ONE of the prettiest coupes in the world will be reborn later next year as the second-generation Aston Martin Vantage, before reaching Australia sometime in 2018.

Caught undergoing a fast and furious shakedown at the Nürburgring (where else!) circuit in Germany, the British 2+2 coupe (and, eventually, Roadster convertible) will once again take the fight right up to the Porsche 911, along with the Audi R8, Jaguar F-Type, Maserati GranTurismo, and Japan’s own resurrecting supercar, the Honda NSX.

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To that end, the new Vantage isn’t expected to stray too far from today’s versions, which means it should kick off from about $220,000 for the Coupe, or from around $250,000 when the Roadster rocks up before the end of the decade.

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