Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Aston Martin
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It’s amazing what a company like Aston Martin can do with what essentially amounts to two product families. Discounting the Toyota-built Cygnet and the exclusive One-77, the company’s entire line-up is based around either the Vantage or the DB9. While the latter has also spawned the Virage, the DBS and the Rapide, Aston has also done a lot with the former. There’s the V8 Vantage, the Vantage S, the V12 Vantage and even the exotic V12 Zagato - not to mention countless racing versions.
And then there’s the convertibles. Aston offers open-top versions of just about all of these (save, once again, the Cygnet, One-77 and Rapide). All that’s been missing is a V12 Vantage Roadster, and now word has it that Aston’s got that one in the pipeline for the near future, too.
The formula is pretty simple: taking the mechanical bits from the V12 Vantage coupe and fit the folding fabric roof mechanism from the V8 Vantage Roadster and presto! an open-top twelve-cylinder roadster. And with 510 horsepower on tap, it should make for one heck of a wild ride. We’re told to expect it’s arrival as soon as the Geneva Motor Show this coming March, so stay tuned.Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster coming to Geneva originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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