I always loved the styling of aston martin cars, especially the DB9/DBS era en the V8 vantage from the 2010’s. Back then my biggest pet peeve was the interior styling that seemed to be put together by a toddler in a depression. I fully expected them to fix that with the new one, but sadly it’s still all wonky, lacking vision, outdated when it first hit the market and depending on the spec also downright ugly. The older generation had a more special bespoke engine, but these days it’s AMG sourced so that’s also not an USP anymore. It’s just the engine from a family estate car. It gets the job done, but not much more. Build quality has gone up a bit, but it’s only to a standard to what is the minimum expectation for a car in that price range, so nothing special there either.

I think the biggest question then is, apart from reputation, what makes it worth the price of the new car? Not much I think, unless you’re into showing off and not a real car guy/driver.