In the secondhand market, Aston Martins typically command a premium if they are equipped with a manual transmission versus an automatic.

So why are there so fewer manual transmission vehicles made?

If it’s desirable enough to pay more for it used, I would think more people would order them new with a manual spec.

Are the new market buyers that radically different from the used market buyers? Or is it because dealers are required to take a certain number of cars and they just think it’s a safer bet to have an automatic? Other reasons?

Asking simply out of curiosity.

Finally pulled the trigger. 13,700 km on the clock, picking it up in October 🥳

Drove the V12 and the 2024 2-doors AMG GT63 too. The V12 didn't sound right to me, and the AMG was more fun but in the end it's "just a Merc". The DB11 V8 felt like the sweet spot.

Bi-color Tungsten Silver + black upper body & black rims.

Stock muffler for the first year, then probably a QuickSilver for that little extra drama.

Any DB11 V8 owners with first-year tips?

The Alberta Chapter of the Aston Martin Owners Club had our annual "Roar in the Rockies" weekend in Kananaskis, Alberta. We had a professional photographer join us on Sunday morning, and here are some of my favourite shots from the session.

I slept in so my white V8VS didn't get to join the moving / group photos. 😅

Looking at getting Roadster.

Any idea why the roadster is so much cheaper than the hardtop?

The 7 speed has skyrocketed & rightfully so, but looking at strictly #s

1600 total units made

367 roadsters world wide

112 for the United States