Buy Aston Martin Vantage Roadster Price, PPC or HP
Prices start at £175,000 – a £10k lift from the coupe. As tested, the one in our images was a shade over £240,000. That's a £15,000 paint job you're looking at. Carbon ceramic brakes ought to be standard in our opinion – nope, a £10k extra. The B&O hi-fi is almost £7,000 and you can add a semi-detached house's worth of carbon fibre if you're not careful.
The Roadster isn't short of rivals. AMG SL, Roma Spider, Maserati GranCabrio, Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet… there's a huge amount of talent in the circa-£200k super-sports drop-top arena.
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