Aston Martin will launch its Vantage Roadster in Q2 this year ready for customers to take advantage of a convertible variant of the luxury sports car.
The Roadster is powered by a 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo engine delivering 665PS/800Nm, with a 0-60mph time of 3.5 seconds and top speed of 202mph.
Open top Vantage models date back 75 years to the launch of the Vantage engine upgrade pack for the DB2 (available both as a coupe – known as a saloon – and convertible – known as drophead coupe) in 1950, which featured larger carburettors and a higher compression ratio to raise power for the 2.6-litre twin cam engine from 105bhp to 125bhp.
Simon Newton, Aston Martin director of vehicle performance, said: “Developing both Vantage Coupe and Roadster simultaneously meant we were able to retain the capabilities and agile sporting character of Vantage with no compromise upon removal of the roof, allowing drivers to revel at the limit with the added exposure to the elements.
“This has been achieved from meticulous optimisations in the body structure combined with Roadster specific chassis tuning carried out by our skilled dynamics team and is the perfect stablemate to its Coupe cohort.”
Vantage Roadster deliveries will start before the end of June this year.
It joins its Coupe sibling, the DB12 and DB12 Volante, the new Vanquish, DBX707 supercar SUV and the forthcoming Valhalla supercar as part of Aston Martin’s expanded model line-up.
