I Think This Could Also Hurt AM Sales
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DB9VolanteDriver said:
michael gould said:
That new Merc AMG-GT... will hurt AM sales ......
Only if said buyers are blind.michael gould said:
just about everybody slagged off the new Vanquish when the first pictures came out......beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the base model AMG-GT is very quick !......at 90-95k its serious competition for AMV8
Agreed. I wouldn't buy the new Mercedes, but it will appeal to some people. Competitors for the V8 include cars like the R8, so some Aston buyers are quite happy buying cars that some might think boring/ugly aesthetically. The Vantage's 0-60 time is nothing special among its peers and while it's fine to say we aren't boy racers, the numbers do carry some weight. The new AMG GT's most appealing feature is also its Achilles heel... it is still a Mercedes Benz.
That is good news for buyers that have always bought Mercedes Benz and also good news for those buyers that feel an Aston Martin could be a little flash, but can get away with a luxury Mercedes.
It does look like a great car and if it can be supplied and maintained by the same outfit that service your wifes car and the other cars in your home then it's ideal.
I don't see many Aston customers lost to MB in this case, as we have seen on this forum along a lot of buyers buy an Aston because it is an Aston and for the way it looks.
If we all bought cars on dynamic ability and pound performance kudos, then we'd all be over on the Porsche forum arguing about contrasting stitching...
That is good news for buyers that have always bought Mercedes Benz and also good news for those buyers that feel an Aston Martin could be a little flash, but can get away with a luxury Mercedes.
It does look like a great car and if it can be supplied and maintained by the same outfit that service your wifes car and the other cars in your home then it's ideal.
I don't see many Aston customers lost to MB in this case, as we have seen on this forum along a lot of buyers buy an Aston because it is an Aston and for the way it looks.
If we all bought cars on dynamic ability and pound performance kudos, then we'd all be over on the Porsche forum arguing about contrasting stitching...
michael gould said:
That new Merc AMG-GT looks like a mighty fine car and at around 100k will hurt AM sales ......
Maybe I just don't get it but is that the best MB/AMG can do with all their resources in this class of car? I don't see it as blowing V8VS clean out of the water either on real-world speed or fuel consumption and the V8V is 10-years long in the tooth. Why would you? Ugly a s
te too.
michael gould said:
well lets hope Aston don't do a Bentley and shove an AM body on the running gear of the AMG-GT and call it a AMV-GT
Record sales and a strong product range is the other side of the coin and let's not forget for some reason some AML enthusiasts view Gaydon cars as not true Aston Martin'sGassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff