Vanquish II Volante

[KarlFranz]

credit to by LotusJPS on 6speed for spotting this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

[yeti]

It looks like they have taken away the integrated spoiler from the boot; or just disguised it?

[bananarob]

Having initially disliked the rear lip, I now much prefer it. A distinguishing mark of the vanquish.

[mikey k]

yeti said:

It looks like they have taken away the integrated spoiler from the boot; or just disguised it?

I think your right, they have a habit of not putting the coupe spoiler on the convertible with the Vantage
I was curious to see this
The figures below the vid for power is PS not BHP

[Beefmeister]

That bootlid is clearly a bit of plastic stuck on. Go HD and it's easy to make out the extra shut line and how it doesn't match up to the curved rear of the light area:



Also see here:



Clearly a bit of stuck-on plastic.

The tooling costs for the integrated bootlid spoiler on the coupe would have been huge, it's a very complex shape to mold, so they would surely try to amortize the costs over the Volante models as well.

Edited by Beefmeister on Friday 5th April 09:35

[yeti]

Yeah, I reckon disguise. Sure I've seen a pic of a car at the 'Ring with the 310quish spoiler

[KarlFranz]

Beefmeister said:

The tooling costs for the integrated bootlid spoiler on the coupe would have been huge, it's a very complex shape to mold, so they would surely try to amortize the costs over the Volante models as well.

While I'm confident the volante will have an integrated spoiler, the car does not share a bootlid with the coupe, so amortizing the cost of a mold makes no sense.

[Beefmeister]

KarlFranz said:

While I'm confident the volante will have an integrated spoiler, the car does not share a bootlid with the coupe, so amortizing the cost of a mold makes no sense.

Haha, yep. I'm officially retarded. You are of course correct.

I blame a 10wk old baby on my utter numptiness!

[George29]

It does have the spoiler sadly:

[Little Donkey]

George29 said:

It does have the spoiler sadly:

I think the spoiler looks great and in Volante form, the Vanquish looks looks fantastic.

[George29]

Little Donkey said:

I think the spoiler looks great and in Volante form, the Vanquish looks looks fantastic.

The only bits about the car I dislike are the spoiler and the splitter. Would look much better without them imo.

[yeti]

George29 said:

The only bits about the car I dislike are the spoiler and the splitter. Would look much better without them imo.

Lose them, and basically you have the DB9.2! And you just saved youself 70k as well

[George29]

yeti said:

Lose them, and basically you have the DB9.2! And you just saved youself 70k as well

Yep, hence why I prefer the DB9.5

I prefer the interior on the DB9 too.

[IanV12VR]

I'm with LD on this one. Think the spoiler looks great. Liked the coupe and think I will like the Volante even more.

[KarlFranz]

George29 said:

Yep, hence why I prefer the DB9.5

I prefer the interior on the DB9 too.

OMG. Hell must have frozen over. I actually agree with George on both counts!

[KarlFranz]

George29 said:

It does have the spoiler sadly:

Something's wrong with this picture. The proportions are all wrong. The front wheel actually looks bigger than the rear. Must be a weird lens distortion but it's not a flattering angle IMO.

[Beefmeister]

New photos from the 'Ring:




I think it looks fantastic.

[yeti]

Painfuly Jaguar-esque with the camo on it - hides the fine details which distinguish the car.

[Bincenzo]

Lewis, to quote Meatloaf, you took the words right out of my mouth....

So much so, I thought it WAS a Jag. Front grille looks exactly like the Jag's Odd.

[Zod]

Beefmeister said:

I blame a 10wk old baby on my utter numptiness!

Your numptiness resulted in a baby?