Category: Exotic Sports 
Price Range: £87,101 to £135,000
Modifications to the engine and chassis answer most dynamic questions originally raised about the car.
Revised interior is still looks better than it works.
A clever and successful update to Aston Martin's best-seller, offering improvements where needed, leaving alone where not.
Despite the engine's increased capacity and output, Aston Martin is claiming a reduction in fuel consumption and emissions.
Combined fuel consumption rises from 18.8mpg to 20.4mpg, while emissions fall from 358g/km to 358g/km. Clearly this will be little comfort in an era where the price of a tax disc for a high-performance car has risen even more sharply than that of the petrol in its tank, but at least it shows Aston Martin is working not simply to increase power, but improve efficiency too.
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