Aston Martin Reveals the Manual-Only Vantage AMR

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Aston Martin Reveals the Manual-Only Vantage AMR

This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on May 1st, 2019 in the Automotive News category.

 

[Nismonath5]

Say what you will about manuals dying, it does the heart good to know there's still a traditional H pattern supercar being made.

 

[TTM]

Say what you will about manuals dying, it does the heart good to know there's still a traditional H pattern supercar being made.

And a dog leg 7 speed at that!
Sexiness

 

[EngieDiesel]

And the best part...

From the start of 2020, all Vantage models will have this gearbox as an optional extra.

So it's not just a blink-and-you-missed-it feature for this car only. An increasingly rare thing in the era of tailoring directly for the collector's market.

 

[kikie]

• What is: is in a dog-leg position?
• £25,000 just for a special livery? Or is there more to this car than Just a special livery for this price?

Manual transmission dying? I'm not sure about that. In sportscars/supercars, hypercars, probably yes but certainly not in daily drivers, family cars, small cars, city cars.

 

[Stotty]

• What is: is in a dog-leg position

1st gear is left and back... leaving a straight 2-3 & 4-5 gear change.

 

[kikie]

1st gear is left and back... leaving a straight 2-3 & 4-5 gear change.

Thanks.

I could have just googled it instead of asking. Aaah, lazy me

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-leg_gearbox