Description
Aston Martin V8 Vantage “GT Spec” by CTR – The Vantage as It Always Should Have Been
This is no ordinary V8 Vantage. It’s one of the earliest and rarest CTR (Challenge the Road) “GT Spec” builds—crafted by the specialists widely regarded as the benchmark for improving and perfecting Aston Martin’s V8 platform. CTR have a reputation for taking the Vantage’s beautiful foundation and refining every weakness, elevating response, dynamics, and durability to levels the factory never quite achieved.
This V8 Vantage is amazingly suited to road trips; longer gearing with an absolutely mesmerising visceral crescendo from 5 to 8, 000 rpm. It’s sheer beauty is hard to deny, absolute balanced perfection with just the right amount of curves and proportion. Already a modern classic, We believe this particular modified Vantage manages to make the most of the car and deliver’s on CTR’s dream of producing the ultimate Aston Martin road car.
With just ~36, 000 miles and a fresh 12-month MOT, this GT Spec car benefits from extensive CTR development work, tuning, and high-quality refurbishment. Producing 450bhp, it pulls with a clarity and urgency far beyond the standard 4. 3, while remaining wonderfully usable day-to-day.
CTR’s upgrades don’t just add performance—they transform the way the car feels. Sharper turn-in, cleaner power delivery, tighter chassis feedback and a depth of mechanical precision that makes the car feel newer, more focused and more alive. It’s the Vantage reimagined - The wat it should have been from new.
Significant recent work includes a powder-coated subframe, new LED headlights, extensive suspension and mechanical refresh, and a suite of CTR performance improvements (£30k) that ensure this example is as sorted underneath as it is stunning to look at.
Key Features:
• Custom green paint
• Bronze DBS alloys with Michelin PS tyres
• Uprated clutch & lightweight flywheel
• Valved Nitrons
• Heated electric seats
• Black interior with grey stitch & cream Alcantara headliner
• Premium audio, Apple CarPlay, upgraded screen & Aston rear camera
• Comprehensive box-file history
Beautifully enhanced, expertly engineered and genuinely transformed, this CTR GT Spec Vantage stands apart as a rare opportunity to own a properly refined, fully sorted example.
A superbly improved Vantage and one of a kind—exactly what it should have been from new.
Every vehicle purchased through us comes with:
✔ 12-month nationwide classic car warranty as standard (with the option to extend)
✔ Classic car finance available on request
✔ Nationwide delivery available on request
If you are particularly keen on a vehicle, you can reserve it for £350 using the button above – ensuring you have the opportunity to view it before anyone else.
