New Aston Martin Vanquish Volante arrives – costs £200k

The New Aston Martin Vanquish Volante (pictured) costs £200k

It’s almost exactly a year since the Aston Martin Vanquish arrived as a replacement for the DBS, and now we get it’s convertible sibling – the new Aston Martin Vanquish Volante.

Aston are claiming the new Vanquish Volante is the stiffest Aston convertible ever and have also managed to keep the usual weight increase for a soft top down to just 9kg by giving the Volante a full carbon fibre body. The result of that is the Volante manages to produce exactly the same performance figures as the Vanquish Coupe – 0-62mph in 4.1 seconds and 183mph – from its 565php, 6.0 litre V12 and shouldn’t, we hope, shake and shimmy in the way many Aston convertibles do in the process.

Aston Martin has also had a play with the Volante’s spring and damper rates to give it the same handling as the Coupe despite fresh air over your head.

The obvious changes from the Vanquish Coupe – apart from a triple-skin fabric roof that can open in 14 seconds – include a full height windscreen, new boot (which is 50 per cent bigger than the old DBS Volante) and boot spoiler, but the interior is unchanged. Well, apart from a button to open the roof.

The order book for the Aston Martin Vanquish Volante is now open – the price is a hefty £199,995 – with first UK cars arriving later in the year.

By Cars UK