线程： 最大的英国： 捷豹 vs 阿斯顿 · 马丁

阿斯顿 · 马丁徽章的无形的魅力吸引是不够的 V8 Vantage 站人才竞争对手像捷豹 XKR S.自豪阿斯顿 · 马丁与捷豹有点像番泻叶 vs Prost 或博格 vs 麦肯罗在这，作为发烧友，你往往是一个或其他，但不是能同时的粉丝。有捷豹的人和有阿斯顿人，换句话说，，虽然自己的产品经常分享到另一个离奇的相似之处，从中他们包围的品牌略有不同。
阿斯顿 · 马丁有关于它，动摇不过不搅拌酷将其作为东西区分开来，是无价的几乎确切地温文尔雅的魅力。一只美洲虎，另一方面，是更多人民豪华车 — — 一个更友好、 更易于实现，但仍然坚定地英国的图标，通常更便宜，比其等效阿斯顿少罕见。
除了当今，当然，美洲虎已变得越来越昂贵，，虽然同时完全不下降的价值比例，两者之间的差距已经缩小到几乎完全不存在的点。这就是为什么它是有趣，我们长期 XKR S 敞篷版 (105 k 选项) 相比就在上周，我们拍摄的视频我们 v8 引擎华帝 (102 k 选项)。
阿斯顿车很不错的各种各样的原因，并非最不重要的是它的外观。它有某种东西这东西外表你微笑。从差不多每个角度来看，它是美丽，虽然看起来非常小 — — 娇小，甚至 — — 旁边更大和自己的 XKR S，它无疑更优雅的两个。不只是外但其手工制作的小木屋，里面太。
尚未...有些事情关于似乎除了 XKR S.好奇地不令人满意的帝简单来说，其相当明显，它不能处理的捷豹动态和其远为强大的 (420bhp vs 542bhp，) 所以不像快。它也已经骑远舒缓并生成更多道路噪音任何超过 2 英里每小时。
但即使你忽略的头条东西并专注于细节，唯一区分阿斯顿的方面是其长相、 客舱质量和徽章。只是别的什么事 — — 发动机、 性能、 变速箱、 骑，转向，甚至排气注意 — — 是美洲虎的好。在大多数的情况下，更好。
这到底意味着什么？现在阿斯顿 Martins 冗余因为美洲虎已变得那么好吗？一点也不。但写作是阿斯顿，墙上和消息是这样 ︰ 产品只是必须提供更多在未来保持竞争力的价格范围之内。否则有一天客户将只是走其他的路，给那有这么多卓越其他地方的报价。，如果这种情况发生，甚至没有 James 债券将来到救援。

The intangible allure of the Aston Martin badge isn't enough for the V8 Vantage to stand proud against talented competitors like the Jaguar XKR-S. Jaguar versus Aston Martin is a bit like Senna vs Prost or Borg vs McEnroe in that, as an enthusiast, you tend to be a fan of one or the other, but not both. There are Jag people and there are Aston people, in other words, and while the products themselves often share an uncanny resemblance to one another, the brands from which they emanate are subtly different.
Aston Martin has a tangibly suave allure about it, a shaken but not stirred cool that distinguishes it as being something thats almost priceless. A Jaguar, on the other hand, is more the peoples luxury car – a friendlier, more attainable, but still resolutely British icon thats usually cheaper and less rare than its equivalent Aston.
Except nowadays, of course, Jaguars are becoming increasingly expensive, and although Astons arent exactly dropping in value by proportion, the gap between the two has shrunk to the point of almost total non-existence. Which is why it was interesting to compare our long-term XKR-S convertible (105k with options) with our V8 Vantage (102k with options) for a video we shot just last week.
The Aston is a lovely car for all sorts of reasons, not least of which is the way it looks. It has something about it outwardly that makes you smile. It is beautiful from pretty much every angle, and although it appears quite small – dainty, even – beside the bigger and brawnier XKR-S, it is unquestionably the more elegant of the two. Not just outside but inside its hand-crafted cabin, too.
And yet… Theres something about the Vantage that seems curiously unsatisfying alongside the XKR-S. In simple terms, its fairly obvious that it cant deal with the Jaguar dynamically and its nowhere near as powerful (420bhp vs 542bhp), so isnt anything like as quick. It also has a far less soothing ride and generates a lot more road noise at anything above 2mph.
But even if you ignore the headline stuff and focus on the details, the only aspects that distinguish the Aston are its looks, cabin quality and badge. Just about everything else – engine, performance, gearbox, ride, steering, even the exhaust note – is better in the Jaguar. In most cases, much better.
Which means what, exactly? Are Aston Martins now redundant because Jaguars have become so good? Not at all. But the writing is on the wall for Aston, and the news is this: the products simply must deliver more in future to remain competitive within their price ranges. Otherwise one day the customer will simply walk the other way, given that theres so much excellence on offer elsewhere. And if that happens, not even James Bond will come to the rescue.