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Rare Air
Peter W. Frey
There are few pleasures in life to match the cool, electric thrill of putting the top down on a truly fine car, firing up a high performance engine and motoring off into the world incased in a beatific bubble of what, for lack of a better term, we’ll call ‘rare air.’
There are only a few vehicles in the world capable of producing this unique state of mind, among them the two-seater Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster ($126.400). It’s a car that is every bit as trick and as fast and as hand-built as the Ferrari F430 Spider, but designed for the driver who prefers to present a lower profile.
More Aston Martin videos available here: http://www.astonmartin.com/eng/thegallery/videogallery
While the lightweight aluminum/magnesium body and chassis, along with the sumptuous leather and wood interior are produced at Aston Martin’s world headquarters in Gaydon, England, the 380 horsepower, 4.3-liter V-8 engine is hand-assembled at a dedicated, high-
technology facility in Cologne, Germany. Equipped with a choice of 6-speed manual or paddle-shift automatic transmission, the Roadster accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds and has a top speed of 175 mph.
The three-layer fabric top stows neatly beneath the rear tonneau cover and can be opened or closed at the press of a button in just 18 seconds at speeds of up to 30 mph. Interior features include an optional pop-up satellite navigation screen, high-powered audio system and Aston Martin’s trademark glass starter button
If a convertible with this level of performance is appealing, but you’ve just got to have more seats, then the BMW M6 might be just your mug of hefenweizen; and it’s less expensive, to boot ($105,657).
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Like the Bond-mobile, the M6 comes in both Coupe and Convertible variants, both powered by a 5.0-liter 500 horsepower V-10 engine that produces supercar-level performance; 0-60 mph in 4.6 seconds and a top speed electronically limited to155 mph. The M6 is offered with a choice of 6-speed manual or 7-speed SMG (sequential manual gearbox) and an ‘M’ button on the steering wheel that tones down the horsepower from 500 to 400 for putting around in traffic. Naturally, it also offers an opposite setting – P500 Sport – that transforms the M6 into an 8,000 rpm, asphalt-devouring beast when a suitable section of road presents itself.
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