2015 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT: The Jalopnik Review - Jalopnik
( Full Disclosure : Aston Martin loaned me the V8 Vantage GT for a weekend. Most of these photos are of an N430, which is the same car without the ugly white stripe on the side. When the V8 Vantage was released, I decided that I had to own one. I think I was 18 years old, and I had already found my dream car. The plan was to save for the next few years and buy it. But then I decided to be an auto journalist, where money is not necessarily as easy to come by. But that opened the doors to driving my dream car. Aston interiors are not necessarily functional bliss, but they are definitely works of neoclassical art. Unlike mass market cars, where usability and accessibility are the priorities, you get the sense that Aston has favored beauty over any sort of semblance of a user experience. An interior that isn't designed by a committee of user experience experts may take a bit more work to get used to, but it becomes more theatrical, more of an experience. The details that would make a UX pro go nuts are what make John Q. Driver go bananas over the Aston. There's just a feeling that you're in something special with the Vantage, not the math. Source: jalopnik.com
