2016 , 2017 Aston Martin Vantage S coupe, V12, 573 hp

Entire automotive generations of other cars have come and gone in the time the Aston Martin V8 Vantage has been around, yet the British automaker’s entry-level car is still going strong. Introduced in the 2006 model year, the V8 Vantage might be dismissed as too old to compete, but spend some time in the 2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT convertible, and you’ll form a different impression. Except we didn’t just drive the 2016 V8 Vantage GT drop-top; we also spent time in the V12 Vantage S, DB9 GT, and Vanquis