Must have missed this.
Yes I've driven these on both road and track. I drove the 380BHP version both times and have to say both felt more like 330ish horsepower, no doubt due to weight. So the performance I felt was a little underwhelming, maybe my expectations were to high, it was by no means slow.
Handling wise I preferred it too new shape M3 I drove, I just found that felt heavy, but the M3 was stonking quick! The Aston was a nice all round balanced car which handled UK roads well. Compared to the 911 well I driven that on road and track. On the road it's better than the Aston it's just a far lighter and more chuckable car, but the Aston does drive very well on the road. The big difference is on track, the 911 just wants more and more, plus it's hugely quick and brakes are mind stopping powerful. Whereas the Aston on track just felt heavy and clumsy in comparison and I feel an Aston is less suited for track work whereas 911's take it in their stride.
For me where the Aston is untouchable is it's looks and noise, a truly beautiful and epic sounding car.
I still fancy owning one at some point but it would have to be the newer 4.7 version as that's more of a match for the 911's performance.
