With 656 horsepower, adjustable traction control, and an endorsement from two-time F1 champ Fernando Alonso, the new Vantage promises to be exceptionally fun on the track.
When an automaker has a two-time F1 champion on the payroll—as Aston Martin does in Fernando Alonso—in-house advertising opportunities present themselves. As such, the British marque has put the man who took an expectation-exceeding fourth in the 2023 F1 World Drivers’ Championship behind the wheel of the new 2025 Aston Martin Vantage.
In the slick promotional video above, Alonso is shown lapping a track in a Scottish hide-clad sport seat as the new Vantage literally forms around him. The inference is of course not that the car was designed to racing specs—it was “engineered for real drivers,” as the tagline states.
To that end, its twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 pumps out 656 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque, an increase of 128 horsepower and 85 pound-feet over the previous Vantage F1 edition, making this new car the most powerful Vantage ever.
It’s also the fastest Vantage yet, with a claimed zero-to-60-mph time of 3.4 seconds and a 202-mph top speed. Car and Driver writes that the previous Vantage was “hilariously good fun on a race track,” and with the uptick in performance and tweaks to handling and dynamics, there’s every reason to think that the 2025 Vantage will bring even more thrills to the party.
Adjustable Traction Control will disable the Electronic Stability Program’s yaw control function, eliminating off-throttle assistance and allowing the driver to choose how much traction control is provided via eight different rotary switch settings. Additionally, the Electronic Power Assisted Steering system decreases in influence as the driver moves from the least aggressive to most aggressive driving modes.
In terms of styling, the new Vantage is said to be inspired by the V12-powered One-77 supercar built from 2009 to 2012. The body sits slightly wider and features a larger veined grille aperture to aid in cooling the engine. There’s also a new integrated splitter that’s wider and sits lower; new side strakes that “form a sharp focal point,” according to Aston Martin; and quad exhaust tailpipes and a widened bumper in the back.
The inside features Aston’s second implementation of its next-gen infotainment system following its debut in the DB12. There’s a 10.25-inch “Pure Black” touchscreen with multi-finger gesture control, along with numerous physical buttons for gear selection, drive selection, heating and ventilation, Chassis settings, ESP controls, and more.
As an option, buyers can opt to level-up the Vantage’s standard 11-speaker audio system to a 15-speaker Bowers & Wilkins setup comprised of “Aluminum Double Dome” tweeters, “Continuum” midrange speakers, dedicated 3D headline speakers and a subwoofer.
No price was announced for the 2025 Aston Martin Vantage, but C&D predicts it will start at around $190,000 when the first deliveries are made in the Q2 of 2024.