Friday 8th August 2003

Aston Martin on Strike

oh dear...

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[cerbman]

Strikes in Blairs Britain, so what's new?

[cerbman]

clunk click said:

Thats what comes of having a boss like Ford. Regrettably a fact of life. Would there be an AM now if it was not for Ford.

No, but we would still have proper hand-made Astons not rebadged Jags (DB7)at twice Jag prices.

[cerbman]

The truth is that the DB7 was going to be the F-type, but Ford bought Jaguar and it was decided they could get more money if the Astonised it, Ford/Aston deny this ofcourse. I do like the DB7 in the same way I like the X-type, but neither are what they seem.

[cerbman]

If Jaguar were allowed to develop the XKR the way they want to, few would buy a DB7.
Whatever you say Ford are bringing Aston down market, too affordable. For me the only "true" Aston of recent years is the V8 Vantage because even with a few cheap bits on it, it was still an Aston in the way it was built, a great car.

>> Edited by cerbman on Saturday 9th August 11:11

[cerbman]

In 1995 the Vantage was £186000 which is more than any currant AM. The new AM V8 will be well under £100000, in 911 territory.
As far as TVR are concerned they are £36-70000 because they are a less prestigeous marque than Aston, but I'm sure Ford will change that.
And I'm not a TVR owner, but I'd like to be.