Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Thanks Aston Martin

Aston Martin Test drive at Millbrook proving ground today - no pictures because of security. I took the Saab too as it was raining heavily all day. Drive the following cars:

2015 Vanquish - using paddle shift on hill circuit light rain - Strong performance - felt heavier but no less fast than V12 - looked a bit fussy inside. More GT than sports car.

DB9 - ont he high speed bowl - left it in automatic - felt very bumpy - hands off the wheel at 90mph - topped out at 125mph - 200k

Rapide on city circuit - felt big although it was ok.

Rapids S - hill circuit - instructor saying when to accelerate and drive - in sports mode different car - huge power and felt smaller than vanquish and faster but that was confidence of experience.

2915 Vanquish - 140 mph on the 1 mile strait and raining so hard I could not see the road - then hitting the breaks at 120 and taking my hands off the wheel to let the electronics do their stuff. It shuddered a bit but stopped in a dead strait line. Made you feel so confident.


Vantage V8 - Taken round the performance circuit by the instructor. In the wet in the heavy rain - so controlled a slight twitch but solid as a rock at insane speeds.