Aston Martin Vantage S Takes Things Up A Notch With 671 HP (500 kW)

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Aston Martin has pulled the covers disconnected the Vantage S, the sharpest, astir track-focused mentation yet of its third-generation sports car.

It’s the archetypal clip the S badge has been backmost connected a Vantage since 2018, pursuing the caller DBX S arsenic Aston reintroduces the suffix for its highest-performing models.

This 671 hp (500 kW) Vantage S becomes the astir almighty series-production mentation of Aston’s entry-level sports car to day (excluding the ultra-limited 2022 V12 Vantage), but the existent absorption present is connected making it quicker connected track.

Engineers person chased higher cornering speeds and stability, fitting a caller ducktail spoiler tuned to displacement the downforce equilibrium towards the front. Paired with caller beforehand and underbody aero, the car present produces 11 1kg of downforce astatine apical speed.

Under the bonnet sits a reworked 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 producing 671 hp (500 kW) and an unchanged 800 Nm (590 lb-ft) of torque, present accessible higher successful the rev scope betwixt 3000rpm and 6000rpm.

The powerfulness transportation bundle has been retuned, with a sharper drive-by-wire throttle for amended effect and feel. The effect is simply a motorboat control-enabled 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) successful 3.4 seconds, a tenth quicker than before, and 0 to 200 km/h (124 mph) successful 10.1 seconds. Top velocity holds astatine 325 km/h (202 mph).

The Vantage S gets S badging wrong and out, satin achromatic 21-inch alloy wheels, and caller blade-shaped beforehand aerial intakes to people it retired visually alongside the assertive aero.

Market-specific pricing details person not yet been announced. Aston Martin will commencement deliveries of the Vantage S successful the 4th quarter.