Autocar this week - a new generation of AMs?

Autocar this week - a new generation of AMs?

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martinvantage

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320 posts

181 months

Sunday 13th June 2010
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Just wondered what you thought of several pages of clearly placed editorial. On the one hand great news, reskinned models retaining the V12 and V8 but heavily reworked. I imagine that is code for updated transmission as well as engine mods together with weight saving advances.
The other question is what it will do for residuals on MY10, MY11 new cars on on typical 3 year arrangements.
Fascinated also to see comment aboout production capacity at Gaydon. If te commitment at Magna is correct it implies a lot of Rapides to sell.
Fascinating times ahead.

mikey k

13,014 posts

218 months

Monday 14th June 2010
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I saw some "spy shots" on you tube yesterday of a MY11 roadster.
It looked like they had put the V12V body kit on it.
Maybe it actually was a V12VR wink
Having recently bought a 4.7 09 roadster I did notice there was a big drop in prices to 6 month older 4.3's. New models always hit the outgoing model residuals, though the Vantage is such a low volume car it is hard to predict exactly.
Having said that there were too many 4.3's priced well over what I paid for a 4.7! wink