Aston Martin Blows the Top Off New $300,000 Vanquish Volante Convertible [Photos & Video]

If you like the new Vanquish and have $300,000 to spare (actually, a little less at $297,995, to be precise – just as long as you avoid the temptation of ticking any option boxes) and prefer to see the sun instead of the coupe’s headliner, Aston Martin has just presented the open top version dubbed Volante.

Among the many features highlighted by Aston Martin is the fact that the new Vanquish Volante is the first fully carbon fibre-skinned and simultaneously, stiffest convertible model in the brand’s 100-year history. The full height windscreens is another first for an open top Aston.

The Vanquish Volante loses the hard top and gains a triple-skin lightweight fabric roof that takes 14 seconds to neatly fold under a sculptured tonneau and decklid. Aston Martin states that the new Vanquish Volante’s boot is 50 per cent larger than that of the previous DBS Volante, which it replaces, at 279 liters regardless of the positioning of the roof.

Compared to the coupe, the Volante gains a different design for the boot and the integrated spoiler, while the 2+2 interior has been carried over unchanged sans, of course, the buttons for the roof.

It weighs only 9kg or about 20 lbs more than the coupe Vanquish tipping the scales at 1,845kg or 4,965 lbs.

If you take a peek under the bonnet, you’ll find the same AM11 codenamed naturally aspirated, 6.0-liter V12 petrol engine with 565hp (573PS) and 620 Nm (457 lb ft) driving the rear wheels via a Touchtronic 2 six-speed automatic gearbox as on the coupe.

Aside from the U.S. that we’ve already mentioned, the Vanquish Volante is priced from £199,995 in the UK; €264,995 in Germany and $323,974 in Dubai. According to the British carmaker, first deliveries are expected to begin in the UK and Continental Europe before the end of this year.

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