Aston Martin has dropped the first official images
of the new Vantage Roadster, depicting the open-top version of its V8 sports
car in pre-production form. Turning the Aston Martin Vantage into a roadster has
changed the roof line and the rear deck significantly to host the new foldable
fabric soft top.
Design features such as the characteristic rear end
with its thin LED tallights which follow the line of the ducktail spoiler and
the bumpers with their extensions will remain the same with the Coupe, as well
as the two-seat interior.
Aston Martin didn’t release any technical details
just yet but it’s safe to expect that the new Vantage Roadster will use the
same AMG-sourced twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 powertrain with the Coupe model. Power
is rated at 503 HP, sending the fixed-roof Vantage from 0 to 100 km/h in
3.7 seconds.
A small weight penalty is expected for the new
Vantage Roadster thanks to the addition of the folding roof mechanism and the
necessary chassis strengthening measures, which means that performance will be
slightly worse than its Coupe sibling.
Aston Martin says that the open-top Vantage will
launch globally in spring 2020. Standard models should come fitted with an
eight-speed automatic transmission and a rear electronic differential. We still
don’t know if the British car maker will offer the new Roadster with the
seven-speed manual transmission of the Vantage AMR but if they do, it will most
likely be a special edition model.
