New Vantage written off

[johnnyBv8]

Shame to see one of the new Vantages already being broken for parts on eBay. It only managed 44 miles according to the advert!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2018-Aston-Martin-BREAK...f:0

[anonymous-user]

That’s someone’s Christmas ruined

[rovcallum]

On the upside, the front end looks better now......

[anonymous-user]

rovcallum said:

On the upside, the front end looks better now......

Ooh you bh!

[peteA]

Surely there isn’t much of a market for salvage parts so early in the life of this model? Who will buy the bits?

Shame to see one crashed already

[markiep1]

Oooffffffff

[pomodori]

"Look at this "

zoom....bang !

Has the airbag gone off ?....looks a bit wonky but not sure.

[abzmike]

Appreciate it’s not looking at its best, but the plastics on the interior appear pretty low rent.

[mickrick]

abzmike said:

Appreciate it’s not looking at its best, but the plastics on the interior appear pretty low rent.

I agree. That would be a deal breaker for me. awful !

[Sheepshanks]

pomodori said:

Has the airbag gone off ?....looks a bit wonky but not sure.

Looks like both fronts have gone off and been packed back into place.

[Turn7]

Thatll get repaired in a shed somewhere and appear in a "SUPERCAR" dealer near Bradford anytime soon.....

Sadly.

[oilit]

44 miles is delivery miles - I wonder if this crashed on PDI or delivery ?

agree the airbags have been re-packed

[Jon39]

A while ago there was a topic on here, showing an AM (possibly a new Vantage) in a field. The car had presumaly been driven through a wall, because it was surrounded by stones.

Could this perhaos be the same car?

[V8LM]

Yes, it’s the same car.

[GingerMunky]

Such a shame

[nickv8]

Indeed, a great shame.

However... I am mightily impressed by the crash structure and how the cabin appears to be in tact! From the base of the A-pillars back, there seems to be minimal distortion. Considering the big mass of a V8 stuck further back, and the apparent completely front-on collision, it’s good news for occupants. Congrats to the AM engineers for getting it so right.

A bad day for some new owner. But strangely should be re-assuring for other new owners.

[oilit]

^^^^THIS^^^

I too was impressed by what looked like little to no damage past the pillar - at least you would have been able to get the door open I am assuming

[Sheepshanks]

nickv8 said:

Indeed, a great shame.

However... I am mightily impressed by the crash structure and how the cabin appears to be in tact! From the base of the A-pillars back, there seems to be minimal distortion. Considering the big mass of a V8 stuck further back, and the apparent completely front-on collision, it’s good news for occupants. Congrats to the AM engineers for getting it so right.

A bad day for some new owner. But strangely should be re-assuring for other new owners.

If it's correct, as mentioned earlier, that it crashed through a wall, then that's not (usually) such a big deal.

[Jon39]

Sheepshanks said:

If it's correct, as mentioned earlier, that it crashed through a wall, then that's not (usually) such a big deal.

In the previous post, the photograph indicated it was probably a Cotswold (type) dry stone wall.
They are usually about two feet thick, so I would not want to drive a car through one.

[Sheepshanks]

Jon39 said:

In the previous post, the photograph indicated it was probably a Cotswold (type) dry stone wall.
They are usually about two feet thick, so I would not want to drive a car through one.

If it was a dry stone wall they fall down on their own often enough. Quite soft stone too, as stone goes!