2025 Aston Martin Vantage

Sports Car · 4.0L V8 Twin-Turbo · RWD

81/100

AutoVault's overall score, weighted for what a sports car is actually for — performance, technology, comfort, reliability, safety and value.

Specifications

Engine	4.0L V8 Twin-Turbo
Horsepower	656 hp
Torque	590 lb-ft
0–60 mph	3.4 sec
Top speed	202 mph
Drivetrain	RWD
Seats	2
Combined MPG	19 mpg (16 city / 24 hwy)
Range	383 miles
MSRP	$191,000
Body style	Sports Car

The verdict

What's good

Beefier styling with wider stance
Hugely rewarding to drive hard
Brawny, characterful V8 sound
Modernized cabin and controls

What's not

Minimal cargo and storage
Snug two-seat cabin
Patchy reliability reputation
Costly to maintain long-term

The engine

M177

4.0L Twin-Turbo V8

A hot-vee twin-turbo V8 with a deep, hard-edged bark, it punches with savage mid-range muscle — Aston engineers often extract more from it than Mercedes does in its own cars.

This is Mercedes-AMG's M177 4.0-litre V8, supplied to Aston Martin under a partnership dating to 2013 and fitted to the DB11, Vantage, DBX and DB12.

Each unit is hand-assembled at AMG's Affalterbach factory under the 'one man, one engine' principle, with the builder's signature plaque on the engine.
In the DB12 Aston tunes it to 671 hp and 590 lb-ft — and a further-developed version of this same V8 powers the hybrid Valhalla hypercar.

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The six sub-scores behind the 81 — performance, tech, comfort, reliability, safety and value
Market value today and year-by-year value history
All 3 trims with pricing
Studio photography — exterior, rear and interior
Side-by-side comparison with up to four cars

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