👌🏻
Indeed
Agreed
Guys does anybody know the soundtrack from 00:10 to 00:46 please? 🙄🎧
That new body style is absolutely beautiful 🙏
This car has been my dream car for a while
What's the song's name at the beginning?
Just a slight correction; the car cost 121 000 pounds when this review first aired but, in typical Aston Martin fashion, you can now pick this car up for 49.99. Not a bad review but my all time favourite AM review is Clarkson's v12 Vantage - "It's wonderful, wonderful, wonderful."
I will find this video and I will thank you now in advance
where are you seeing this for $49,999 ? I think you're referring to the 2008 model.
@@declan3673 It was a joke, just a way of indicating how drastically the resale value of an AM falls off a cliff.
@@bghoody5665 good easier for me to get one
Atleast the old V12 Vantage that Clarkson reviewed was atleast beautiful. This is the opposite of beautiful, and that's as kind as I can be to it.
The vantage is strikingly beautiful 😍
You've got to be blind. It is as hideous as it can ever be.
3:20 Ohh yeh !
Love this 💙
If it looked like a brick, that sound would have sold me. But it doesn't, it looks amazing!
"Yes, this will make people of a Brexity persuasion choke on their real ale..."
Hamster.
I know. Pathetic. Brexit never meant we would somehow stop cooperating with European partners or businesses. It simply means we are not in the EU
One of those cars you have to see in person to appreciate the beauty
I have seen it in person, and it is hideous, especially in comparison to the Vantage this replaced.
For anyone wondering what the background song is at @3:32, it's called Hallelujah (low version) by Editors 😎👍
Don't want a "soggy" setting?
I think the Roma and Tributo are fantastic for having a "bumpy road" damper setting button! We're not always gunning for laptimes! Railroad tracks ahead? Cobblestone road? Just push the "smooth" button!
That car is ridiculous in person the look of it🔥. I saw one that was matte black with a aero kit and black wheels and MAN it was nice😩
Simply Aston Martin 💚💚💚. What a car 🥰
love Aston Martin!
A bit like putting a Messerschmitt BF109 engine in a Supermarine Spitfire
Aston Martin is on the way of becoming the best.
Never seen someone whip that Vantage around a track like that. Whoa!
I'm amazed that a British car has a German engine with some British tuning!!! Love that!!!
That engine is a 100% AMG, sounds like any other AMG engine, period. That's just marketing BS these guys are paid to say. And more importantly, no British car journalist will ever give a British car a bad review.
This car suits Richard to a T!!! Gorgeous Stunning Stylish........its a real beauty.....
Anyone know what the soundtrack is at the start @0:08 seconds?
Also tryna Shazam it but got no luck. Have you found it by chance?
@@skyfire6360 Still no luck on my end 😢
Me too i would like to know it...
Such an incredible car soo much want
I love seeing more German engines (& ZF trans.) powering their international brethren's cars! 🚗🇩🇪
No Richard... Im fairly sure that if my Wee came out that colour id be checking to see if it glowed in the dark in a gloriously childish manner :-)
I quite like the colour but that sound? Glorious and it looks like it handles like a Porsche and with that AMG plant? I want one!
True, that colour though. I understand Aston Martin is trying to modernise, and they should, but please don't become tacky. It seems to me this is where Aston Martin is still lagging behind a bit. Sure, the cars are still beautiful, and they succesfully modernised them. But apart from that they seem to be trying to appeal to a young crowd a bit too much without knowing that crowd too well. Bentley does this better.
Absolutely agree with what you said, except, the fact is, that thing is fcuking hideous.
My lovely silver 200k Vanquish had NO seat height adjust and the appropriatly placed grey cushion for my little frame always made my kids roar. Yes, I drivey Vanquish sitting on a cushion. Few better looking AMs though.
I love these guys ❤️🔥
*This is the new V8 beauty* 😍
You've got to be blind to call this beautiful. Its as hideous as an Aston can ever be.
The color is fantastic
What a beautiful Car !!!
I can't help it I don't know why but I genuinely think this is the best-looking Aston, especially in maroon red. I know it's not but for me it is and I don't know why
God bless these 3 guys. Okaaay and the creeeeew LoL
Wow! He didn't bin it! 🤣
The trio needs to come back to this format reviewing cars. Still the best.
It looks soo cool
Absolutely LOVE Astons
Yup, just not this one and the DB11 and the DB11S, they're all terrible - to look at, to drive, to listen to its engine, etc.
This guys should be immortals !!
Not nice of You to give one goose bumps when already got a cold!
👍
That colour actually pops
I think it flops
Color is gorgeous
Best cars show ever yes its because of trio
Yeah .. I DON'T WANT A SOGGY SETTING!!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣👽👽
What's the name of the song at 0:14?
Car is awesome ...but i have to wait ✌️
"You'd be on the phone to your doctor if your wee came out like this." Yah, my wee is more of a British racing green or, sometimes, candy apple red.
It's so low I feel seven. That line should be in a museum
This is a good car, no doubt. But not a great car. I own a 2009 DBS with a manual transmission and I have to disagree with the statements that it is not well-built. I compared this car from my other cars of roughly the same vintage. I can tell you the material quality is better than both of my Ferraris and on par with a GT3RS which, in my opinion, is it as good as it gets. The V12 version of the new Vantage is indeed going to be epic I do look forward to that car Immensely!
I was a huge top gear fan in middle and HS
Beautiful looking car I even dig the color because it’s just different.
It's my dream car...
I miss the grand tour but atleast we still have the specials
What's the name of the song at the beginning of the presentation of the Aston?
I hope to make enough money to own one some day. Thank you.
What is the song at 3:41?
that colour!!!
My wee comes out that colour all the time
The body of the car itself resembles the DB10 concept car. Which some of you know was used in 007 Spectre.
That still looked really good, this doesn't, they've made it hideous.
Nurburgring is a decent 7:43 which is 11 seconds slower than a Giulia Quad
Damn that’s gorgeous
Is the car still in one piece after Richard drove it ?
3 heros
Those headlights, UGH!
Thanks
I saw a video of one of these close up and there was terrible orange peal in the paint job...also pretty sure it was a production model. Might have been a lemon car, but honestly that's unacceptable for the price point. Either way the car is beautiful, they really need to fix that.
It's a gorgeous car... Except the front... It looks like a Mazda mx-5
Whne my heart says Aston, i just go and by a Merc, because underneath it's all Mercedes....
Exactly. Just buy the C63 or AMG GT that it shares its powertrain with, or just buy a used W204 C63.
1:33 can you make a panel gap look more evident ?
it is bloody beautiful tho
No, it is eye-bleedingly hideous.
It's a Merc. That's it.
Its a Mercedes powertrain wrapped in a ever-hideous Aston body. Such a shame.
Lovely vehicle, if it comes in any other colour than snot, even better?
Such a shame that Aston copied Mazda’s MX5 front end. It doesn’t do it for me.
So, rather than power sliding the car around corners (something very few owners will do), why don't you drive the car into a corner at speed with traction control off and tell us if you're getting under-steer?
lol that's something very few owners will do ALSO
ELSD-Diff and all that clever suspension work, my guess is it's plenty cornery
Do mine eyes and ears deceive me?
Richard "the Porsche 911 addict" Hammond loving an Aston?
Have the wheels finally turned?
I mean honestly the new Vantage is drop dead gorgeous. Especially the F1 Edition.
You didnt show us the boot dude.😁
Beautiful
What a car what a beast & my god that fuckin soundtrack is just orgasmic. Absolutely adore Aston's & this one imo has to be right up there among the very best they've made. I mean just look at it. I could quite easily just stand there & drool over this masterpiece all day.
Is everything you've ever seen so hideous that this looks beautiful to you?
That low seat position was mean for bank robbers.
Yep, I’ll have one.
I miss these kind of episodes. The guys reviewing cars. Not the bloody specials.
When are we gonna see an Aventador SVJ on the grand tour?💯💯
We've got the Aventador S 👀 ruclips.net/video/fWrUl3uemb4/видео.html but who would you like to see test drive the SVJ?
@@thegrandtour Richard hammond or Jeremy clarkson driving the svj!!!💯