Aston Martin Vanquish gets manual gearbox

Aston Martin is offering the six-speed unit as an retro fit option on all Vanquish cars. And it’s not just new ones that will benefit - customers with examples going back to 2001 can also take up the offer.

Models will be built on the firm’s production line as usual, before being modified by the Works service. Capable of 200mph, the manual gear-box car loses none of the performance offered by the semi-automatic variant.