RE: Aston Martin to stop Virage production

[Captain Beaky]

bakerstreet said:

I'm a big fan of the V8 Vantage, but the others don't do much for me. I'd have a V8 Vantage in my lottery garage, but it would have to be green with a beige interior and a big supercharger bolted to the engine

You'll be wanting a V12 Vantage then

[wormburner]

Bloody hell, what a disaster.

Did anyone buy a Virage who wouldn't have bought a DB9 if the Virage didn't exist?

I think it was probably 95% cannibalistic, yet incurring all the extra costs of a new model. Mad.

[Earl'Dingleberry]

Aston Martin Vagina
Aston Martin Vendetta Guy Fawkes Edition

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[groomi]

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[myhandle]

Given all the posts celebrating a return the the '90s Vantage and Vantage V600 , a retro name perhaps - Aston Martin Voomage.

[RX7]

Mr2Mike said:

Porsche could possibly be accused of something similar.

And they are nowhere near as good looking :0

[mitch78]

HeMightBeBanned said:

Do you mean Vantage in your post above, or Virage? If you're being ironic, it points to Aston's central problem.

Hahahaa!! Yes I did mean Virage, but was looking at the Aston website as I typed it, so I had one of those "type what you've just read" moments!

[Merp]

Aston Martin Veet - Tears the hairs off the back of you neck with a dab of right foot.

[DS240]

Aston is fast becoming a total joke.

Same cars, different names and pretend all the customers are idiots and believe they are different cars.

I would be utterly pissed off if I had bought a virage.

So the 'new' DB9 will now simply be the 'virage', which it should have been in the first place to keep it fresh and competitive.

Aston have the image, and could easily have a clear and simple range of cars.

[P4ROT]

Dusty964 said:

I would dearly love to see Aston recreate a more modern version of this-



a/. Because they look and sound fantastic, and b/. to get a different look into the line up

They're lovely old brutes!

[900T-R]

Aston Martin Vindicator would fit in nicely with Vanquish...

[Spadey1]

Aston Martin Vacuum? (another niche filled)

[Blackpuddin]

Aston Martin Validation.
Or Valediction if they carry on like they are.

[DeltaEvo2]

"18 months after everybody else, Aston realises Virage is too similar to DB9"

Really? LOL! and they've JUST noticed that they all look the same? And the Jags too. Isn't because they all had the same designer for years?

[Hunttheshunt]

Vacuous

[FourWheelDrift]

Vacant - matches their imagination.
Vamoose - if they up the power and lower the weight.
Vampire - doesn't like running in the daylight.
Variant - just another Aston.
Vegetable - you have no control over it's systems, just like the auto box in the Vanquish.
Vehicle - marketing finally suffer an meltdown.
Velázquez - Bob from marketing spent their holiday in South America.
Verbatim - same as before, will be repeated again next year.
Verruca - with extra power bulges.

[Sicob]

Aston Martin Vulva - Because it's a pussy magnet!

[mitch78]

P4ROT said:

Dusty964 said:

I would dearly love to see Aston recreate a more modern version of this-



a/. Because they look and sound fantastic, and b/. to get a different look into the line up

They're lovely old brutes!

I think they're ugly, to be honest. I much prefer the older V8.

[AMArchie]

So, the Virage, which I had thought was going to be the replacement for the DB9, and therefore likely to have a long production run has been stopped after only 1000 cars, but the V12 Vantage was was originally posted by AM to be limited to 1000 cars is still being produced, well past the 1000.
Hmmmm.....seems to me they're making this up as te go along..?

[Bill Carr]

myhandle said:

Bill Carr said:

Ah, but the DB9 was 2 better than the DB7. Spinal Tap anyone?

They missed out DB8 because there were concerns some (principally the US market) would think it was a V8 powered car, not a V12. Just as with the film The Madness of King George - it was initially meant to be The Madness of King George III but there were concerns some would think there had been two previous films.

Amusingly, wikipedia corroborates both our posts!