Aston to use Merc V8's

[pjagger69]

Anyone else heard this?
It's flashing up on our office news feed as a colaboration. I'm at VW Group HQ in Milton Keynes.

Oh, and I'm Paul BTW.

[Neil1300R]

Very old news.
Have VW HQ been asleep for the past couple of months?

[pjagger69]

I have, but they may not have been. I should have searched the rest of the interweb first as it appears to be so old the original copy was chisseled in to a rock.

Anyway, the used Vantage V8s with a German engine may be a nice price and good option by the time I save to buy one.

[Bravo73]

pjagger69 said:

Anyway, the used Vantage V8s with a German engine may be a nice price and good option by the time I save to buy one.

Erm, are you talking about the current V8 Vantage? Because it already has a 'German' engine!

[KarlFranz]

Yeah. Last time I looked, my Vantage already had a German engine.

[pjagger69]

I don't really view the Ford as a German engine though, in the same way I don't think Hond's built in Swindon are British.

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see if the partnership works, as I'm sure it will, and gives me something to look forward to test driving when they reach the used market at reasonable prices.

Thanks for setting me straight.

[michael gould]

my DB9 has a German engine to.......where do they make VW engines ?

[michael gould]

pjagger69 said:

I don't really view the Ford as a German engine though, in the same way I don't think Hond's built in Swindon are British.

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err so Honda's built in the UK are not British......why ? that means Astons/Jags/Range Rover/Mini/Rolls Royce ect ect are not British....?

[brakedwell]

michael gould said:

err so Honda's built in the UK are not British......why ? that means Astons/Jags/Range Rover/Mini/Rolls Royce ect ect are not British....?

how much of the Hondas' design is Bwitish?

[jonby]

michael gould said:

pjagger69 said:

I don't really view the Ford as a German engine though, in the same way I don't think Hond's built in Swindon are British.

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err so Honda's built in the UK are not British......why ? that means Astons/Jags/Range Rover/Mini/Rolls Royce ect ect are not British....?

You can argue at least two different cases regarding 'country' for most manufacturers other than incredibly unusual situations like Morgan which is and always has been owned, designed & built exclusively in Britain (I think, but if not, you get the point)

However Hondas are no more British than the first Aston Rapides are Austrian ad I don't ever hear anyone claiming the latter

Does anyone ever regard Mercedes or Audi cars as being anything other than German, regardless of the location of the plant ?

Rolls & Mini are far more arguable but certainly I'd just about argue Rolls are still BRitish

The factors to take into account are huge and somewhat subjective but I could happily take either side of the argument for most manufacturers these days

[michael gould]

I think the Honda Civic was British designed.....anyway The Honda Civic is a great British export. The Bentley GT arrives in Crew from Germany as a rolling chassis complete with Phaeton suspension engine ect. It's half assembled in Crew.....and is owned by VW.... is that British or German ?

[peterr96]

michael gould said:

I think the Honda Civic was British designed.....anyway The Honda Civic is a great British export. The Bentley GT arrives in Crew from Germany as a rolling chassis complete with Phaeton suspension engine ect. It's half assembled in Crew.....and is owned by VW.... is that British or German ?

Crew? I think you're thinking of the navy boys again luvvy. It's Crewe. Just sayin!

[PiloteAM]

jonby said:

You can argue at least two different cases regarding 'country' for most manufacturers other than incredibly unusual situations like Morgan which is and always has been owned, designed & built exclusively in Britain (I think, but if not, you get the point)

I think at least some Morgans use BMW engines, shipped over from Germany, but pretty much everything else is local to the factory.

Anyway, the point is still valid.

[XXXAngelXXX]

resistance is futile ! All your car brands are belong to us Krauts !

[Jon39]

XXXAngelXXX said:

resistance is futile ! All your car brands are belong to us Krauts !

Belong can be an interesting word.

Only 33% of 'your' Daimler AG, belongs to German shareholders.

So, is Mercedes-Benz German?

[e600]

I will not be replacing mine if the new Aston has under the bonnet "Engine built by Hans Schmidt". No way.

[Jon39]

e600 said:

I will not be replacing mine if the new Aston has under the bonnet "Engine built by Hans Schmidt". No way.

Are you therefore saying, that you do not want any Aston Martin built after
19th July 2007?

[RichB]

PiloteAM said:

jonby said:

You can argue at least two different cases regarding 'country' for most manufacturers other than incredibly unusual situations like Morgan which is and always has been owned, designed & built exclusively in Britain (I think, but if not, you get the point)

I think at least some Morgans use BMW engines, shipped over from Germany, but pretty much everything else is local to the factory.

Anyway, the point is still valid.

Morgan do indeed use BMW V8 engines, as well as over the years Ford and Rover V8 (ex-Buick)... So what was the question?

[DB9VolanteDriver]

Jon39 said:

e600 said:

I will not be replacing mine if the new Aston has under the bonnet "Engine built by Hans Schmidt". No way.

Are you therefore saying, that you do not want any Aston Martin built after
19th July 2007?

Engines built after 2007 do not have "built by Hans Schmidt" under the bonnet, or any other Teutonic name for that matter. So your point is?

[michael gould]

peterr96 said:

michael gould said:

I think the Honda Civic was British designed.....anyway The Honda Civic is a great British export. The Bentley GT arrives in Crew from Germany as a rolling chassis complete with Phaeton suspension engine ect. It's half assembled in Crew.....and is owned by VW.... is that British or German ?

Crew? I think you're thinking of the navy boys again luvvy. It's Crewe. Just sayin!

Soza....... I never could spell