I had a manual 2007 Vantage from new until last June when I sold it to a friend after purchasing a DBS. The car currently has over 81,000 miles on the original clutch which is still going strong and showing no signs of wearing out. Maybe I (and my friend) were (are) lucky with the clutch in this particular car, but that is my experience. Frankly, I am very pleasantly surprised. As you can tell by the mileage, that car was no garage queen and it gets thoroughly, though responsibly (no wheelspinning standing starts or city traffic clutch riding) wrung out when driven.