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• JamesCraig Ancient Rome

  August 2021 Posts: 3,497

  mtm wrote: »

  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.

  
  I thought you didn't like SUV's.
• mtm United Kingdom

  August 2021 edited August 2021 Posts: 16,426

  I thought you flounced.
  I like Aston, hence I'm glad they're making money.
• JamesCraig Ancient Rome

  August 2021 Posts: 3,497

  mtm wrote: »

  I thought you flounced.
  I like Aston, hence I'm glad they're making money.

  
  Yes.
  
  Good.
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  August 2021 Posts: 13,384

  Wallpaper*: Aston Martin Vantage Roadster offers a swift route to open skies.
  https://www.wallpaper.com/transport/aston-martin-vantage-roadster-offers-swift-route-to-open-skies
• 007InAction Australia

  August 2021 edited August 2021 Posts: 2,533

  Thunderpussy wrote: »

  Wallpaper*: Aston Martin Vantage Roadster offers a swift route to open skies.
  https://www.wallpaper.com/transport/aston-martin-vantage-roadster-offers-swift-route-to-open-skies

  Do you like the styling of the Vantage ? Anyone else like it ?
  Looks like it's missing the grille ?????
  
  
  
  
• mtm United Kingdom

  August 2021 Posts: 16,426

  That’s why I prefer the Living Daylights edition they did.
• JamesCraig Ancient Rome

  August 2021 Posts: 3,497

  007InAction wrote: »

  Thunderpussy wrote: »

  Wallpaper*: Aston Martin Vantage Roadster offers a swift route to open skies.
  https://www.wallpaper.com/transport/aston-martin-vantage-roadster-offers-swift-route-to-open-skies

  Do you like the styling of the Vantage ? Anyone else like it ?
  Looks like it's missing the grille ?????
  
  
  

  
  You can choose the more traditional grille, but a spy in action should've known this already.
  
  
  
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  August 2021 Posts: 13,384

  @007InAction and @JamesCraig I do agree it looks better with a more traditional grill.
  
  
• JamesCraig Ancient Rome

  August 2021 Posts: 3,497

  Thunderpussy wrote: »

  @007InAction and @JamesCraig I do agree it looks better with a more traditional grill.
  
  

  
  Ah, how beautiful were the old Lancia's?
  
  
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  August 2021 Posts: 13,384

  Old Lancias are indeed beautiful
  Here's a review from a channel I follow, on buying an Aston Martin Rapide.
  
• JamesCraig Ancient Rome

  August 2021 Posts: 3,497

  I really, really dig the Golf VIII GTI:
  
  
• mtm United Kingdom

  August 2021 edited August 2021 Posts: 16,426

  New Radford Lotus-based sportscar
  
  

  https://twitter.com/antanstead/status/1424266798262751242

  
  
  

  https://twitter.com/autocar/status/1424205005297524737
• 007InAction Australia

  August 2021 edited August 2021 Posts: 2,533

  JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN was on the televish today and saw this:
  
  
  Oops ,wrong button........ :))
• mtm United Kingdom

  August 2021 Posts: 16,426

  Yeah it’s a lovely car, that one. Unsurprisingly it was Atkinson’s own car, and apparently getting it in the film was also a sneaky way of getting a new interior for the car for free! :)
  It’s not a superb film but the bit where he makes the car run out of petrol and it’s actually funny is a piece of physical comedy I’ve never seen anyone else do! :D
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  August 2021 Posts: 13,384

  Johnny English is a series of films, I almost forget about at times. Then one is on telly and I'm laughing out loud in minutes. :D
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  August 2021 Posts: 13,813

  Maybe posted on an earlier page, hopefully a good moment here for Rowan Atkinson's passion.
  
  https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/rowan-atkinson-car-collection
  
  
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  August 2021 Posts: 13,384

  
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  August 2021 Posts: 13,384

  This is Money: Lamborghini confirms a new version of its iconic Countach supercar is coming.
  http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-9879349/Lamborghini-confirms-new-version-iconic-Countach-supercar-coming.html
• JamesCraig Ancient Rome

  August 2021 Posts: 3,497

  Thunderpussy wrote: »

  This is Money: Lamborghini confirms a new version of its iconic Countach supercar is coming.
  http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-9879349/Lamborghini-confirms-new-version-iconic-Countach-supercar-coming.html

  
  *Books appointment with accountant*
• mtm United Kingdom

  August 2021 edited August 2021 Posts: 16,426

  Presumably one of these one-off things they do. I like that they haven't done the version with the big wing though and gone more for the original 70s look, by the looks of that.
  
  
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  August 2021 Posts: 13,384

  The Countach is simply motoring porn, I'm one of those who had a poster
  on my bedroom wall for years
• mtm United Kingdom

  August 2021 Posts: 16,426

  I love those very pure 70s concepts, like the Esprit or Stratos
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  August 2021 Posts: 13,384

  Agreed @mtm they still look futuristic today, what they must have looked like
  back in the 70s
• 007InAction Australia

  August 2021 Posts: 2,533

  Thunderpussy wrote: »

  The Countach is simply motoring porn, I'm one of those who had a poster
  on my bedroom wall for years

  
  I had a poster of one too. 👍
  They still look amazing.
  
• 007InAction Australia

  August 2021 Posts: 2,533

  Audi skysphere concept
  
• zebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade

  August 2021 Posts: 4,341

  Audi Skysphere concept: The video hides the major innovation, which is that the wheelbase can be extended electrically by pushing the entire front forwards by 25 cm (to 5,19 m). And when it does so, it shifts to self-driving mode, hiding the steering wheel, retracting the cinematic screens, and expanding the footroom forwards.
  
  Flaws: Too fancy lightwork unneccesarily distracts other drivers. I already dislike the lightshows that some current cars use when changing lanes.
  
• mtm United Kingdom

  August 2021 Posts: 16,426

  Seems like quite a different look for an Audi, I wonder if that's their new design language.
• mtm United Kingdom

  August 2021 Posts: 16,426

  Hmm. Dunno, I think maybe the Countach is a shape that can’t be modernised.
  
  
  
  It’s not really doing anything for me, and looks more like a Diablo from the side.
• zebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade

  August 2021 Posts: 4,341

  Agree, the Countach was so revolutionary design-wise that any attempt to modernize it must fail. Tis looks like a soft-washed aftermarket version to change a Diablo to something resembling a Countach.
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  August 2021 Posts: 13,384

  On release the Countach looked like nothing on earth, compared to the ordinary cars. Now even family cars look more exotic. I do agree it looks like a viarent of the Diablo.... although
  I wouldn't turn one down if offered. :D