new centenary edition cars
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graduated paintowrk, solid sterling silver badges & sill plaques, luxurious black leather from the ONE 77 and a goody bag with matching leather key holders, sterling silver cufflinks, sterling sivler pen & 1 or 2 otehr bits
very telling that they are doing 100 each of the entire current line up, listed as being 'vanquish, db9, rapide, v8 vantage' i.e. no V12 vantage
mind you unlike the aston press release, autocar suggest 100 of a cygnet in the same edition too !
very telling that they are doing 100 each of the entire current line up, listed as being 'vanquish, db9, rapide, v8 vantage' i.e. no V12 vantage
mind you unlike the aston press release, autocar suggest 100 of a cygnet in the same edition too !
All they've done is made them look worse with that tacky graduated paint on the bonnet 
yep !
but I fancy having a look at the sterling silver cufflinks & rollerball plus the bespoke key cases, all from the goody bag in that car - one assumes whether this or something else, there will eb some centenary goodies for sael - after all, they launched a UB range of merchandise a few monthe ago !!!
but I fancy having a look at the sterling silver cufflinks & rollerball plus the bespoke key cases, all from the goody bag in that car - one assumes whether this or something else, there will eb some centenary goodies for sael - after all, they launched a UB range of merchandise a few monthe ago !!!
AMDBSNick said:
Oh no, more limited editions.
If they can't sell the "LIMITED EDITION" V12VR what chance of selling this lot with a bit of extra silver and a goody bag.
Frankly they are blithering idiots
Agreed.If they can't sell the "LIMITED EDITION" V12VR what chance of selling this lot with a bit of extra silver and a goody bag.
Frankly they are blithering idiots
Special editions are a very slippery slope.
edited to correct "specialness"
Edited by whoami on Tuesday 15th January 13:47
whoami said:
AMDBSNick said:
Oh no, more limited editions.
If they can't sell the "LIMITED EDITION" V12VR what chance of selling this lot with a bit of extra silver and a goody bag.
Frankly they are blithering idiots
Agreed.If they can't sell the "LIMITED EDITION" V12VR what chance of selling this lot with a bit of extra silver and a goody bag.
Frankly they are blithering idiots
Special additions are a very slippery slope.
I kind of agree but in fairness, when it's purely cosmetic, wouldn't every car maker on the planet do something simialr for their 100th anniversary ?
Merc, Ferrari, Porsche, Bentley, Ford - they would all do it, even if it was in addition to a 'new new' car, which it's not impossible Aston will also do of course
jonby said:
they launched a UB range of merchandise a few monthe ago !!!
Really, must have missed that. Considering the lack of sales at the moment his ego is getting worse. Taken from the AM website re the Centenary Editions:-"Aston Martin CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez, played a key role in the creation of the unique paint treatment, tasking Design Director Marek Reichman and his team with the development of a suitably exclusive and desirable specification."
The key role being telling his Design Director to waste his time on graduated paint schemes!
Getting really worried for AM at the moment got all the hallmarks of the end of Rover - special editions differentiated by their paint scheme. FFS!!
George29 said:
whoami said:
Agreed.
Special additions are a very slippery slope.
It works for Lamborghini though, they seem to release a special edition Gallardo every other week.Special additions are a very slippery slope.
jonby said:
editions ! :-)
I kind of agree but in fairness, when it's purely cosmetic, wouldn't every car maker on the planet do something simialr for their 100th anniversary ?
Merc, Ferrari, Porsche, Bentley, Ford - they would all do it, even if it was in addition to a 'new new' car, which it's not impossible Aston will also do of course
And that's the point Jonby. With the exception of Ferrari the rest are as desirable as a car previously owned by CockerneeeeI kind of agree but in fairness, when it's purely cosmetic, wouldn't every car maker on the planet do something simialr for their 100th anniversary ?
Merc, Ferrari, Porsche, Bentley, Ford - they would all do it, even if it was in addition to a 'new new' car, which it's not impossible Aston will also do of course
Neil1300R said:
jonby said:
they launched a UB range of merchandise a few monthe ago !!!
Really, must have missed that. Considering the lack of sales at the moment his ego is getting worse. Taken from the AM website re the Centenary Editions:-"Aston Martin CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez, played a key role in the creation of the unique paint treatment, tasking Design Director Marek Reichman and his team with the development of a suitably exclusive and desirable specification."
The key role being telling his Design Director to waste his time on graduated paint schemes!
Getting really worried for AM at the moment got all the hallmarks of the end of Rover - special editions differentiated by their paint scheme. FFS!!
https://store.astonmartin.com/showproducts.asp?cat...
no link from the aston site now, but the page still exists - it may be off sale now as it's called the UB2012 collection.........
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