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Aston Martin V8 Vantage 2009

According to Car magazine, the Vantage will get some engineering tweaks and its engine capacity will grow by almost half a liter, to 4733-cc. A year ago Aston merely fiddled with the ECU on the N400 and found 20 extra horses.

The cabin is also expected to receive a polish, with things like the Ford key. A face-lifted range of DB9s is also expected. All of these changes leads us to our one request for Aston, please be careful with what is already perfection.

Aston Martin launched V8 in 2005, we had a lot of good things to say about it at that time. The look, power, handling, and solidness of Aston’s everyday supercar - also liked the idea of the British firm giving us a car that could take on Porsche 911 as a direct competitor. Now, three years later, Aston has updated the car with even more of what we loved.

Inside the V8 Vantage, another complaint has been addressed – that of complicated, untactful switchgear that we found difficult to use while focusing on the road. That’s been revised in the new car with a completely restyled center stack – constructed from die-cast zinc alloy and finished in graphite silver — containing new controls designed to be easier to operate than their predecessors. A new electronic key fob, dubbed ECU, mimics that of the DBS’s glass, stainless steel, and polycarbonate unit, and replaces the old car’s traditional key. A new Hard Disk Drive Navigation System allows for faster route processing, improved graphics, and additional features.

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