It’s with a chuckle that I need to admit I do know my viewers effectively – 84% of you vote 7 Sequence (I believed the GT-T would possibly temp a number of extra). This week, I’ve a very enjoyable one, as a result of I’m going to current two actually good offers. The issue is the badge, or lack thereof. It’s an Aston Martin V-8 Vantage and a Pontiac! I do know proper?
No wait! Pay attention…
The 2006 Aston Martin V-8 Vantage vs the 2006 Pontiac GTO
See the Aston Martin V-8 Vantage itemizing right here
See the Pontiac GTO itemizing right here
Mike, nothing may very well be extra pretentious than an Aston…
No, expensive reader. Nothing may very well be extra pretentious than a new Aston. This one is sort of sufficiently old to vote. Pull up with considered one of these on a Sunday morning, and you’ll generate the thrill of a highschool gymnasium dodge ball sport.
Nobody makes me bleed my very own blood.
See, I believe you purchase considered one of these since you’re a cool automotive individual. V-8. Stick. Aston Martin good-looks. Others gained’t know, however you do, and also you’re my sort of individual.
Towards this not-as-Euro-as-you-think coupe is a throat lozenge. The Pontiac GTO. Kind of appears to be like like the whole lot? Really, it type of appears to be like just like the Aston, because it’s the identical shade. And what’s this? V-8? Guide? A historic badge?
These two are lots nearer than you suppose, in methods you may not consider.
The 2006 Aston Martin V-8 Vantage
Enable me to spit some details. This primary-get Vantage was designed by Henrik Fisker, he of BMW Z8 and Karma fame. Appears like his work, doesn’t it? Beneath its horny bonnet (that’s the hood for the uncultured) lies a 4.3 liter AJ V-8 from Jaguar, full with dry sump lubrication. After all, you may ignore the truth that it was developed by Ford ten years earlier than the Vantage was even an itch in Henrik’s pants.
With 380 horsepower and 302 lb-ft of torque, it looks as if this Aston isn’t as high-strung as an E92 M3. Are you selecting this over mentioned M3, or a 911 of the identical classic? In the event you’re cool…
- 60,300 miles
- Bid to $30,000 to this point (I’ll get again to this)
- Minor injury from an accident in 2014
- That wrap? No matter, it’ll come off.
- Different mods like a V-12 Vantage clutch plate and engine tune given me pause. PPI this.
- I’ll whisper this however it isn’t very good inside. The 2-tone seats and recycled buttons from a Ford in a automotive costing this a lot new was hilarious.
- Guide!
- Service data present a bunch of labor performed to it – simply method with warning. That is Discuss Me Out Of It, in any case.
Carry your F1 jacket
what gained’t get previous? Pointing to the Aston and saying, “That’s my automotive over there.” Or, “Hey babe, wanna take the Aston tonight?” Who cares when you’re simply going to the Olive Backyard. The bread sticks are free you already know.
Talking of bread, you should buy an Aston Martin V-8 Vantage all day for beneath $40,000. Generally beneath $30k. Consider all of the Aston F1 gear you should buy with the whole lot you save on the automotive. Lance Stroll wants all the assistance he can get.
The 2006 Pontiac GTO
This Pontiac was an awesome thought. The idea of it, I imply. Take a automotive already being in-built Australia, plop an LS2 V-8 inside, badge it with a legendary identify, and sit again because the money rolls in.
The fact was removed from that. Blame the GTO identify. If this was the Pontiac “Cough Drop”, maybe nobody would have batted a watch, however nobody favored seeing that identify on this automotive. Pontiac would die only a few years later.
Nonetheless, it stacks up effectively to the Aston:
- 64,600 miles
- Bid to $11,601
- Six-speed handbook
- 400 horsies, 400 lb-ft of twist and shout (how did they get so little out of a lot displacement?)
- The Aston is nicer inside however solely simply. And that’s probably not a praise to the GTO – it’s so 2000s plastic GM, you simply want a Tupperware badge
- Clear CarFAX
- An consumption an exhaust have been added, nothing loopy. I’m positive the automotive wanted it to sound correct.
- Correctly maintained
- The entrance bumper has been resprayed, I’d have the vendor ship higher pictures simply to make certain it’s clear.
How do you are taking your V-8?
The GTO appears to max out round $20,000, so whereas it isn’t fairly in Aston territory, it’s fairly near a few of the higher-milage ones. Or, you would seize two GTOs for the worth of 1 tremendous clear Vantage! Hey, I like offering choices.
I’m positive the GTO will really feel simply as fast because the Vantage. Like wine and beer, each will get you light-headed in a rush, it’s only a matter of the way you need to get there (and the way you need to really feel within the morning).
Wait, let me attempt it…
“Hey babe, need to take the Pontiac tonight?!”
Hmm. How unpretentious are you?
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