Aston Martin has today announced the highly anticipated arrival of the new Vanquish Volante. Quite simply the fastest, most powerful open top series production Aston Martin to date and, alongside its coupe stablemate,

Aston Martin has just unveiled the drop-top version of the Vanquish, bearing the Volante moniker, which celebrates its 60th anniversary. The new addition to the lineup matches the coupe as the fastest and most powerful front-engined production car on sale, while offering the benefits of open-air driving.

While Aston hasn’t released pricing information, company insiders suggest the Volante will be “in the region of $470,000” — that representing a supplement of around $40,000 over the coupe. Which, by the standards of option pricing in this rarefied part of the market, qualifies as a good deal.