Like Clarkson said having a V12 with a manual is like shaking hands with an old friend

To those who say "ah typical british journalist being biased to british cars" "overpriced and underpowered" "aston martins look the same", just keep in mind that *this car is pretty much the last ever production car to have a naturally aspirated V12 mated to a 3 pedal manual.* Lambo stopped with their manual LP670 SV and Ferrari stopped with their ultra rare manual 599 ages ago. Just let that sink in for a minute. Let alone how beautiful this 2005 design looks. This car deserves the hype.

I'm saying it now, this will be a future classic

This may be my ultimate dream car - at least the base recipe is. Yet the Vantage looks astonishing.

One of the best car guys ever. Dont ever stop.

masterpiece from aston

The quality of your videos has increased dramatically over the past year or so. I'm glad I subbed back then.

That 7 speed manual with auto blip actually makes this car even more unique. It signifies a renaissance of old values and qualities but modified and improved, distilling the best part of this feature. Happy to see Porsche and Aston making the effort to do this!!! :D

Shaken not stirred. What a car!

This car has got to be my favourite car on the market today. I saw one for the first time a few weeks ago here in Canada, and I looked inside and it was a manual transmission. I wanted to find the owner just to shake his hand and congratulate him haha. On a side note, i'm not sure I buy the argument at 6:24 about power making manual transmissions harder to use... Europe may be having a problem with this, but the Hellcat has 125 more hp than this car and uses a manual just fine. Also, what about modified cars? I've driven 800whp cars from the 90's with a manual transmission and it's no tougher than if the car was stock with 300hp. I think it's a manufacturers excuse. Awesome video, as always.

This 10 years old car is more beautiful and charismatic than any other car produced today. Wish these could stay the same forever..

Please stop putting music over the engine sound (:

What a beautifully concise and elegant review. And that car is just magnificent.

Lovely review! The production quality just keeps getting better. Hats off to you guys.

V12 Vantage S with a manual is one of my dream cars.

Only thing I can think of when I see a car with a dog leg manual is the episode of top gear when may had that merc and kept backing into everything

Usually I take my headphones off to watch a video, I just prefer it, however, I went and got the best ones I could find to watch this. All for THAT NOISE.

Excellent review my friend, one of the best!! Keep it up.

I want one of the 6.0 V12 Astons with a manual before I die. Hopefully they don't appreciate like crazy.

Bang on with the comments on why autos are more popular. And bang on with the review. Absolutely beautiful.

i will never get bored of listening to that 6.0 liter v12

Back to loving Carfection with this review!

Such a great car and one of the best reviews I've seen. Very nice job Carfection 👍 thanks for it.

Great video guys! Love the cinematography!

What a car! Cool vid too, liking the quirky switching between different externally mounted cameras.

another V12 Vantage S review! my favorite car!

This guy did a previous review of the first Gen I manual v12 Vantage. Would be good to have heard how this Gen II S version manual compares. Good video. Fabulous car.

I've no doubt that this car will massively appreciate in value in a relatively short space of time. Great engine, proper gearbox and beautiful form factor. Hard to argue with that, albeit the price is prohibitive for 'normal' people.

You guys deserve thrice the subs ! An exquisite video after an exquisite video ..

Carfection! Your content is amazing as always, thank you for making all these videos ^^ I was thinking, would you mind doing a video on something super rare? Things like the Zenvo ST1 hypercar from Denmark, or the Mitsuoka Orochi Japanese mid-engined sports car, or the Toyota Century luxury car that looks dated but has a V12 in it, they're all pretty interesting in their own way, and yet I've hardly seen coverage on any of them. It'd be great if you guys could cover one of these cars or some other unknown gems in the automotive world. Anyways, thanks again you guys, cheers! ^^

You could turn into Podfection and become people transport pod reviewers.

Probably my all time favorite looking car. Simply stunning.

Fantastic review !

Fantastic car and fantastic review!

If I had the money I'd seriously buy this in the blink of an eye.... Sounds awesome... Feels awesome and looks awesome... dated or not... I'd buy it anyway

@ 9 minutes in,look at his face, his smile,he's buzzing off this car. he drives every road car going,so 4 him to feel like that it must be special. more of a drivers car than a mid life statement car. love to see it perform on a circuit.

I love the book analogy at the end at 9:26 minutes.

"And for the first time it has a manual gearbox" - man have you ever heard about, say, the V12 Vantage from 2009?

Aston Martin design is pure & timeless. There is no other!

Is it sad that the most exciting part for me was seeing the reflection of the camera car Focus ST-D in a couple of the shots? Great review though! Dogleg gearboxes are so cool, if a bit impractical.

The best car in the world ever possibly ever made ever. Love that car (would change the colour to Rolls Royce Blue, and no yellow bits). This video is epic. And still have the question (that others have also asked, but no reply) what is that music at the end ? I love that too! Please Carfection, what is it and who is singing it ? Please leave a reply !!! Please ?

I've been waiting for someone to do this on a 2016 vanquish S

5:50 Saw your new focus there !!!

Great review....

Really liked the video

Hmm, bit sceptical. Is it a real manual (as in pushing fluid with your clutch foot and moving cables with the stick) or is it just a manualised auto like the 7speed 911 manual?

Is there a way to turn off auto blip when you downshift?

It now only needs the metallic and chunky gear knob from V12 Vantage non-S version.

Can't wait for the DB11

This guy is the best host ever. Can we get him on network TV FFS?

This car in this colour and cognac brown leather interiour: Perfection.

I absolutely love this car

Very well said

can't wait for the v 12 turbo, bring it

Now THAT'S truly carfection. Not sure about that 7-speed configuration, though... This heavy-ass car is just not going to be gunning for the leaderboards, and a 6-speed is just so symmetrical / proper.

This is something I've been trying to work out lately. There has to be a point where adding power to sports cars does not translate to a better driving experience. If it's not hindered by power train technology, it'll be hindered by brake and tire technology as well as public roads. Therefore, carmakers must resort to other ways of making cars exciting to drive. This Aston could be an example of that, as well as Porsche with the 911R. Now Porsche has said the next GT3 and RS models will have a manual option.

What a great car! I'll buy the scaled version when AUTOart releases it and that says a lot :D I do agree with why cars of such power need a sequential gearbox though. Still, it's great to have one with a manual!

WHATS THE SONG AT THE END CALLED

I'll have mine in ice blue please, not that vile colour combo AM put on it

That colour, similar to Audi nardo grey. Love it

Great on the freeway, but it must be a PITA in the city. Worth the trade-off if you have some twisties in your backyard, for sure.

Does it have an unlimited mileage bumper-to-bumper warranty?

what is that music in the beginning?

Awesome Reviewer!

Now that you have had almost two years to experience the replacement for this 2017 model, I wonder which you like to drive more. Because for me, I love the 2017 more.

It's such a charismatic car.....luv it..

Best channel

This is my new favourite car of all time

I will have one. This year.

Name of the song at the end please?

will be interesting to see if they put manual with the new turbo

I want one so bad it hurts, back to work!

I don't think any of the current range look dated. The yellow / grey combo will likely be popular in Germany. Blue and red for me. Analogue will take a long time to die out....

But does it come with a BUMPER to BUMPER warranty?

i would loove to have a manual aston!

I love the production values on your videos. However you always seem to use the same location to film. This country is beautiful, with diverse scenery. Id like to see some more creative work.

Nice car!

I run a 2006 6 speed manual 4.3 every day but of course I want a V12 manual but given a 22k car is £75k and a 55k car £50 ish that's a pound a mile depreciation before fuel, service, insurance. I just can't get there... 🙄 No idea why the 7 speed is a thing as the 6 speed is so good...

Old design or not...this is one of the sexiest sports cars on this planet...full stop. I am in love!

V12 engines normally sound brutal,screaming loudly and you can hear it miles away.But this isnt,the exhaust sound was very soothing.I really like it

When will they launch a new mode

Witch song is that in the end?

If I had the money, I'd buy it instantly. INSTANTLY.

How do you shift 7 gears manually :O

perfection. nothing to say more.

I feel like his statement about cars like this disappearing and everything "analog" being digitalized reflects many aspects of our everyday life, not just cars (as he mentions with netflix etc.). I'm only 19 but I worry about where we're going with certain things.. Kinda wish some things could stay in the past (i.e. manual gearboxes, not electric cars).

Nissan GT-R 2017 review or Seat León Cupra 280!! Spain can made good cars too!!

+1, R - gear reverse should be with button and 1st should be in front

Maybe I'm odd, but I think I prefer the sound of a V8 more than a V12... Say what you will about the car built around it, but I think the Maserati GranTurismo's engine might be the best sounding available.

my favourite new car

I love the vantage

The interior is dated but the exterior is absolutely perfect.

Finally, a real car review...

You should definitely upgrade the sound of your intro with some V12 ;)

I see the car future two ways, there will be electric cars (with graphene batteries, this is important to note) and there will be a small niche market for gas cars. Why do I think this? Well there is a small niche market for many things that used to be commonplace, like vacuum tube headphone and speaker amps, vinyl discs, hell, sailboats even (although that's stretching it a bit). And companies within these niche markets are very dedicated to their products, and the same I think the same will hold true for gas cars in the future. On the other hand, I greatly support electric cars as well, but I think that if you are going to make one (as a company), you shouldn't half ass it, huge power, and direct drive, don't need a heavy transmission to weigh the car down needlessly. And companies now that make performance cars will most likely end up making very fast electric cars which will probably end up being much much faster than today's gas cars. And who knows, some drivers and racers might like them more, as with the smooth ride, and direct drive, you have huge power at any speed, and you can focus more on cornering. Of course all this is speculation, but I think it's reasonable, and if anyone has any other input, it would be interesting to hear.

It is a beautiful looking car.......

So, if driving is so easy what do you need a drivers license for?

I want to hit Like button twice!!

That steering wheel looks so ninetys

Now that's my kind of car..