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t thats been doing my brain in trying to guess what Aston that was.Car mad enthusiast said:
Nothing wrong with those Mustangs.
...just dont have a crash in onehttp://www.euroncap.com/en/results/ford/mustang/26...
The Mussie photo was taken at TVR Powers workshop's, for those that don't know TVR Power was the division at TVR that built the engines and emerged from the ashes after TVR's demise in 2006 or thereabouts... New TVR will have a Ford V8 up front..
Carrying on with that theme, alot of you guys will know that new TVR is headed up by Les Edgar (and now in bed with Gordon Murray Engineering and Cosworth)... Les Edgar was (quote) instrumental in getting Aston Martin back into GT racing... Les is a great Aston and TVR fan....
Sooo, here's the latest (possible) rendition of new TVR..... Anyone recognise the top half styling??
Carrying on with that theme, alot of you guys will know that new TVR is headed up by Les Edgar (and now in bed with Gordon Murray Engineering and Cosworth)... Les Edgar was (quote) instrumental in getting Aston Martin back into GT racing... Les is a great Aston and TVR fan....
Sooo, here's the latest (possible) rendition of new TVR..... Anyone recognise the top half styling??
George29 said:
Goes with the grille they've already copied for most models
You can't copy what you once owned. Need to remind you that their more than likely wouldn't even be an Aston Martin today if not for Ford. They built the Gaydon factory and the designs they paid for still current today. They poured billions of $$ into Aston.V8 Vantage GT said:
You can't copy what you once owned.Need to remind you that their more than likely wouldn't even be an Aston Martin today if not for Ford. They built the Gaydon factory and the designs they paid for still current today. They poured billions of $$ into Aston.
I agree with the rest of your comment, but the first part I dont. When they sold the company they might have sold the "rights" to certain things including the styling cues, names, brands etc. For example the word "vantage" is a very strong brand, but Ford cannot use it on their Focus RS+ models. Same with the "wing devices" or the wing vents with side strakes......Sadly Ford have a habit of taking a brand and mis-using it. Ghia was once a proud badge for a proud Italian couachbuilders, long since dismissed as a badge for top-spec Orions. The same will happen with the Vignale brand.
williamp said:
I agree with the rest of your comment, but the first part I dont. When they sold the company they might have sold the "rights" to certain things including the styling cues, names, brands etc. For example the word "vantage" is a very strong brand, but Ford cannot use it on their Focus RS+ models. Same with the "wing devices" or the wing vents with side strakes...
...Sadly Ford have a habit of taking a brand and mis-using it. Ghia was once a proud badge for a proud Italian couachbuilders, long since dismissed as a badge for top-spec Orions. The same will happen with the Vignale brand.
I agree to some extent. But Aston would have a very very difficult if not impossible time pressing the issue with Ford or any other manufacturer on the shape of a grill or a window line etc., unless it was an exact copy, and their not. ...Sadly Ford have a habit of taking a brand and mis-using it. Ghia was once a proud badge for a proud Italian couachbuilders, long since dismissed as a badge for top-spec Orions. The same will happen with the Vignale brand.
V8 Vantage GT said:
You can't copy what you once owned. Need to remind you that their more than likely wouldn't even be an Aston Martin today if not for Ford. They built the Gaydon factory and the designs they paid for still current today. They poured billions of $$ into Aston.
The AM grille is a design feature from way before Ford owned them. And it only started appearing on Fiestas after they've sold AM so I don't see how that isn't copying?Gassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff