Friday, December 7, 2018

Forza Horizon 4: Beautiful won't be tamed

Deep behind the shadows lies a new age sportscar that blends its captivating beauty with near-vicious performance that can't be cornered even a pack of wolves can't contain its primal elegance inside and out.

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For the pursuit of beautiful, Aston Martin given us the all-new Vantage for us to play with in Forza Horizon 4 as a DLC car. Those who got their hands on the latest British masterpiece will be able to showcase the Vantage's character as a sportscar that blends its captivating beauty with near-vicious performance on the road.

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Before taking a spin with this new car, let's talk more about the new Vantage.  For over a hundred years, Aston Martin has a wide reputation for making the most beautiful grand tourers on the road and on the track and this new generation Vantage is one of them. The new Vantage's exterior design draws inspiration from the one-off Bond car from SPECTRE and the track-only Vulcan, which stays true to Aston Martin's pursuit of beautiful, and the interior follows form and functionality fit for a grand tourer of this size. Under the hood, the Vantage is powered by a Mercedes-AMG-derived 4.0L V8 BiTurbo engine, producing 503HP of power and 685Nm of torque. With its 8-speed AT, which propels it to a 0-60mph time of less than four seconds and onwards to 195mph.

Aside from the V8 engine, the new Vantage is lighter than the old V8 Vantage because of its aluminum bodywork and to make it more active in the dynamics department, it features Dynamic Stability Control and Dynamic Torque Vectoring, resulting it into a no-nonsense sportscar that feels great to drive wherever you may be.

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It maybe a baby Aston but it feels so grown-up to drive on the open roads of Britain and because being an Aston Martin, they're not really made to race but while this is not essentially a balls-out sportscar, the primal performance the new Vantage delivers is like a white wolf howling in a middle of the moonlight. Now there's your Determination Symphony playing out for you but to see if the Vantage has the symphony of a pure Aston Martin, it's time to turn words into action by taking the new Vantage a wild ride at Edinburgh but first...

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Looks like this car got caught in a middle of a spell-conjuring in the dead of night but no matter because the beautiful baby Aston just got even more beautiful and that witchcraft really suits its character rather well. Anyway, after it went through some spellbinding sessions, our little witch hunter's prepared to show the Edinburgh crowd that "beautiful won't be tamed."



The beauty of the witch and the skill of a hunter, two traits the new Vantage really possess and at the end of the day, she smiled in front of me, wishing that she wants me to have another go.

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The new Vantage really shows that "beautiful won't be tamed" because of its design and performance that bewitches drivers easily and the more time they spent driving the new Vantage, the more likelihood that this could be the best Aston Martin ever made. It's mad to say that the baby Aston is the best but the temptation of driving the new Vantage all day long, that's what makes this car special in every way. The elegance, the performance, the dynamics, the Vantage is too beautiful to ignore and that is the bottom line.

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