RE: Aston Martin to stop Virage production

[SalesManager]

Could stick to letters, how about a change to VD from DB?

[vrooom]

They all look same. copy n paste job.

[LotusOmega375D]

ZesPak said:

1000 made?
They could have better pulled an "Alfa 8C", and ask double the price, current owners do have a pretty rare car!

To consider production of a 1000 units in 18 months as a sales flop, just goes to show how far AM ownership has departed from the exclusive club it once was.

[carinaman]

Sorry, I can't think about this right now I need my shed fix. It better be good.

[sinbaddio]

Aston Martin Van? They could do a deal with Ford, rebadge the Transit, stick some leather in it and charge £90k!

[Krikkit]

Shame, I quite liked the Virage - the styling was a nice compromise, and it sounded like the right compromise between the harsher DBS and the softer DB9 for a general-use car.

About time for something very new though, even if it's just built on the same platform underneath!

[Japveesix]

Pointless car from the off. Looked nice enough though so hopefully the DB9 replacement will take some of the cool styling from it.

Aston Martin value (cut price DB9?)
Aston Martin vamoose
Aston Martin vandal (for those on benefits with Aston's on the drive)
Aston Martin vanilla (because it's boring and looks like all the others)


Ones that could almost work - Valour, Valhalla, Vanguard, Venture, Virtue, Victory

[flat6monkey]

Volatile....

[5pen]

LotusOmega375D said:

To consider production of a 1000 units in 18 months as a sales flop, just goes to show how far AM ownership has departed from the exclusive club it once was.

Quite. Didn't Aston take about 60 years to build their first 10,000 cars?

[Domf]

Aston Martin Venom (bites)

[bakerstreet]

HeMightBeBanned said:

I can't help thinking that Aston have a real problem with too many cars that look too similar and have a variation of a gas guzzling V12. I went for a test drive in a V8 Vantage a little while ago and got given the latest brochure with both V8 and V12 Vantages, DB9, DBS and Rapide. A few friends and family looked at the brochure and were utterly mystified as to the proliferation of cars that were all "the same" (their words).

Yes, many manufacturers have a 'family' look to their model ranges but Aston take it too far. Especially given that their cars have shared front and rear lights and largely identical interiors.

Those interiors are starting to look dated compared the competition and not just the supercar competition either! The Steering wheel looks like they have taken it from an early Ford Fiesta

I'm a big fan of the V8 Vantage, but the others don't do much for me. I'd have a V8 Vantage in my lottery garage, but it would have to be green with a beige interior and a big supercharger bolted to the engine

[vidfletch]

Viagra.

[Tuvra]

Am I the only one thinking this could be a good potential investment? In 20 years time these are bound to be rare? Especially compared to DB9's & DBS' of similar age.

[Z28DUNC]

Dusty964 said:

I would dearly love to see Aston recreate a more modern version of this-



a/. Because they look and sound fantastic, and b/. to get a different look into the line up

+1 , favourite car when I was in my teens. V600 upgrade please, mmm

[mitch78]

Are you sure that it's the number of sales of the Virage being low that's the issue? Couldn't it be that they're too high, and taking sales from the DB9/DBS, which earn Aston Martin more money?

Edited by mitch78 on Friday 14th September 11:24

[DiscoColin]

>> Meantime, if any PHers can think of alternative names beginning with V that might do the job without causing offence

Victor, Valiant and Vulcan. V names are easy - they've been done, and done well.....

[chickensoup]

stunning colour

[bakerstreet]

Z28DUNC said:

+1 , favourite car when I was in my teens. V600 upgrade please, mmm

It was the LM600. It was also my favourite car in my teens too

[HeMightBeBanned]

mitch78 said:

Are you sure that it's the number of sales of the Vantage being low that's the issue? Couldn't it be that they're too high, and taking sales from the DB9/DBS, which earn Aston Martin more money?

Do you mean Vantage in your post above, or Virage? If you're being ironic, it points to Aston's central problem.

[SimonBerrill]

I'd have thought they would drop the DB9! It just doesn't make much sense.