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007InAction

Gondola cars could make a comeback 👍

Thunderpussy

:)) if the seas rise, we could be.

007InAction

Thunderpussy wrote: »

:)) if the seas rise, we could be.

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mtm

Lotus might actually be back:
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/all-new-lotus-emira-kickstarts-firms-reinvention-amg-power

Thunderpussy

mtm

That's a very tiny man they've put next to it in the thumbnail :D

Thunderpussy

:))
Express: Jenson Button praises new Lotus Emira supercar as 'exceptional' in world first test drive.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1459357/jenson-button-lotus-emira-supercar-test-drive-uk

007InAction

McLaren Speedtail

007InAction

The DB10 with options pack

Good to be used for tail gaters......... 👍

007InAction

Goodwood Festival of Speed 👍👍👍👍

Thunderpussy

007InAction

Welcome back lads.......

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Thunderpussy

Daily Express: 'You’ll be missed!’ Top Gear star Chris Harris speaks out after team member steps down.
https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1463691/top-gear-chris-harris-editor-leaving-reaction-twitter-paddy-freddie-news

Gerard

Today, on the Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris, I saw a vintage Jaguar XJS ::

j_w_pepper

Gerard wrote: »

Today, on the Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris, I saw a vintage Jaguar XJS ::

I remember the Boulevard Saint-Germain looking a lot differently from your picture... Just kidding, but a neighbour living about 150 meters away from my place had one of these. plus a Daimler Double-Six, until he moved about 15 years ago. Until then, those two cars regularly collected dust because our residential "street" is unpaved and he only had a carport, not a garage.

By the way, I still think that this XJS is the ugliest car that Jaguar churned out since I fell in love with the E-Type as a six-year old.

Thunderpussy

This is Money: The 10 most expensive cars sold at UK auctions so far in 2021.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-9787587/The-10-expensive-cars-sold-UK-auctions-far-2021.html

j_w_pepper

Thunderpussy wrote: »

This is Money: The 10 most expensive cars sold at UK auctions so far in 2021.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-9787587/The-10-expensive-cars-sold-UK-auctions-far-2021.html

Those prices are beyond anything I would ever spend on a car even if I had that kind of money to spend, so strictly without basis in fact: The only cars among those ten I would really wish to have are the DB5 convertible or, even more so, the 300 SL roadster. I remember when I was nine or ten years old, a neighbour across the street had one of those, in light blue with a white hardtop (IIRC), and it was a dream car for me. But no one at the time (ca. 1966) would think of it as ever being worth as much as it is now. Though it was not affordable for 99 percent of the population even then.

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The Sun: Jeremy Clarkson reveals jaw-dropping moment Richard Hammond nearly DROWNED as boat sank on The Grand Tour....
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/15625978/jeremy-clarkson-richard-hammond-nearly-drowned-boat-sank-the-grand-tour/

Thunderpussy

Motor1 : Aston Martin Vantage And DB11 Successors Will Be Fully Electric.
https://www.motor1.com/news/521350/aston-martin-vantage-db11-electric/

j_w_pepper

Come to think of it...I just watched SPECTRE again last night after about five years of procrastination and uneasiness how the feeling would be. But I just loved the DB 10, which is so much more of a nimble-looking sports car than its successor DB 11. Too bad its only purpose was to end up in the Tiber for no real reason except ticking every box of items to be included in Bond film I actually see one DB 11 a few times a week since its owner comes for swimming in the same public pool as I do, and the DB 11 just looks overweight and being designed to appear on steroids in comparison. (The owner had an AMG GT last year by the way, so the AM is still an improvement, style-wise.)

mtm

Well the DB11 isn't really the DB10's successor- obviously the DB10 was never in production for one thing, but actually it's more that the current Vantage is the car which came from the DB10. Certainly looks-wise there's a clear connection, plus the cars themselves seen in the movie were based on Vantages.
I do agree that the 10 looks better than any AMs in production at the moment though.

Thunderpussy

CarScoops: 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT Is A Piece Of Art Worth Nearly $4 Million.
https://www.carscoops.com/2021/07/1961-aston-martin-db4-gt-is-a-piece-of-art-worth-nearly-4-million/

Thunderpussy

autoevolution: Sacrilegious NASCAR-Rated DB5 Rendering Mixes Corvette Touches With Voodoo Power.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/sacrilegious-nascar-rated-db5-rendering-mixes-corvette-touches-with-voodoo-power-165810.html

mtm

Hmmm it doesn’t really work. There are plenty of real racers that don’t even really look that different.

Thunderpussy

Yahoo Finance UK: Aston Martin's first SUV helps push up sales by more than 200%.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/aston-martins-first-suv-helps-063335475.html

CinemaBlend: No Time To Die Singer Billie Eilish Shares Honest Reason Why She Changed Up Her Look.
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2571103/no-time-to-die-singer-billie-eilish-shares-honest-reason-why-changed-look

mtm

Thunderpussy wrote: »

Yahoo Finance UK: Aston Martin's first SUV helps push up sales by more than 200%.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/aston-martins-first-suv-helps-063335475.html

That's good news, I hope that's what they needed.

Thunderpussy

HotCars: 8 Used Aston Martins That Are Now Surprisingly Cheap.
https://www.hotcars.com/8-used-aston-martins-that-are-actually-cheap-now/