One-77 Q-Branch 1 of 7 turned into a cop car
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Brought up on the 6-Speed forum:
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/aston-martin...
So sad when people and countries have more money than sense.
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/aston-martin...
So sad when people and countries have more money than sense.
jhoneyball said:
It truly pains me to see AM w
king off over the 007 thing. "q branch"? Purlease...
Although it is still very cringe worthy, AM themselves don't actually call it 'q branch'. It's just 'Q by Aston Martin': http://www.astonmartin.com/q-by-aston-martinking off over the 007 thing. "q branch"? Purlease...Bravo73 said:
jhoneyball said:
It truly pains me to see AM wking off over the 007 thing. "q branch"? Purlease...
Although it is still very cringe worthy, AM themselves don't actually call it 'q branch'. It's just 'Q by Aston Martin': http://www.astonmartin.com/q-by-aston-martinking off over the 007 thing. "q branch"? Purlease...It was done recently by the cars owners along with an FF, they have a few other exotics tarted up as well
It is a wrap so should be easily reversible
Edited by mikey k on Thursday 9th May 15:54
mikey k said:
In fairness I don't think AM were involved in this
It was done recently by the cars owners along with an FF, they have a few other exotics tarted up as well
It is a wrap so should be easily reversible
Still extremely tacky in a nouveau riche sort of way.It was done recently by the cars owners along with an FF, they have a few other exotics tarted up as well
It is a wrap so should be easily reversible
Edited by mikey k on Thursday 9th May 15:54
Vee12V said:
My guess is that they're cars that were impounded. Only 'logical' explanation?
(but still incredibly pompous and silly though)
The logical explanation is it owned by the Dubai Sheikh who is Head of the Police and he doesn't use the car much. Its only a wrap so can be taken off at any time when he decides to sell it.(but still incredibly pompous and silly though)
KarlFranz said:
mikey k said:
In fairness I don't think AM were involved in this
It was done recently by the cars owners along with an FF, they have a few other exotics tarted up as well
It is a wrap so should be easily reversible
Still extremely tacky in a nouveau riche sort of way.It was done recently by the cars owners along with an FF, they have a few other exotics tarted up as well
It is a wrap so should be easily reversible
Edited by mikey k on Thursday 9th May 15:54
I may be wrong, but I've seen references to these '1 of 7 Q ONE-77s' before and I suspect it's a load of nonsense
There is no such thing, as far as I am aware, as a 'Q' car, be it a ONE77 or any other model. A huge percentage of new cars, speccd by customers (rather than the factory or dealers) have at least something in the way of a deviation from standard
For instance it may just be a little additional stitching, or a different wheel finish. At what stage the 'extra' becomes 'Q' rather than a special/off-standard request, is very unclear. When I specced my car there were a number of special requests - some are definitely Q, some probably not, some are somewhere inbetween
But there's not really any such thing as a Q department. There are no individuals whose sole role is within Q or whose job title/department is described as Q. The only cars that have the Q badge are the odd motor show car
It's just marketing hype
All ONE 77s had a huge degree of personalisation. What makes these cars '1of 7' Q cars ? As I say, utter rubbish. At best, there may have been 7 cars ordered by one person/family in the UAE which were 'bulk upgraded'. But many other cars were upgraded, mostly in a unique way, which makes them rarer & more unique than 7 done similarly - are they '1 of 1 Q ONE-77s' ?
There is no such thing, as far as I am aware, as a 'Q' car, be it a ONE77 or any other model. A huge percentage of new cars, speccd by customers (rather than the factory or dealers) have at least something in the way of a deviation from standard
For instance it may just be a little additional stitching, or a different wheel finish. At what stage the 'extra' becomes 'Q' rather than a special/off-standard request, is very unclear. When I specced my car there were a number of special requests - some are definitely Q, some probably not, some are somewhere inbetween
But there's not really any such thing as a Q department. There are no individuals whose sole role is within Q or whose job title/department is described as Q. The only cars that have the Q badge are the odd motor show car
It's just marketing hype
All ONE 77s had a huge degree of personalisation. What makes these cars '1of 7' Q cars ? As I say, utter rubbish. At best, there may have been 7 cars ordered by one person/family in the UAE which were 'bulk upgraded'. But many other cars were upgraded, mostly in a unique way, which makes them rarer & more unique than 7 done similarly - are they '1 of 1 Q ONE-77s' ?
jonby said:
What makes these cars '1of 7' Q cars ? As I say, utter rubbish. At best, there may have been 7 cars ordered by one person/family in the UAE which were 'bulk upgraded'.
As I understand it from the factory guy that came out to my car there was a batch of 7 which went to a single UAE clientNeil1300R said:
Vee12V said:
My guess is that they're cars that were impounded. Only 'logical' explanation?
(but still incredibly pompous and silly though)
The logical explanation is it owned by the Dubai Sheikh who is Head of the Police and he doesn't use the car much. Its only a wrap so can be taken off at any time when he decides to sell it.(but still incredibly pompous and silly though)
jonby said:
I may be wrong, but I've seen references to these '1 of 7 Q ONE-77s' before and I suspect it's a load of nonsense
There is no such thing, as far as I am aware, as a 'Q' car, be it a ONE77 or any other model. A huge percentage of new cars, speccd by customers (rather than the factory or dealers) have at least something in the way of a deviation from standard
For instance it may just be a little additional stitching, or a different wheel finish. At what stage the 'extra' becomes 'Q' rather than a special/off-standard request, is very unclear. When I specced my car there were a number of special requests - some are definitely Q, some probably not, some are somewhere inbetween
But there's not really any such thing as a Q department. There are no individuals whose sole role is within Q or whose job title/department is described as Q. The only cars that have the Q badge are the odd motor show car
It's just marketing hype
All ONE 77s had a huge degree of personalisation. What makes these cars '1of 7' Q cars ? As I say, utter rubbish. At best, there may have been 7 cars ordered by one person/family in the UAE which were 'bulk upgraded'. But many other cars were upgraded, mostly in a unique way, which makes them rarer & more unique than 7 done similarly - are they '1 of 1 Q ONE-77s' ?
Polite cough: http://www.astonmartin.com/q-by-aston-martinThere is no such thing, as far as I am aware, as a 'Q' car, be it a ONE77 or any other model. A huge percentage of new cars, speccd by customers (rather than the factory or dealers) have at least something in the way of a deviation from standard
For instance it may just be a little additional stitching, or a different wheel finish. At what stage the 'extra' becomes 'Q' rather than a special/off-standard request, is very unclear. When I specced my car there were a number of special requests - some are definitely Q, some probably not, some are somewhere inbetween
But there's not really any such thing as a Q department. There are no individuals whose sole role is within Q or whose job title/department is described as Q. The only cars that have the Q badge are the odd motor show car
It's just marketing hype
All ONE 77s had a huge degree of personalisation. What makes these cars '1of 7' Q cars ? As I say, utter rubbish. At best, there may have been 7 cars ordered by one person/family in the UAE which were 'bulk upgraded'. But many other cars were upgraded, mostly in a unique way, which makes them rarer & more unique than 7 done similarly - are they '1 of 1 Q ONE-77s' ?
jhoneyball said:
jonby said:
I may be wrong, but I've seen references to these '1 of 7 Q ONE-77s' before and I suspect it's a load of nonsense
There is no such thing, as far as I am aware, as a 'Q' car, be it a ONE77 or any other model. A huge percentage of new cars, speccd by customers (rather than the factory or dealers) have at least something in the way of a deviation from standard
For instance it may just be a little additional stitching, or a different wheel finish. At what stage the 'extra' becomes 'Q' rather than a special/off-standard request, is very unclear. When I specced my car there were a number of special requests - some are definitely Q, some probably not, some are somewhere inbetween
But there's not really any such thing as a Q department. There are no individuals whose sole role is within Q or whose job title/department is described as Q. The only cars that have the Q badge are the odd motor show car
It's just marketing hype
All ONE 77s had a huge degree of personalisation. What makes these cars '1of 7' Q cars ? As I say, utter rubbish. At best, there may have been 7 cars ordered by one person/family in the UAE which were 'bulk upgraded'. But many other cars were upgraded, mostly in a unique way, which makes them rarer & more unique than 7 done similarly - are they '1 of 1 Q ONE-77s' ?
Polite cough: http://www.astonmartin.com/q-by-aston-martinThere is no such thing, as far as I am aware, as a 'Q' car, be it a ONE77 or any other model. A huge percentage of new cars, speccd by customers (rather than the factory or dealers) have at least something in the way of a deviation from standard
For instance it may just be a little additional stitching, or a different wheel finish. At what stage the 'extra' becomes 'Q' rather than a special/off-standard request, is very unclear. When I specced my car there were a number of special requests - some are definitely Q, some probably not, some are somewhere inbetween
But there's not really any such thing as a Q department. There are no individuals whose sole role is within Q or whose job title/department is described as Q. The only cars that have the Q badge are the odd motor show car
It's just marketing hype
All ONE 77s had a huge degree of personalisation. What makes these cars '1of 7' Q cars ? As I say, utter rubbish. At best, there may have been 7 cars ordered by one person/family in the UAE which were 'bulk upgraded'. But many other cars were upgraded, mostly in a unique way, which makes them rarer & more unique than 7 done similarly - are they '1 of 1 Q ONE-77s' ?
mikey k said:
jhoneyball said:
jonby said:
I may be wrong, but I've seen references to these '1 of 7 Q ONE-77s' before and I suspect it's a load of nonsense
There is no such thing, as far as I am aware, as a 'Q' car, be it a ONE77 or any other model. A huge percentage of new cars, speccd by customers (rather than the factory or dealers) have at least something in the way of a deviation from standard
For instance it may just be a little additional stitching, or a different wheel finish. At what stage the 'extra' becomes 'Q' rather than a special/off-standard request, is very unclear. When I specced my car there were a number of special requests - some are definitely Q, some probably not, some are somewhere inbetween
But there's not really any such thing as a Q department. There are no individuals whose sole role is within Q or whose job title/department is described as Q. The only cars that have the Q badge are the odd motor show car
It's just marketing hype
All ONE 77s had a huge degree of personalisation. What makes these cars '1of 7' Q cars ? As I say, utter rubbish. At best, there may have been 7 cars ordered by one person/family in the UAE which were 'bulk upgraded'. But many other cars were upgraded, mostly in a unique way, which makes them rarer & more unique than 7 done similarly - are they '1 of 1 Q ONE-77s' ?
Polite cough: http://www.astonmartin.com/q-by-aston-martinThere is no such thing, as far as I am aware, as a 'Q' car, be it a ONE77 or any other model. A huge percentage of new cars, speccd by customers (rather than the factory or dealers) have at least something in the way of a deviation from standard
For instance it may just be a little additional stitching, or a different wheel finish. At what stage the 'extra' becomes 'Q' rather than a special/off-standard request, is very unclear. When I specced my car there were a number of special requests - some are definitely Q, some probably not, some are somewhere inbetween
But there's not really any such thing as a Q department. There are no individuals whose sole role is within Q or whose job title/department is described as Q. The only cars that have the Q badge are the odd motor show car
It's just marketing hype
All ONE 77s had a huge degree of personalisation. What makes these cars '1of 7' Q cars ? As I say, utter rubbish. At best, there may have been 7 cars ordered by one person/family in the UAE which were 'bulk upgraded'. But many other cars were upgraded, mostly in a unique way, which makes them rarer & more unique than 7 done similarly - are they '1 of 1 Q ONE-77s' ?
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