**Aston Martin Vanquish: First Impressions**

I'm currently testing the Aston Martin Vanquish and I have to say, it's an incredible car. The design features are truly special, with both Zade and I agreeing that our initial impressions left us speechless. "There was no feeling for where the front end was," Zade mentioned earlier, which made me realize that this is a car that takes some getting used to. The massive presence of carbon fiber throughout the interior is eye-catching, and the design elements are so finely tuned that it's like they were plucked straight from a supercar catalog.

One thing that really stood out for me was the sheer amount of power beneath the bonnet. With 824 horsepower on tap, this car is built to deliver thrills. And with its V12 engine at the helm, I'm expecting a truly special driving experience. The specs alone are enough to get my heart racing - but it's one thing to read about them and another entirely to experience them firsthand.

As we spent more time behind the wheel of the Vanquish, our attention turned to the handling and suspension. I was eager to see how this car would respond in different modes, particularly in Sport Plus mode. The first few laps were exhilarating, with the car hugging the road like a glove. But it wasn't until we switched to Track Mode that things really started to get interesting. With less traction control and a firmer suspension setup, the Vanquish began to reveal its true character.

**Track Mode Unleashed**

In Track Mode, I noticed that the exhaust notes became even more aggressive and playful - this is definitely not a car for those who like their driving experiences mellow! There's also a subtle tweak in the throttle response, making it feel even more responsive and immediate. And with the launch control activated, I was surprised to see how quickly the Vanquish launched off the line - it feels like rocket science has been strapped into this engine!

As we made our way back to the hotel, I couldn't help but think that this car is going to be a real showstopper when it hits the market. With a starting price of around £350,000, it's certainly not for the faint of heart - but with its incredible performance and stunning design, I can see why Aston Martin would set such a high bar.

**Coffee Roastery: A Surprising Gem**

After an intense morning of driving, we decided to stop off at a local coffee roastery that had caught our attention earlier. The venue was more than just a pretty face - it turned out to be a fully-fledged specialty coffee shop with its own in-house roaster. We stepped inside and were greeted by the enticing aroma of freshly roasted beans.

However, our experience wasn't without its quirks. When we ordered, the barista seemed rather... distracted. In fact, they handed us the phone to talk to their boss, leaving us feeling a bit bewildered. I tried to explain our desire for a good cup of coffee, but it felt like a conversation was taking place in a different language altogether. Despite this awkwardness, we managed to secure a decent cup of coffee - and while it wasn't perfect, the beans were certainly top-notch.

**A Quick Look Inside**

As we delved into the interior of the Vanquish, I couldn't help but be struck by the sheer opulence on display. The cabin is adorned with lavish materials, from the luxurious leather upholstery to the gleaming carbon fiber accents. And when we lifted the hood, the sight of that mighty V12 engine took our breath away.

One feature that caught my eye was the cleverly designed luggage compartment - it's perfect for those who like to travel in style without sacrificing practicality. And with its massive rear seats and central speaker system, this car is more than just a pretty face (although it certainly does deliver on both fronts).

All in all, I'm thoroughly enamored with the Aston Martin Vanquish. Its incredible performance, stunning design, and generous dose of luxury make it a true contender for the top spot in the supercar hierarchy. And while we've only had a taste of its capabilities so far, I have every confidence that this car will be a real showstopper when it hits the market.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entoday's video in Germany with Aston Martin currently on the road with two very goodlook Aston Martin Vantage I've personally been super excited about getting behind the wheel of the new Vantage and that is based alone on looks I think it is drop dead gorgeous so we left the hotel around an hour ago we have a nice pre-planned route around some nice German back roads in the forest where the speed limit is mostly also 100 kmph which makes for that little bit more fun compared to Switzerland where the back roads are 80 one other exciting thing is at the hotel also stands the brand new Vanquish we had a quick look at it this morning and my word this is is one beautiful car so what I'm going to do is when we get back to the hotel for lunchtime I'm going to take you guys for a walk around the new Vanquish it is really something spectacular as you saw behind me there were two cars joined by Zade today hello Zade is a blogger photographer journalists everything all sorts everything from the UK we've met quite a few times now and we're also going to meet again next month right yes for a small road trip Zade is in the orange one I'm in the F1 green you're in the safety car safety car in the real safety car so we had this introduction and they talked about the selling point or no the F1 effect yep where so this is the color from F1 this green and uh neon yellow which I personally really like Zade is not really feeling the neon yellow though my one has the carbon bucket seats which I'm still figuring out if I like or not yet and you have the Comfort Seats I think you would buy alone just based on the looks yeah for sure it looks like a baby 177 it really does the way the grill is grown and the lights have shaped it's a yeah big big Improvement to call it a facelift is really not really fair yeah it's a big big big step big step highlight for me at the moment with ason Martin is the the amount of options you really have so much to choose from and I feel like you can really create your imagination you can play with so many colors and I re I just really like what they're doing at the moment I actually feel quite excited for the brand right now especially after seeing the new Vanquish which well you guys will see in a bit it is really something special we're living in a world at the moment with uh so many Brands going uh stupidly for electric and talking about that too much and just greenwashing while Aston Martin is here making a Vanquish and dropping a V12 in it which is super exciting as I said the looks for me I would say every angle side profile Rear Front it is a truly truly beautiful car in both colors I really honestly can't cannot foot the looks so much carbon fiber side skirts are they are massive they're huge lots of lots of carbon fiber options on this car same goes for the front on the splitter and the diffuser as you saw before truly a beautiful car which I think now we should had out and uh continue enjoying the morning because only had around an hour behind the wheel now and I definitely want to do another hour before lunchtime finally heading out for a drive on some nice Forest back roads in Germany definitely a fun car plenty of power 656 horsepower interior nice place to be these carbon buet seats look fantastic it's a bit of an awkward shape so my my knees are quite High I personally would like to be a bit more flat it's a little bit of an awkward sitting position but and this is a big butt I'm tool I I find most sitting awkward now I'm not sure if there's quite some engine noise being blasted in through these speakers behind me I would say there definitely is yes no there I can I can hear it coming from that speaker obviously not the cracks but the problem is there's so much engine noise being put in through the speakers that you actually can't hear the Roof sounds that much like the cracks from the outside you can when uh Zade accelerated in front of me earlier it sounded really really great from the outside I wish manufacturers would always allow you to turn off this engine sound going through the speakers maybe you can I don't know I personally would like that option Power House this road looks incredible and we're straight behind the Caravan personally really excited about the Aston Martin brand I really like what they're doing I think they have big plans at the moment and they are producing some really really cool cars ridiculous and I love it very happy back end but very playful ridiculous right now I've got it in Sport Plus the next mode up from that will be track mode I think track mode probably will put the suspension a bit harder and maybe a bit less traction control let's find out there's only one way to find out isn't there there we go track mode Let's try another acceleration yep it's a bit looser on the end on the back end but as I said playful yeah so overall First Impressions very good does feel quite a big car I'm not sure on the actual Dimensions but both Zade and I said before when we pulled out of the hotel that we had no feeling for you know where where the front end was takes a bit of getting used to I'm not sure if it really is a big car or it's just how it feels you definitely you can't see the front end so really have no idea where the front end is ooh okay in track mode I think also gets a bit more naughty on the exhaust as well oh yes it does I like that yeah fun for days see if there's a launch control no idea race start oh oh my God that was cool so it just said to me race starts activated that was cool that was very unexpected as well I'm going to need to tell Zade to try that afterwards so there is a race start and that was in track mode so it means a arrived back at the hotel I was quite sure that the hotel coffee was not going to be that impressive after this morning's breakfast so I decided to search my phone for specialty coffee thinking there is no chance there will be any specialty coffee in this area as nice as this area is very beautiful you know it's um really really pretty area just normally areas like this and also like many ski resorts yet uh to catch up with the specialty coffee scene however there was one well as it says I don't know what the coffee is going to be like that was 4 minutes away from from the hotel would you believe so we just arrived here now and they're actually a Coffee Roastery and a coffee specialty shop so going to head inside and yeah hopefully get a good coffee Good Start they have a mariza machine that's a very good start and seems to be roasting their own beans as well so after a slightly strange experience in that coffee shop where the Barista just handed me the phone to our boss and uh didn't say anything done phone and it was kind of really awkward I want to speak to the oh hello hi yeah hello I don't know what I why why do I I don't he's not saying anything I don't know time to try the coffee got a mustache I know too hot milk was a problem I hate that there's so many Baristas where they heat the milk up too much and what happens then is it separates so I explained it like the coffee is bit off like the atmosphere and there it was an awkward uh vibe in there slightly awkward coffee run Vibe today M's got filter so which is great it's really good actually yeah maybe filter was the way to go in there give rating out of 10 filter bit acidic I don't know what the bean is I don't know what it is but it's it's a it's a 7.75 oh really it's good enough ending today's video here back with the vanish holy moly it looks incredible I've just been gping at this this is a car that I'm definitely going to be thinking about for quite some time until I get to drive one uh of which I was just speaking to the guys at ason Martin and already uh arranging the first media drive that I can join because I'm honestly Blown Away by it so many special design features all of this in the back as well all in carbon fiber again lots and lots of carbon fiber truly a beautiful car wow the mighty V12 824 horsepower this is one of the best looking cars well new cars I've seen in a long time and especially with a V12 that kind of power it's a recipe for having a very special day starting price I think is going to be around 350,000 don't hold me to that exactly but I think it's around the area I have this feeling that well the ones that are going to come onto the market are going to be selling for much more than that straight to way take a quick look inside that lovely and new car smell actually really like the uh color combination from the outside to the inside behind here as well have a nice luggage compartment there's four small kind of handbags small travel bags looks like a very nice speaker Central speak speaker in the back very very excited to drive this hopefully in the next couple of monthstoday's video in Germany with Aston Martin currently on the road with two very goodlook Aston Martin Vantage I've personally been super excited about getting behind the wheel of the new Vantage and that is based alone on looks I think it is drop dead gorgeous so we left the hotel around an hour ago we have a nice pre-planned route around some nice German back roads in the forest where the speed limit is mostly also 100 kmph which makes for that little bit more fun compared to Switzerland where the back roads are 80 one other exciting thing is at the hotel also stands the brand new Vanquish we had a quick look at it this morning and my word this is is one beautiful car so what I'm going to do is when we get back to the hotel for lunchtime I'm going to take you guys for a walk around the new Vanquish it is really something spectacular as you saw behind me there were two cars joined by Zade today hello Zade is a blogger photographer journalists everything all sorts everything from the UK we've met quite a few times now and we're also going to meet again next month right yes for a small road trip Zade is in the orange one I'm in the F1 green you're in the safety car safety car in the real safety car so we had this introduction and they talked about the selling point or no the F1 effect yep where so this is the color from F1 this green and uh neon yellow which I personally really like Zade is not really feeling the neon yellow though my one has the carbon bucket seats which I'm still figuring out if I like or not yet and you have the Comfort Seats I think you would buy alone just based on the looks yeah for sure it looks like a baby 177 it really does the way the grill is grown and the lights have shaped it's a yeah big big Improvement to call it a facelift is really not really fair yeah it's a big big big step big step highlight for me at the moment with ason Martin is the the amount of options you really have so much to choose from and I feel like you can really create your imagination you can play with so many colors and I re I just really like what they're doing at the moment I actually feel quite excited for the brand right now especially after seeing the new Vanquish which well you guys will see in a bit it is really something special we're living in a world at the moment with uh so many Brands going uh stupidly for electric and talking about that too much and just greenwashing while Aston Martin is here making a Vanquish and dropping a V12 in it which is super exciting as I said the looks for me I would say every angle side profile Rear Front it is a truly truly beautiful car in both colors I really honestly can't cannot foot the looks so much carbon fiber side skirts are they are massive they're huge lots of lots of carbon fiber options on this car same goes for the front on the splitter and the diffuser as you saw before truly a beautiful car which I think now we should had out and uh continue enjoying the morning because only had around an hour behind the wheel now and I definitely want to do another hour before lunchtime finally heading out for a drive on some nice Forest back roads in Germany definitely a fun car plenty of power 656 horsepower interior nice place to be these carbon buet seats look fantastic it's a bit of an awkward shape so my my knees are quite High I personally would like to be a bit more flat it's a little bit of an awkward sitting position but and this is a big butt I'm tool I I find most sitting awkward now I'm not sure if there's quite some engine noise being blasted in through these speakers behind me I would say there definitely is yes no there I can I can hear it coming from that speaker obviously not the cracks but the problem is there's so much engine noise being put in through the speakers that you actually can't hear the Roof sounds that much like the cracks from the outside you can when uh Zade accelerated in front of me earlier it sounded really really great from the outside I wish manufacturers would always allow you to turn off this engine sound going through the speakers maybe you can I don't know I personally would like that option Power House this road looks incredible and we're straight behind the Caravan personally really excited about the Aston Martin brand I really like what they're doing I think they have big plans at the moment and they are producing some really really cool cars ridiculous and I love it very happy back end but very playful ridiculous right now I've got it in Sport Plus the next mode up from that will be track mode I think track mode probably will put the suspension a bit harder and maybe a bit less traction control let's find out there's only one way to find out isn't there there we go track mode Let's try another acceleration yep it's a bit looser on the end on the back end but as I said playful yeah so overall First Impressions very good does feel quite a big car I'm not sure on the actual Dimensions but both Zade and I said before when we pulled out of the hotel that we had no feeling for you know where where the front end was takes a bit of getting used to I'm not sure if it really is a big car or it's just how it feels you definitely you can't see the front end so really have no idea where the front end is ooh okay in track mode I think also gets a bit more naughty on the exhaust as well oh yes it does I like that yeah fun for days see if there's a launch control no idea race start oh oh my God that was cool so it just said to me race starts activated that was cool that was very unexpected as well I'm going to need to tell Zade to try that afterwards so there is a race start and that was in track mode so it means a arrived back at the hotel I was quite sure that the hotel coffee was not going to be that impressive after this morning's breakfast so I decided to search my phone for specialty coffee thinking there is no chance there will be any specialty coffee in this area as nice as this area is very beautiful you know it's um really really pretty area just normally areas like this and also like many ski resorts yet uh to catch up with the specialty coffee scene however there was one well as it says I don't know what the coffee is going to be like that was 4 minutes away from from the hotel would you believe so we just arrived here now and they're actually a Coffee Roastery and a coffee specialty shop so going to head inside and yeah hopefully get a good coffee Good Start they have a mariza machine that's a very good start and seems to be roasting their own beans as well so after a slightly strange experience in that coffee shop where the Barista just handed me the phone to our boss and uh didn't say anything done phone and it was kind of really awkward I want to speak to the oh hello hi yeah hello I don't know what I why why do I I don't he's not saying anything I don't know time to try the coffee got a mustache I know too hot milk was a problem I hate that there's so many Baristas where they heat the milk up too much and what happens then is it separates so I explained it like the coffee is bit off like the atmosphere and there it was an awkward uh vibe in there slightly awkward coffee run Vibe today M's got filter so which is great it's really good actually yeah maybe filter was the way to go in there give rating out of 10 filter bit acidic I don't know what the bean is I don't know what it is but it's it's a it's a 7.75 oh really it's good enough ending today's video here back with the vanish holy moly it looks incredible I've just been gping at this this is a car that I'm definitely going to be thinking about for quite some time until I get to drive one uh of which I was just speaking to the guys at ason Martin and already uh arranging the first media drive that I can join because I'm honestly Blown Away by it so many special design features all of this in the back as well all in carbon fiber again lots and lots of carbon fiber truly a beautiful car wow the mighty V12 824 horsepower this is one of the best looking cars well new cars I've seen in a long time and especially with a V12 that kind of power it's a recipe for having a very special day starting price I think is going to be around 350,000 don't hold me to that exactly but I think it's around the area I have this feeling that well the ones that are going to come onto the market are going to be selling for much more than that straight to way take a quick look inside that lovely and new car smell actually really like the uh color combination from the outside to the inside behind here as well have a nice luggage compartment there's four small kind of handbags small travel bags looks like a very nice speaker Central speak speaker in the back very very excited to drive this hopefully in the next couple of monthstoday's video in Germany with Aston Martin currently on the road with two very goodlook Aston Martin Vantage I've personally been super excited about getting behind the wheel of the new Vantage and that is based alone on looks I think it is drop dead gorgeous so we left the hotel around an hour ago we have a nice pre-planned route around some nice German back roads in the forest where the speed limit is mostly also 100 kmph which makes for that little bit more fun compared to Switzerland where the back roads are 80 one other exciting thing is at the hotel also stands the brand new Vanquish we had a quick look at it this morning and my word this is is one beautiful car so what I'm going to do is when we get back to the hotel for lunchtime I'm going to take you guys for a walk around the new Vanquish it is really something spectacular as you saw behind me there were two cars joined by Zade today hello Zade is a blogger photographer journalists everything all sorts everything from the UK we've met quite a few times now and we're also going to meet again next month right yes for a small road trip Zade is in the orange one I'm in the F1 green you're in the safety car safety car in the real safety car so we had this introduction and they talked about the selling point or no the F1 effect yep where so this is the color from F1 this green and uh neon yellow which I personally really like Zade is not really feeling the neon yellow though my one has the carbon bucket seats which I'm still figuring out if I like or not yet and you have the Comfort Seats I think you would buy alone just based on the looks yeah for sure it looks like a baby 177 it really does the way the grill is grown and the lights have shaped it's a yeah big big Improvement to call it a facelift is really not really fair yeah it's a big big big step big step highlight for me at the moment with ason Martin is the the amount of options you really have so much to choose from and I feel like you can really create your imagination you can play with so many colors and I re I just really like what they're doing at the moment I actually feel quite excited for the brand right now especially after seeing the new Vanquish which well you guys will see in a bit it is really something special we're living in a world at the moment with uh so many Brands going uh stupidly for electric and talking about that too much and just greenwashing while Aston Martin is here making a Vanquish and dropping a V12 in it which is super exciting as I said the looks for me I would say every angle side profile Rear Front it is a truly truly beautiful car in both colors I really honestly can't cannot foot the looks so much carbon fiber side skirts are they are massive they're huge lots of lots of carbon fiber options on this car same goes for the front on the splitter and the diffuser as you saw before truly a beautiful car which I think now we should had out and uh continue enjoying the morning because only had around an hour behind the wheel now and I definitely want to do another hour before lunchtime finally heading out for a drive on some nice Forest back roads in Germany definitely a fun car plenty of power 656 horsepower interior nice place to be these carbon buet seats look fantastic it's a bit of an awkward shape so my my knees are quite High I personally would like to be a bit more flat it's a little bit of an awkward sitting position but and this is a big butt I'm tool I I find most sitting awkward now I'm not sure if there's quite some engine noise being blasted in through these speakers behind me I would say there definitely is yes no there I can I can hear it coming from that speaker obviously not the cracks but the problem is there's so much engine noise being put in through the speakers that you actually can't hear the Roof sounds that much like the cracks from the outside you can when uh Zade accelerated in front of me earlier it sounded really really great from the outside I wish manufacturers would always allow you to turn off this engine sound going through the speakers maybe you can I don't know I personally would like that option Power House this road looks incredible and we're straight behind the Caravan personally really excited about the Aston Martin brand I really like what they're doing I think they have big plans at the moment and they are producing some really really cool cars ridiculous and I love it very happy back end but very playful ridiculous right now I've got it in Sport Plus the next mode up from that will be track mode I think track mode probably will put the suspension a bit harder and maybe a bit less traction control let's find out there's only one way to find out isn't there there we go track mode Let's try another acceleration yep it's a bit looser on the end on the back end but as I said playful yeah so overall First Impressions very good does feel quite a big car I'm not sure on the actual Dimensions but both Zade and I said before when we pulled out of the hotel that we had no feeling for you know where where the front end was takes a bit of getting used to I'm not sure if it really is a big car or it's just how it feels you definitely you can't see the front end so really have no idea where the front end is ooh okay in track mode I think also gets a bit more naughty on the exhaust as well oh yes it does I like that yeah fun for days see if there's a launch control no idea race start oh oh my God that was cool so it just said to me race starts activated that was cool that was very unexpected as well I'm going to need to tell Zade to try that afterwards so there is a race start and that was in track mode so it means a arrived back at the hotel I was quite sure that the hotel coffee was not going to be that impressive after this morning's breakfast so I decided to search my phone for specialty coffee thinking there is no chance there will be any specialty coffee in this area as nice as this area is very beautiful you know it's um really really pretty area just normally areas like this and also like many ski resorts yet uh to catch up with the specialty coffee scene however there was one well as it says I don't know what the coffee is going to be like that was 4 minutes away from from the hotel would you believe so we just arrived here now and they're actually a Coffee Roastery and a coffee specialty shop so going to head inside and yeah hopefully get a good coffee Good Start they have a mariza machine that's a very good start and seems to be roasting their own beans as well so after a slightly strange experience in that coffee shop where the Barista just handed me the phone to our boss and uh didn't say anything done phone and it was kind of really awkward I want to speak to the oh hello hi yeah hello I don't know what I why why do I I don't he's not saying anything I don't know time to try the coffee got a mustache I know too hot milk was a problem I hate that there's so many Baristas where they heat the milk up too much and what happens then is it separates so I explained it like the coffee is bit off like the atmosphere and there it was an awkward uh vibe in there slightly awkward coffee run Vibe today M's got filter so which is great it's really good actually yeah maybe filter was the way to go in there give rating out of 10 filter bit acidic I don't know what the bean is I don't know what it is but it's it's a it's a 7.75 oh really it's good enough ending today's video here back with the vanish holy moly it looks incredible I've just been gping at this this is a car that I'm definitely going to be thinking about for quite some time until I get to drive one uh of which I was just speaking to the guys at ason Martin and already uh arranging the first media drive that I can join because I'm honestly Blown Away by it so many special design features all of this in the back as well all in carbon fiber again lots and lots of carbon fiber truly a beautiful car wow the mighty V12 824 horsepower this is one of the best looking cars well new cars I've seen in a long time and especially with a V12 that kind of power it's a recipe for having a very special day starting price I think is going to be around 350,000 don't hold me to that exactly but I think it's around the area I have this feeling that well the ones that are going to come onto the market are going to be selling for much more than that straight to way take a quick look inside that lovely and new car smell actually really like the uh color combination from the outside to the inside behind here as well have a nice luggage compartment there's four small kind of handbags small travel bags looks like a very nice speaker Central speak speaker in the back very very excited to drive this hopefully in the next couple of months\n"