TESTED 19.5.21. SILVERSTONE ON SALE NOW: ASTON V12 SPEEDSTER

摘要

DBS and Vantage have a roofless baby. Max Hoffman is to blame for this. The man who imported Porsches into America in the 1950s advised the factory that what was needed over there was a stripped-out, cut-down version of the 356 looking as racy as possible. In that moment, both the name and the cult of the Speedster were born. The roofless supercar speedster concept is more recent, dating back to the Mercedes SLR McLaren Stirling Moss of 2009, but the V12 Speedster is Aston's first - unless you count the 2013 CC100 concept from which much of its style is clearly derived. It costs ￡765,000, just 88 will be built and a 'handful' remain available well over a year after its announcement.