![]() You seat yourself into the cockpit and let that throaty V8 come up to temperature as you plan the route you’re going to take over the Riviera to the mountains high above the coastline. So, let’s imagine you have chosen the 1983 Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Well, thankfully the choice of which of these two iconic sports cars to choose can be made real, as fine examples of each head to RM Sotheby’s Monaco 2022 sale.ġ983 Aston Martin V8 Vantage V580 'Oscar India' Oh, and just enough luxury to justify the price tag. The two approaches couldn’t be more different, with the British manufacturer favouring front-engined, brute power and luxury appointments, while the pragmatic German manufacturer favoured a smaller flat-six, slung out far behind the driver. So too did Aston Martin and Porsche develop their own design philosophies, with each holding true over multiple decades of sports car production. ![]() Colin Chapman famously encapsulated the design philosophy at Lotus by stating ‘for speed add lightness’–that is to say, use lightweight materials, keep the car relatively unadorned and utilise smaller, lighter engine configurations in favour of large, muscular multi-cylinder engines with monster power. There is no fixed design ethos when it comes to producing an effective performance car. These keys possess the potential to unleash a 3-litre flat six turbo, a car that took on the giants of its day–and won. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the other hand you hold the keys of a model from another great manufacturer, but this time from Stuttgart, Germany. In one hand, lies the keys of a British built V8 front-engined brute an uncommon sight on any road and something that will truly draw the crowd wherever it’s driven–even more so in this particular example’s ‘look at me’ colour scheme of special white over white. The question is not whether you should go out for a weekend spin, but more which one of the two you should take. Within the underground garage sitting below your apartment that overlooks Port Hercule lies two cars. Imagine this – you’ve woken up early on a fresh Sunday morning on the French Riviera. ![]()
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