AM DB9 Replica

[mrteegrassgill]

Not seen one of these before

Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=2...

[Shnozz]

Hats off in it looks ok and far better than the terrible Ferrari replicas.

Hats on about £8k more puts you in a real DB9 and you're not driving a £1500 Celica dressed with a bodykit.

[mrteegrassgill]

Yes, that was my thoughts. Plus you get a v12 not and 1800 4 pot.

I must say though at first glance the only thing that gives it away is the door handles.

[SlartiF430]

No side strakes, interior is a mess.

[Jon39]

It was mentioned recently, that a legal finger was wagged in connection with the Speedback sports car.

I think there was also a European manufacturer who took action over look-a-like replicas, and those cars were crushed.

Could the same happen in this case?

Edited by Jon39 on Friday 27th February 13:09

[ruggedscotty]

Never got it with the replica thing horses for courses - with an AM your looking for the driving experience and not what others think - Id grow board of a celica experience wrapped in an AM body in all honesty.

Like christmas and coming down to the tree and seeing a box - unwrapping it and seeing an xbox one box
then opening that and finding an Magnavox Odyssey.....

[BravoV8V]

Jon39 said:

It was mentioned recently, that the legal finger was wagged over the Speedback sports car.

FYI, I don't actually think it was. My understanding is the the company who manufacture the Speedback (not David Brown Cars) were using some actual AM material (logos and such) in a promotional video. It's this they were sued for, not the Sportback.

[V8 Animal]

That is amazing must of took a lot of hours to achieve that.

[yourtheguy]

I bought some bits off the guy that made them, had one a finished one in his workshop he was doing some work on for a customer and an unfinished one.
I think he said he had sold 3 and stopped on the forth due to a little pressure from someone not very happy at his knock off's.
The finished one didn't look to bad, gaps and panel fit was good, to your average punter who has never seen a real aston in the flesh wouldn't know the difference until the looked inside or the engine bay and saw Toyota splashed around.

[AMDBSNick]

yourtheguy said:

gaps and panel fit was good

First thing I noticed

[cardigankid]

You would never buy it at any price, but it is a remarkable effort.

[V8Andrew]

You can tells it's fake, no paint bubbles around the door handles, no Volvo Sat Nav.

[Jon39]

Jon39 said:

It was mentioned recently, that a legal finger was wagged in connection with the Speedback sports car.

I think there was also a European manufacturer who took action over look-a-like replicas, and those cars were crushed.

Could the same happen in this case?

Since posting my comment, I have looked around the internet, and it does appear that AML act very quickly regarding replicas.

There is a reference to a 'cease and desist' notice for this so called 'DB9' in 2010.
A 'Vantage' replica was about to be displayed at a kit car show, but it didn't appear. The comment was again, 'a collar was felt'.

Edited by Jon39 on Friday 27th February 13:32

[ds2000]

Its a monstrosity in my humble opinion. While its taken a lot of effort to get to that stage for the same money you could grab a GT-86, 370z, TT, all much better and much more capable car.

[Big Ry]

ruggedscotty said:

Never got it with the replica thing horses for courses - with an AM your looking for the driving experience and not what others think - Id grow board of a celica experience wrapped in an AM body in all honesty.

I'd grow bored of the Celica experience even it was wrapped in Elle MacPhersons body !

For that money you could buy a very very good car, a cracking Boxster S for example. Why would you want to buy that tat instead.

Edited by Big Ry on Friday 27th February 14:10

Edited by Big Ry on Friday 27th February 14:11

[Turkish91]

The thing that pisses me off most is how he's blurred the reg in the photo so it only shows the 6 ODB and that the 6 and O are together to make it look "60" plate to the general public... Tragic!

[killingjoker]

The interior of the Volante gives it away instantly.