An Aston Martin Vantage AMR Is On The Way With A Manual Gearbox

Aston's 911 rival is about to get the AMR treatment, and it'll involve the fitting of an extra pedal...

We’ve known for a while that Aston Martin is cooking up a manual version of its new Vantage. Senior Aston figures including engineering chief Matt Becker have said as much, but it’s now looking like the arrival of a three-pedal Vantage is imminent.

Aston Martin has Tweeted a teaser for a ‘Vantage AMR’, showing a three-pedal layout. With the clutch highlighted, just in case you didn’t quite catch what the company is getting at.

An Aston Martin Vantage AMR Is On The Way With A Manual Gearbox

If the car is to follow the example set by other AMR’d Astons, it’s likely to have a little more power, and possibly a suspension tweak or two. Whether or not a manual non-AMR Vantage will be available, or if it’ll be possible to have an AMR with an auto box, we’re not sure - Aston Martin hasn’t said anything beyond this Tweet.

The standard Vantage is a great sports car, but the ZF eight-speed automatic hooked up to its AMG-sourced V8s is one of its weaker points. A manual version, then, should be fabulous.

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Comments

White Comet

take away our manuals, then put it back as an extra cost. I hope that manual option comes at zero extra.

Just like phone company remove headphone jack and sell us the dongles.

04/26/2019 - 16:15 |
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PorscheBoi996

Finally a reason to get one over an AMG GT

04/26/2019 - 19:57 |
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Basith Penna-Hakkim

Wishing Aston Martin the best
This just makes me happy

04/27/2019 - 01:22 |
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Matthew Henderson

As awesome as this may be, I can already imagine this backfiring just like it did for Jaguar

04/27/2019 - 12:10 |
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Keenan 1

WOW !,I can’t wait to wish I could buy one!

04/28/2019 - 19:48 |
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