The Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a two-door, two-seater, high-performance sports car manufactured by British luxury carmaker Aston Martin. It was introduced in 2005 and has been in production ever since. The V8 Vantage is powered by a 4.7-litre, quad-cam, 32-valve, V8 engine with 380 bhp. The engine is mated to either a 6-speed manual transmission or a 7-speed SportShift automated manual gearbox. The V8 Vantage has a top speed of 175 mph (282 km/h).