Aston Martin Vantage Rental
Aston Martin's rear-drive sports car, drawn from a track prototype, built around an electronic differential that wants to rotate.
Overview
The Aston Martin Vantage is a two-seat, rear-drive sports car with a 4.0 liter twin-turbo V8 making 503 hp and the first electronically controlled limited-slip differential Aston has ever built. Renters cross-shopping a Porsche 911 book it for the rarer badge, willing to trade a little outright pace for more drama when the car is pushed.
How It Drives
The rear end wants to rotate the instant you ask it to, the differential going from open to locked in milliseconds, and the steering sends what you feel through the wheel back through the seat. That makes the Vantage a canyon and track day car, built for driving rather than arriving.
Who Rents It
The Aston Martin Vantage suits the canyon drive, a track day, and any renter who wants a rear-drive V8 with a real mechanical differential rather than software pretending to be one. It is the pick for someone cross-shopping a Porsche 911 who wants the rarer badge and is willing to trade a little outright pace for more drama when the car is pushed. It also works as a coupe wedding car for a couple who want theater over a folding roof, since the DB12 Volante covers the convertible booking instead. The steering, at a 13.1 to 1 ratio, was tuned so that what a driver feels through the wheel comes through the seat as well.
Trim Breakdown
Aston Martin builds the Vantage as a two seat sports car in coupe and convertible bodies, with a hotter S grade above both and a rare V12 version above that. Our fleet runs the coupe.
Aston Martin Vantage Coupe
The Vantage Coupe is the volume car in the range and the one we run. It uses a 4.0 liter twin-turbo V8 driving the rear wheels through an eight-speed automatic, with an electronic rear differential and adaptive dampers offering three settings. Ours makes 503 hp. Aston Martin later raised coupe output to 656 hp on the same engine.
Aston Martin Vantage Roadster
The Vantage Roadster is the same car with a fabric folding roof in place of the fixed rear structure. It carries the same V8 and the same rear-drive layout, adds weight for the reinforcement an open body needs, and trades a little structural stiffness for open air and a clearer line to the exhaust. We do not run the Roadster.
Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition
The Vantage F1 Edition was the track-leaning version of the coupe, built around the marque role as Formula One safety car. It lifts the V8 to 528 hp, adds a fixed rear wing and a deeper front splitter that generate real downforce, stiffens the springs and dampers, and fits 21 inch wheels. We do not run it.
Aston Martin Vantage S
The Vantage S sits above the standard car and comes in both coupe and Roadster bodies. It raises the twin-turbo V8 to 671 hp, adds a quad exhaust, revised engine mounts and a firmer front end for sharper turn-in. It is the most aggressive V8 Vantage Aston Martin sells. We do not run it.
V12 Vantage
The V12 Vantage is the rare one, a strictly limited run that drops a 5.2 liter twin-turbo V12 making 690 hp into the same shell, with a wider track, a fixed rear wing and carbon bodywork. Aston Martin built it in coupe and Roadster form in small numbers. We do not run it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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