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Written by Stephen Dobie
Big news, driving geeks: the Aston Martin Vantage now comes with a manual. It"s being introduced with this limited-run Vantage AMR, but will be offered as an option on regular Vantages from 2020. Much like the V12 Vantage S that featured a cameo-appearance stick-shift in the car"s previous generation, it"s a seven-speed transmission that features a dog-leg first. So first gear is left and down, with gears two to seven in the H-pattern road cars more commonly use. It"s equipped with auto rev-matching on downchanges, but you can switch it off if such intervention offends you.
Date written: 1 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15563
Big news, driving geeks: the Aston Martin Vantage now comes with a manual. It"s being introduced with this limited-run Vantage AMR, but will be offered as an option on regular Vantages from 2020. Much like the V12 Vantage S that featured a cameo-appearance stick-shift in the car"s previous generation, it"s a seven-speed transmission that features a dog-leg first. So first gear is left and down, with gears two to seven in the H-pattern road cars more commonly use. It"s equipped with auto rev-matching on downchanges, but you can switch it off if such intervention offends you.
Date written: 1 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15563