Customizing different cars is an awesome pastime, and it’s a great way to make a vehicle your own. Who doesn’t love to throw in some different headlamp covers, mount on a sweet body kit for the frame, and even tune up some of the engine parts? I believe that in some cases, a car should just be left alone, particularly a very expensive and already sexy auto.
Hamann has just released a tune-up/style kit for the 2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Hamann reports that the custom kit gives the, already beautiful, sports car more power, a better aerodynamic frame and better airflow. What exactly is added to the car you ask? Hamann has plastered on a new front lip spoiler with a new front skirt, and some new side skirts. A newly designed spoiler also has been added to match the custom body kit along with a three piece rear defuser. The body kit comes made in two completely different materials: fiber glass or carbon fiber. Not to mention the stylish 21″ glossy black rims, which are wedged between the Vantage sport tires.
The new body kit is nice and all, but it makes the Vantage look more like some street racing car. Personally I think it degrades what Aston Martin was going for, an auto designed to reflect comfort, luxury and power in a very sophisticated manner. The new kit looks almost like some spoiled rich teenager took a $115,000 car and slapped on some cheap body pieces to fit in with the local scene. You be the judge; take a look at this photo of the Vantage before and after the body kit is installed. Then answer the poll and let us know if you think Hamann went too far with its new body kit?

 

