---
title: "Aston Martin Vantage Roadster ‘Is Ready and Waiting,’ Claims Brand Executive"
description: "Considering the fixed-roof original is as stunning as a car can get, the idea of a roofless variant colors us happy and nervous."
date: "2019-03-15"
modified: "2019-03-15"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/26968/aston-martin-vantage-roadster-is-ready-and-waiting-claims-brand-executive"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Aston Martin"
  - "Coupe"
  - "luxury"
  - "sports car"
  - "Vantage"
---

# Aston Martin Vantage Roadster ‘Is Ready and Waiting,’ Claims Brand Executive

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Those enamored by the [Aston Martin Vantage](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/25404/2019-aston-martin-vantage-test-drive-review-a-less-traditional-aston-and-way-better-for-it>) and wish it came as a convertible apparently won't have to wait very much longer, according to Australia's *[CarAdvice](<https://www.caradvice.com.au/735930/aston-martin-vantage-roadster-coming-later-this-year-v12/>).* There's a reason to believe that a new Vantage Roadster will be out before 2019 ends.

Speaking to the publication at a Melbourne press event, Aston chief creative officer Marek Reichman confirmed that the drop-top Vantage is pretty much finished. "It's ready and waiting," Reichman said, "we'll show it towards the end of this year. They're going through some of the final testing, \[but\] the car's all done."

When probed over when or whether a V12 version—as seen with the last-generation car—would be joining the party, the Aston Martin exec replied with a laugh, "That's too much, but it would be a good idea."

The upcoming Vantage Roadster will presumably use the same twin-turbo 4.0-liter, AMG V8 found in the coupe coupled to a ZF eight-speed automatic transmission. From a [previous report](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22315/the-aston-martin-vantage-will-get-a-manual-maybe-soon-report>), a manual gearbox will be coming to the British sports car approximately sometime this summer. [What the Vantage won't get](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/19483/it-looks-like-an-amg-six-cylinder-aston-martin-vantage-wont-happen>), however, is an AMG straight-six as [other rumors](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/19147/an-amg-inline-six-powered-aston-martin-vantage-might-be-happening>) have predicted.

The last-gen Vantage received many variants throughout its 13-year lifecycle including Roadsters, V12 variants, slightly racier S models, as well as limited-run, track-focused versions in the GT8 and GT12, among others.

The 2019 Aston Martin Vantage coupe starts at a fiver under $150,000. Expect the Roadster to go for a few thousand bucks more. The exquisite coupe makes 503 horsepower and gets from zero to 60 in 3.5 seconds.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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