Aston Martin Vanquish Volante First Look: 835 PS And A Roof That Folds In 14 Seconds

The Vanquish Volante on the Aston Martin Zürich stand at Auto Zürich 2025, photographed on 29 October 2025.

The Vanquish Volante puts 835 PS and 1,000 Nm under a fabric roof that folds away in 14 seconds at up to 50 km/h. The engine is a 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12, and Aston Martin calls the car the fastest and most powerful front-engined convertible in the world.

We filmed a dark green one on the Aston Martin Zürich stand on the show days, 29 to 31 October 2025. Our Auto Zürich 2025 report covers the rest of the show.

The Coupé’s V12 Under A Fabric Roof

The Volante keeps the coupé’s drivetrain, and Aston Martin says it makes more power than any other front-engined production car on sale. Power goes to the rear wheels through an eight-speed ZF automatic. Aston Martin quotes 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 214 mph, which is about 344 km/h.

Opening the roof meant reworking the body. Aston Martin says the structure is 75 per cent stiffer laterally than its previous flagship convertible, and the Volante gets its own suspension tuning with Bilstein DTX dampers.

95 kg More Than The Coupé

The roof costs weight and a little pace. Aston Martin says the Volante weighs 95 kg more than the coupé, and Motor1 reports that the extra mass makes the official sprint two-tenths slower than the hardtop.

Fifteen Speakers And Physical Buttons

The cabin carries two 10.25-inch screens, one for the driver and one for the infotainment, and a 15-speaker Bowers & Wilkins system as standard. The AUTO TV walkaround points to the two-tone interior with physical buttons for the drive modes, stability control and the active exhaust.

Aston Martin describes the K-fold roof’s thermal insulation as comparable to the coupé’s, and the roof stacks to 260 mm when open.

The walkaround lists carbon-ceramic brakes as standard, with six pistons at the front and four at the rear, and Motor1 confirms the six-piston front brakes. Outside, it picks out the sculpted fender vents, the unique tail lights and the aggressive bonnet. We see a car that is unmistakably an Aston Martin, with enough new detail to stand out.

Fewer Than 1,000 A Year

Aston Martin says production of the Vanquish, coupé and Volante together, stays below 1,000 cars a year. Deliveries of the Volante were expected from the third quarter of 2025.

Our Take: A V12 Convertible Is The Whole Point

In our AUTO TV visual review, we call the Volante “absolutely mental” in the best way. Our argument is that a twin-turbo V12 in a 2026 convertible is the whole point of the car.

We see it as pure theatre, “V12 drama wrapped in British craftsmanship”, with no attempt to be practical or sensible. With fewer than 1,000 Vanquishes a year, we call it genuinely rare.

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