The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante is a capable performance machine, but how does it compare to the outstanding drop-top McLaren 600LT?
’s DBS Superleggera Volante. Though they share a similar price point and tilt at the same objective, they come at it from entirely opposite ends of the spectrum.
I start in the McLaren. What do I think of the way it looks? I’m still not sure. I love the overall shape and size, and there are some lovely details – such as the gill-like vents sliced into the tops of the front wheelarches. But as a whole? And in this mix of red and exposed carbonfibre? It just seems a bit fussy and like it’s trying a bit too hard. Push the little rubber button to release the door and it swings up in dramatic style.
With the roof in place there’s considerable road and tyre noise, but no more than in the 600LT coupe. You have to turn the stereo up quite loud to drown it out, which means long drives expose you to more decibels than is ideal. The upside is a car that feels special and connects with you on a sensory and emotional level, even when you’re not doing anything special in it.
The motorway is a revealing warm-up, but it’s the fine roads across and around the Pennines where we hope to explore the performance of both these cars. It’s also time to put the roofs down and experience them as their makers intended.Jumping back into the 600LT feels like even more of a culture shock. The hard-panel roof flicks up and folds away in just 15 seconds.
There’s no doubt it’s one of those cars that makes a hero of you, but when you truly extend it you need a high level of skill and a level of judgement just to be able to process the rate at which the road is coming at you.We’ve become used to McLarens all being insanely quick across the ground, but beyond the sheer mouth-parching pace, the quality of the steering is the thing you enjoy most. The 600LT has a slightly quicker rack than the 570S, but thankfully it resists being stupidly darty.
Where the 600LT delivers dizzying degrees of near-instant gratification, the DBS is more of a slow-burn experience, requiring time and miles to peel back its layers. Make this investment and you find the DBS is an exceptionally generous character, with a broad spread of abilities unlocked simply by having empathy with what the Aston is trying to do and how it prefers to do it.
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