A quarterly magazine for buyers and enthusiasts of Aston Martin cars. Vantage celebrates 100 years of one of the coolest car brands on the planet from the early gentlemns racers through to the all-new Vanquish. If you've a passion for Aston Martin's you'll love Vantage magazine.

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Immaculate collection • TRIO OF FRESHLY BUILT VANTAGES CELEBRATE A WINNING ERA FOR ASTON MARTIN RACING

Zagato Twins take shape • R-REFORGED STARTS BUILD OF V12 VANTAGE-BASED COUPÉS AND SPEEDSTERS

That winning feeling • THIIM AND SØRENSEN SCOOP WEC DRIVERS’ TITLE

New bosses, new product, new deal • CLOSER TIES WITH MERCEDES AS ASTON MARTIN ENTERS A NEW ERA

A3’s big birthday bash

Racing through the gloom • GOODWOOD AND SILVERSTONE SEE A (BRIEF) RETURN OF MOTORSPORT

Playing catch-up • SEVERAL SUPERB ASTONS COME TO THE BLOCK AT LAST, AS POSTPONED AUCTIONS ARE FINALLY HELD

Desirables • Aston-related objects of desire, including the ultimate book for Goldfinger fans More Aston-related goodies – and other objects of desire that have caught our

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MAKING HISTORY • The 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours was the starriest prize of all as the Vantage GTEs swept to Aston Martin’s most successful season in decades

GOLDEN YEARS • The 1950s and early ’60s were a golden age for Aston Martin at Le Mans, recalled in style in a superb new book

All I want for Christmas • An electrically powered, two-thirds scale DB5 could soon top the wishlists of schoolboys everywhere – grown-up ones included

Wind of change • This year has seen the 60th birthday of the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) wind tunnel at Nuneaton. Astons have been blowing in the wind there almost as long

70 YEARS OF VANTAGES • From a 1950 DB2 Vantage to the very latest 2020 Vantage Roadster, we celebrate seven decades of Aston Martin’s best-known subgenre

COVER STORY 2020 VANTAGE ROADSTER

Six of the best DB4 VANTAGE • Across 70 years, the Vantage name has been applied to some of the greatest of all Astons. Here six writers choose six seminal models and explain what makes them so special

V8 VANTAGE

V8 VANTAGE ZAGATO

DB7 V12 VANTAGE

VANTAGE V600

V8 VANTAGE (AM305)

ONE OF A KIND • For 70 years, Vantages have been either the most powerful or the sportiest cars in the Aston range, sometimes both. All, that is, except one…

THE INDEPENDENT ASTON MARTIN MAGAZINE VANTAGE

POLE APART • Aston Martin’s legendary chief engineer Tadek Marek led a remarkable life, parts of it revealed in his personal photo album. We take a look inside

TOY STORY • The DB5 Goldfinger Edition was inspired as much by the Corgi model as the movie icon. And now it’s our turn to play with the ultimate rich man’s plaything

This Aston Life • Vantage regular Stephen Archer was born into an Aston Martin-loving family and has been immersed in Astons ever since. This is the story of a lifelong love affair

CORE VALUES • An integral roll-cage, stronger suspension and a beefed-up engine block are some of the latest steps in Bulldog’s restoration

ALL THE ROAD CARS 1920s-1930s

PARTING SHOT • Sean Connery, Furka Pass, Summer 1964