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Wenger knows that Cesc started as a Volante, a holding CM... we needed one, was Cesc asked to play a deeper role and refused?

OK, so it wasn't a proper, full - on race, as Verstappen was in a beefier Vanquish S Volante compared to Ricciardo's standard Vanquish Volante (603bhp vs 576bhp) but it was still good fun.

I recall at the time wondering why as Cesc had trained as a Volante (DM) and he could have been the ideal deep lying playmaker for us, he shown enough fight in my opinion to trust him in that deeper role.

From the late»70s to the early»80s, the Dardennes made such films as Le Chant du Rossignol (1978), about the Nazi Resistance in Belgium's southern Walloon region, and Leçons d'une Université Volante (1981), about emigration from Poland, for Belgian television.

We're looking forward to comparing it to its rivals, namely the Audi R8 V10 Spyder, Porsche 911 Turbo cabriolet and the Aston Martin DBS Volante.

AMG's GT C roadster is a different take on a two - seater roadster being a more thuggish and perhaps a little more one dimensional but no less exciting, whereas Aston Martin's new DB11 V8 Volante will need to be prepared to get amongst it if it's to challenge this burgeoning sector.

The Valkyrie also continues Aston Martin's tradition of names beginning with V — such as Vanquish, Volante, and Vantage.

Certainly not for everyone, the DBS Volante is a stately, open - air grand tourer in the exclusive segment where elegant lines meet excessive horsepower.

But beyond this the Volante is an absolute belter of a car, one that drives even better than it looks.

Cars.com's Joe Wiesenfelder takes a look at the 2012 Aston Martin Virage Volante.

The Virage comes in a coupe and a soft - top convertible, called the Volante.

As you might have guessed, it's ostensibly an Aston Martin, and a DB9 Volante at that, but granted reworked styling like the Vengeance coupe launched last year.

Kahn Design, best known for its strikingly modified Land Rovers, has taken a can opener to its first coach - built project to create the Kahn Vengeance Volante.

Yet the Volante has been a staple for Aston Martin since it was invented in 1965.

And as a collective these modifications have made the Volante the sweetest of all three versions of DB11 on the move.

Aston Martin has yet to confirm performance estimates for the topless Volante model, but the coupe is estimated to hit 62 mph in 3.5 seconds and has a top speed of 201 mph.

Purveyor of dubious taste, Kahn Design, will introduce its latest work at the Geneva show, in the form of the Vengeance Volante.

The Volante weighs 110 kg more than the DB11 V8 Coupe (making it exactly the same weight as the V12 Coupe) so it's not just as rapid in a straight line.

There's also a trick new electric hood that stores much more neatly than before into the rear bodywork, which has allowed the designers to really go to town with the Volante's lower - than - normal rear deck.

Second in Aston's lineup only to the $ 2 million One - 77, the DBS Volante is the feeling man's convertible, a sensual but muscular specimen for those who consider the Turbo cabriolet too brutish and the Ferrari F430 Spider too brash.

Which is why Aston's designers and engineers have pulled out all the stops to make the latest # 159,900 V8 Volante as good to drive as it is to look at, and a fair bit roomier, stiffer and more practical than its immediate predecessor, too.

We've got used to seeing 0 - 60mph times in the three - second range in the supercar world, but it's still mildly surprising to see the Volante's figure quoted as 3.7 sec.

The new DBS Volante brings the number of ASTON MARTIN cars to seven, if you count the superlow - volume one - 77.

Aston Martin's proliferation of new models is set to continue with the suave new DB11 Volante and an all - new Vantage, and McLaren has a big year ahead with two all - new «Ultimate Series» cars too.

Is the # 159,900 Volante a car you'd consider instead of, say, a # 156,381 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet?

Predictably, the Volante's wide range of dynamic personalities are best enjoyed with the hood down, when wind noise is impressively well suppressed, at least up to three figures, although you need the wind deflector in place much above 50mph.

The rear chairs, for instance, are spacious enough to feature ISOFIX attachments for the first time ever in a Volante.

Being Aston's «Super GT,» the Vanquish S Volante gets an opulent interior complete with Strathmore enhanced - grain leather upholstery with matching stitching and embroidered headrests, satin chrome brightwork, and Rokona headliner for the convertible top.

The Vanquish S Volante starts at $ 312,950.

Buy a Vanquish Volante instead (only the version with 8gears!)

As it is, the Volante gives hints as to its Zagato origins with a «Z» quilt pattern stitch on the seats and door sections, a detail that can also be seen hidden alongside the rear lamps and across the prominent front grille.

Aston Martin says it has no plans to fit the Volante with a V12 engine, so you get the 90 degree, 4 - litre twin - turbo V8, like it or not.

Sharing the 510bhp 5.9 naturally aspirated V12 and ZF automatic gearbox with the now extinct Aston Martin DB9, the Vengeance Volante» adopts the same reworked body and interior as the hard - top Vengeance coupe launched at last year's Geneva Motor Show.

Already shipshape in their knee - weakening style and luxury, updates to the $ 210,645 Rapide S; $ 290,645 Vanquish coupe; and $ 308,645 Vanquish Volante convertible focus on what's below deck.

Now, the automaker has revealed the drop - top version of that potent two - door cruiser, the 2018 Aston Martin Vanquish S Volante.

If all goes well, the future product portfolio will be as follows: all - new DB11 (2016), DB11 Volante (2017), all - new V8 Vantage (2017), V8 Vantage roadster (2018), all - electric Rapide E (2018), a DBS to replace the Vanquish (2018), 2017 DB11 Volante, new V8 Vantage, all - new DBX crossover (2019), a 1,000 - plus - hp hypercar sponsored by Red Bull (2019), a DBS Volante (2020), and a replacement for the Rapide (2020.)

That's how good the Volante has become.

As the name suggests, the Volante is effectively the drop - top variant of the Vanquish Zagato revealed earlier this year at Villa d'Este.

Biased more heavily towards grand touring, as opposed to the more sporting pretensions of Aston Martin's upcoming Vanquish S Volante, the Vengeance Volante will aim to appeal to buyers looking for a bespoke GT cabriolet.

The Vanquish S Volante gets the same body enhancements that the coupe received, including a new carbon fiber front splitter, side sills, and rear valance that help differentiate it from its predecessor.

Behind the two rear seats is just 6.5 cubic feet of luggage space; the convertible Volante drops that t...

Powering the Vanquish S Volante is the same Aston 5.9 - liter V - 12 we've come to know and love, but it's been tuned to 580 hp and 465 lb - ft of torque.

The first car, a Vanquish Volante convertible revealed today, wears white paint with gold wheels and trim, Q badging, white - and - black two - tone upholstery, engraved door sill plates, special «heavy weave» carbon - fiber trim, and special Aston Martin Works insignia.

There are some great details but the inboard aero aft of the doors makes it look like the Disco Volante from the Bind film, as if the front will detatch and drive off from the rear.

British ex-racing driver Tiff Needell took the 2012 Aston Martin DBS Volante up against the 2012 Mercedes - Benz SLS AMG Roadster on EVO «s test track... in the rain.

DBS Carbon Edition prices start at # 186,582 for the coupe and # 196,581 for the Volante.

But it's at the back, past the speed humps where the Vanquish Zagato Volante truly sheds its Aston Martin roots.

A Volante version of the DBS has been inevitable.

The sculptural roof culminates in a powered tailgate that opens onto a luxuriously trimmed rear cabin area... and is a fitting complement to the Coupe, Volante, and Speedster.»

The Aston Martin DB9 comes in coupe and convertible (Volante) forms and is powered by a 6.0 - liter V - 12 engine that generates 470 horsepower.