{"id":3051,"date":"2016-04-21T10:46:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/21\/aston-martins-v8-vantage-gt-roadster-is-a-barbarian-in-a-tuxedo\/"},"modified":"2016-04-21T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:46:30","slug":"aston-martins-v8-vantage-gt-roadster-is-a-barbarian-in-a-tuxedo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/21\/aston-martins-v8-vantage-gt-roadster-is-a-barbarian-in-a-tuxedo\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin&#039;s V8 Vantage GT Roadster is a barbarian in a tuxedo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aston-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIxL2ZjL2FzdG9udGh1bWIuNjViMTYucG5nCnAJdGh1bWIJNTc1eDMyMyMKZQlqcGc\/2b07e9d2\/1e9\/aston-thumb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Aston+Martin%27s+V8+Vantage+GT+Roadster+is+a+barbarian+in+a+tuxedo&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F20%2F2016-aston-martin-v8-vantage-gt-roadster-review%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F20%2F2016-aston-martin-v8-vantage-gt-roadster-review%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before I could even finish snapping some pictures of the pulled over 2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT Roadster, a Porsche 911 Carrera S roared past me on its way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/The+Snake+Carspot\/@34.0989201,-118.806887,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80e823af0ca0c29b:0x957656efdda718c5\">the Snake<\/a> on the Mulholland Highway outside Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>I paused, squinted and I watched the man driving the Porsche rush up the twisty mountainside as I debated whether I should chase him. After what felt like a good minute of deliberation, I decided to go for it. I jumped into the navy blue roadster, pushed the crystalline key into the ignition, queued the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.spotify.com\/track\/5tv101iTeDEVdsmGmuMQW4\">AC\/DC<\/a> and roared up the hill after him.<\/p>\n<h2>Porsche chasing<\/h2>\n<p>Although I hadn&#8217;t planned it, chasing a Carrera S up to the Snake was perhaps one of the best ways to highlight the V8 Vantage GT&#8217;s wiles. That&#8217;s because the two cars are essentially different takes on a similar idea. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/20\/2016-aston-martin-v8-vantage-gt-roadster-review\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/reviews\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Reviews<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/cars\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Cars<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/transportation\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Transportation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/mashable-choice\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Mashable Choice<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461205523' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461205523'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/ctarO8gvuHg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I could even finish snapping some pictures of the pulled over 2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT Roadster, a Porsche 911 Carrera S roared past me on its way to the Snake on the Mulholland Highway outside Los Angeles. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/21\/aston-martins-v8-vantage-gt-roadster-is-a-barbarian-in-a-tuxedo\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[854,1075,1074,725,907],"class_list":["post-3051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-cars","tag-mashable-choice","tag-reviews","tag-tech","tag-transportation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}