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That IS good news, as I had the impression they'd completely given up on Bond all together. Looking foreward to what they're going to do. And preferably, a car that's actually also going on sale. I didn't like the DB10 for not actually existing in the real world in that way.
But yeah - Vanqish more realistic.
They're making 110 Valours, and those are very similar to the Victor.
They'll be unveiling it soon, surprisingly it has a new V12 - which kind of makes all of those endless Top Gear pieces where Clarkson would always proclaim this or that car to be the last of its V12 kind look a bit silly.
Rumours are they'll launch at Monterey, which is mid August.
I have a quiet rage against that car after they wouldn't let mere mortals see the damned thing at Goodwood last year. Saturday was cancelled due to weather, and on Sunday they hid the bloody thing for VIP's! I obviously didnt go to FOS just for the Aston, but after spending all Saturday wandering Portsmouth in sideways rain, it was a little galling to be given the middle finger by Aston on the Sunday after they hyped the thing up before the event.
Does look good though - looks like it has little bit of the 90's Virage 'gentleman thug' in it's design, which is a good thing.
If it's the rumoured track or drop-top variant of the Valour, I will be a bit disappointed :D
Oh yeah, I had exactly the same reaction: luckily we booked for Sunday but when I asked the guy with the Astons in the supercar paddock where the Valour was I couldn't believe it.
'For Your Sins' isn't a bad Bond title.
Something about the front end. A little to muscle car and not quite enough AM.
I know what you mean, but I wouldn't be wholly surprised if the recent gen Mustangs took a little bit of inspiration from their (then) stablemates and the aforementioned Virage type cars.
Aston's repertoire of muscular cars seemed go once the DB7 launched. I have nothing but praise for the direction Ian Callum took Aston in, but I do quite like the return to this look, even if it is very Mustang-y at the moment.
The rear wing on the Valiant though does look a bit too Hot Wheels for me. I don't hate it, but think it would look better without.
To be honest I've been less keen on the way their DB cars have been going towards that: I like the DBs to be elegant, but I thought the DB12 was a really great update of the 11 and I'm onboard with that one.
Agreed - the Vanq had elements of muscle, but like many retired sports stars, the muscle had turned to fat a bit, IMO because it needed to fit the Brand built by the DB7.
Aston is a bit unique in that even though it is a small volume manufacturer, it has a decent dual identity. DB's should be elegant, svelte, and look like they could waft you across Europe to a yacht moored at Monaco. But the Virage, AMV8, etc, were the sort of cars that looked like they were made for people who wanted something a bit more rogueish, a bit off the beaten track. If the AMV8 was renamed the Ranulph Fiennes it would probably explain what I am trying (miserably) to get across.
And in the 1990 Vantage, they somehow managed to blend the two. It's by far my favourite Aston.
I could see him in a '90 Vantage, yes. I always thought the front of it looked like a train.
Surely not... that would be obscene. Ridiculous. Outrageous. Totally absurd for that car to be worth THAT much.
Sweet, merciful crap. I knew classic car prices were up, but good lord thats a lot. Especially in that colour...
Do like how they knocked £150 off to keep it under £400k - wouldn't want it to look too expensive now, would they? :D
thanks for beating me to it. I was suggesting. It to be next Bondmobile to replace the DB10
Like this one...
https://www.stratstone.com/-/media/stratstone/blog/2021/3-generations-of-perfection-the-aston-martin-dbs/1969-aston-martin-dbs-1280x720px.ashx
It's designed and built for a Formula 1 driver. Asking or expecting it to be subtle is just asking for disappointment.
Aston are proudly telling anyone who will listen that they do "hyper GT" cars now, exclusively. That will mean big aero and cooling, so don't expect the look to go very subtle anytime soon. I think we are fully in the motorsport, second-muscle era at Aston.
Yes it's a race car and is supposed to evoke this, which wasn't exactly going for elegance either. It's supposed to be aggressive.