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The Youtuber may have impressively repaired the crashed sports car, but does it pass the inspection an at authorized Aston Martin service workshop?

British Automotive YouTuber Matt Armstrong has talents that many gearheads envy. Not only does he have the skills to pick up the cheapest examples of vehicles on the road but knows how to get them back into shape. Taking vehicles like Range Rovers, Porsche Caymans, Golf Rs, and Mercedes C63s. Just like many YouTubers, he churns through cars to keep content coming thick and fast. Over the past few months, Armstrong took his audience on a rare journey. The rebuild of a crashed Aston Martin. Rare care and even rarer to find crashed with the average owner not as drawn to trees as a hot hatch or muscle car owner. Along the way, his audience has witnessed the engineering that goes into one of Britain's last gasoline-powered cars. With the project somewhat concluded the car sits at just over 600 horsepower and has the exhaust note to match.

Check out this road-worthy previously wrecked Aston Martin in brand-new condition.

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The YouTuber first introduced his followers to this vehicle back in May 2022. Armstrong called this car his greatest risk, essentially something he could never have dreamed of when first repairing a crashed Audi TT. With the airbags deployed, the steering wheel torn apart, and major damage to the front of the car, this Vantage took serious damage. Likely not only structural but also mechanical. Yet from the rear three quarters, this 2019 plate Aston Martin looks perfect. But it's still a category S, meaning it suffered structural damage.

But with only 14,000 miles on the clock and what appeared to be a largely undamaged 500 horsepower, twin-turbo 4.0 liter V8 engine. Not repairing this car seems like a tragedy. Armstrong parted with £54,000 or around $62,000. Not bad when, according to Classic, an aggregator of used car prices, finds that the average third-generation Vantage sells for just over $174,000.

To start with Armstrong needed to get diagnostics to start the engine. Getting error codes back through the OBD port seemed a futile endeavor. Contacting Aston Martin revealed that the company couldn't sell all the parts he needed directly to him due to safety concerns, but approved repairers could purchase these. By scanning the car as a Mercedes-Benz C63S, which shares lots of parts with the current Vantage. The engine shut itself down to protect itself from a so-called, "crash event" and with a little computer, trickery came to life.

Now 4 months down the line, the bulk of the work for the Aston Martin is now concluded. With a bright satin orange wrap, the Vantage looks exactly like any other Vantage on the road. The original owner purchased a service pack for this car, this stays with the car. This meant that Armstrong could take advantage of a "free" service from the marque's official dealers.

Before visiting the dealership, the YouTuber took the opportunity to give the Vantage its final touches. With lower adjustable KW springs, the car can now sit lower and with a little more stance with wheel spacers from wheel mania.

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Aston Martin's technician James went through the standard servicing procedures such as replacing the car's air and oil filters. The technician continued to call the rebuilt car, amazing. This is completely understandable given the immaculate condition of the engine bay. Although they find fault with the lack of rubber mounts for the top of the radiator.

From beneath the car looks structurally sound and roadworthy. Importantly with the Aston Martin computer, the car returns no fault codes. After a wheel alignment, the car had the complete approval of Aston Martin.

In his most recent video, Armstrong addresses a matter close to all car enthusiast's hearts, exhaust notes. Revving his stock rebuilt Vantage the V8 gives a satisfying hum. The same engine from recent Mercedes-AMG models are a mere shadow of the cars that have come before it. There are of course a plethora of reasons for this, including sound limiting and environmental legislation. This resulted in the downgrade from 6.2 liters to 4.0 liter V8.

To set about rectifying this Armstrong has done what finished his previous projects, straight piped the car's exhaust. With rust appearing on the exhaust tips of his car, there's plenty to change on this car.

With the Vantage on a car lift, Armstrong shows us the underside of the Aston Martin, a rare sight indeed. The car has a downpipe connecting to each turbo. The exhaust then runs through two catalytic converters. The YouTuber bought the down pipes for a C63, these don't quite fit. Instead, fitting secondary cat deleted pipes from Quicksilver. According to Quicksilver, these cost £912, or roughly $1050. Armstrong did further modifications to the front of the car. However, Armstrong wouldn't confirm exactly what he's done. With a modification of this nature, they normally sit on the edge of legality.

The finished product is a throaty and muscular-sounding car from one of Britain's most refined marques. With plenty of pops and bangs on the overrun the car's arrival won't go unannounced.

Douglas Hamilton is a British gearhead with a degree in Literature. He grew up surrounded by F1, Need For Speed, and classic cars. He has a worrying obsession with Jaguar.