Manual Gearboxes Are Back! Aston Martin Valour vs Porsche 911 S/T
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Publicado 2024-07-02
In-between (though still very much at the expensive end of the scale) we have these two: the £1m Aston Martin Valour and the £231k Porsche 911 S/T.
The Valour pairs a manual gearbox with Aston’s twin-turbo 5.2-litre V12 for the first time, and those mechanicals are clothed in retro-inspired carbonfibre bodywork. Just 110 will be made, at £1m-plus each.
As for the Porsche, you can look at it either as a 911 GT3 RS with a manual gearbox and without that wing, or as a GT3 Touring with the wick turned up. Either way, it marries an epic engine that revs to 9,000rpm, with a manual ‘box and lightweight clutch.
There’s still life in the ol’ stick shift then! And so, we sent the Aston and Porsche to some rather nice roads, together with Editor-in-Chief Jack Rix and Deputy Editor Ollie Kew, for a little celebration…
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03:21 Aston Martin Valour Walkaround
10:37 Porsche 911 S/T
14:20 Comparison
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Name the greatest manual gearbox ever...
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Imagine seeing the headline "Manual gearboxes are back" in the 80s/90s. I would be horrified.
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Back only for the rich. The car industry these days reflect closely the watch industry ... Cheap quartz watches for the masses while mechanical watches are luxury items .... Electric cars for the common folk ... Cars with mechanical feel and engagement reserved for the rich. Do the "common" driving enthusiast have to suffer ? The only brands making anything remotely affordable and engaging are a couple of JDM brands and the prices of those cars are more and more out of reach. 😢
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driving enjoyment means more than lap times, long live manual transmissons
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Manual gearboxes are back You just need endless amounts of money to buy one lol
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That Aston rear end looks like the one from Porsche 959
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I wouldn't call 2 limited edition high-end luxury sport cars (with a total production number < 2100) enough to representative "Manual Gearboxes Are Back" in title.
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Personally prefer the 911 S/T. Going to have to work hard if I ever want to afford something like that.
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that 911 looks really nicely planted, the Valour has lost that "dangerous, mean animal" look that the Victor had :(
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I can’t unsee the “👁️👄👁️” face. It’s like that one person you see at a party who’s standing in a corner, convincing themselves that they aren’t going to puke.
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I'll take the S/T, please.
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Imagine- New Vantage with a manual gearbox.
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Hope the GTI lipstick can be optioned off.
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Cool, looks like a 70’s v8 vantage. An vantage rides around in our area. I really appreciate getting to see and hear it from time to time.
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I hope this means another V12 Vantage manual is coming!
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Oillie is really putting in overtime with the back to back videos! Bravo!
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I'm happy to know these exist. Nice work Mr Stroll! Would be awesome to see one of these one day. From certain angles it's just bonkers.
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Barely heard the motor!!! They can't stop talking.
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The 911st seems like the successor to the 911r
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That Aston - OMG - perfect throwback to the original vantage! Well done 👍
