RE: Aston Martin DB11 - Geneva 2016
Discussion
I really like the styling, and the alloy roof hoops are a nod to the original Vanquish, and with the established design language being so well received, it was a big step to take it in a different direction. I felt that Astons were looking too alike from generation to generation.. Quite a few people who splash this sort of cash like people to know that they have the latest and greatest, this is an Aston that I would seriously consider owning, and the interior is a massive step forward from the DB9.
5.2 litre twin turbo V12, 608bhp as a starting point?!? Yes please!
If the rumour of them taking 1000 orders are true, which I sincerely hope it is, then the buyers of this type of car have voted with their wallets. I wish Aston and its workers all the best with this car!
5.2 litre twin turbo V12, 608bhp as a starting point?!? Yes please!
If the rumour of them taking 1000 orders are true, which I sincerely hope it is, then the buyers of this type of car have voted with their wallets. I wish Aston and its workers all the best with this car!
Jordan210 said:
http://db11.astonmartin.com/home/configure
Configurator is up and running
I will take mine in Cobalt blue
Also Over 1000 orders all ready taken if i heard correct!
I can concur this color does look amazing on astonishing.. My v8 vantage is in this color! It is an older one.. But everyone thinks it's new, and it stands out from the crowd !! Good choice sir!! Configurator is up and running
I will take mine in Cobalt blue
Also Over 1000 orders all ready taken if i heard correct!
Edited by Jordan210 on Tuesday 1st March 13:30
Nope, I'm not having it. That is one ugly car, end of. And I don't mean just ugly for AM, I mean proper ugly. Like a Multipla. Actually, I prefer the Multipla.
The front end I have no issue with. Generic AM, sure, but it's pleasant enough. It starts going wrong with those god-awful roof rails: I have no idea what they were thinking with those, they look stuck on like a C3 Pluriel. That ridiculously pinched-style waist just doesn't flow, and the rear hips look like a caricature of a Corvette. Follow it around to the rear and you have the most angular, over-styled mess of a back end that I've seen for years.
I do, however, love the interior. That is perfection, erm, personified.
The front end I have no issue with. Generic AM, sure, but it's pleasant enough. It starts going wrong with those god-awful roof rails: I have no idea what they were thinking with those, they look stuck on like a C3 Pluriel. That ridiculously pinched-style waist just doesn't flow, and the rear hips look like a caricature of a Corvette. Follow it around to the rear and you have the most angular, over-styled mess of a back end that I've seen for years.
I do, however, love the interior. That is perfection, erm, personified.
The dashboard looks a bit 'bland' even though I cant quite put my finger on it. A much better attempt than their previous efforts and I see the Ford switchgear has finally been retired and replaced with Mercedes instead 
Overall, it looks very nice even if the bright colours are a bit gash
Overall, it looks very nice even if the bright colours are a bit gash
A video review of the DB11 popped up on Youtube after I'd watched the Evo 991R review. Didn't think it looked too bad in the pictures, but it looked dreadful in the video... the front end just looks wrong.
The nose is bulbous... the distance from the leading edge of the bonnet to top of the front wheel and the amount of metal above this line is not in proportion. The hard, flat styling line that runs over the front wheel looks wrong. The styling crap behind the front wheel looks wrong. And the spliter looks like it's been tacked on after everything else had been signed off.
The original DB9 was such a beautiful car, and the original V8V was pretty enough too, but since those Aston's styling work has gone down the drain.
The nose is bulbous... the distance from the leading edge of the bonnet to top of the front wheel and the amount of metal above this line is not in proportion. The hard, flat styling line that runs over the front wheel looks wrong. The styling crap behind the front wheel looks wrong. And the spliter looks like it's been tacked on after everything else had been signed off.
The original DB9 was such a beautiful car, and the original V8V was pretty enough too, but since those Aston's styling work has gone down the drain.
I'm not sold.
Annoys me that so many clamour for change for change's sake. Evolution of perfection should be held on to. And the original DB9 and all it's off shoots was that IMO.
We've been served messy detail and contrived surfaces with techno babble explanations...all to the detriment of purity, style and class, which were Aston bywords...
so no, I'm not impressed.
....but perhaps when I see one in the flesh I'll stop and dribble all the same
Annoys me that so many clamour for change for change's sake. Evolution of perfection should be held on to. And the original DB9 and all it's off shoots was that IMO.
We've been served messy detail and contrived surfaces with techno babble explanations...all to the detriment of purity, style and class, which were Aston bywords...
so no, I'm not impressed.
....but perhaps when I see one in the flesh I'll stop and dribble all the same
Guvernator said:
I know they have to chase the money but in doing so they are at risk of loosing what makes them quintessentially Aston Martin IMO.
Careful what you wish for. Going bust every few years is quintessentially Aston Martin. Andy Palmer is trying to break the cycle by, you know, actually making some money for a change.far too fussy - doesn't hang well together as a piece of design at all. CGT front wheel arch. DB10 rear arch. Evora lower side sill. Vanquish II rear end. Front well you can see its an Aston but its so bull frog. Sorry doesn't do anything for me but perhaps pics do not do it justice. If thats the best they can come up with after 15 years head of design needs to be spoken to.
Might be just me, but it reminds me of AM's for the last thousand years. Does nothing much to move the design forwards (yeah, cue the "if it ain't broke..."), so could well be the Millenium Falcon underneath, but fails on first acquaintance.
Having said that, I don't really give a rats about looks, its more about the objective stuff I care about. Will be interesting to see whatever comparisons against similarly priced vehicles, just to see how it goes in the real world of UK goat tracks and back roads.
We've seen much recently about the Chiron and its performance stats, so clearly the worlds major manufacturers think long and hard about the objective stuff, as opposed to the blow hards here who carp on about how they dont care, its all about how it makes you feel, la-di-dah.
For those amongst you, I have a bridge for sale, and will happily paint it any colour you like.
Having said that, I don't really give a rats about looks, its more about the objective stuff I care about. Will be interesting to see whatever comparisons against similarly priced vehicles, just to see how it goes in the real world of UK goat tracks and back roads.
We've seen much recently about the Chiron and its performance stats, so clearly the worlds major manufacturers think long and hard about the objective stuff, as opposed to the blow hards here who carp on about how they dont care, its all about how it makes you feel, la-di-dah.
For those amongst you, I have a bridge for sale, and will happily paint it any colour you like.
Typical PH... the last what, 8 years, it's been no. Fail. Lazy designers, need to do better, need a new direction. They all look the same. Now we have something new and... No. Fail. It's awful, ugly, sack the designers. It doesn't look like an Aston Martin!
It's different, unfamiliar... it's a new direction. I suspect it will be a bit of a slow burner and sitting within a range of other new product a lot of detractors will change their minds about it.
It's different, unfamiliar... it's a new direction. I suspect it will be a bit of a slow burner and sitting within a range of other new product a lot of detractors will change their minds about it.
HeMightBeBanned said:
Careful what you wish for. Going bust every few years is quintessentially Aston Martin. Andy Palmer is trying to break the cycle by, you know, actually making some money for a change.
As I said I know why they did it, they had to chase the money and new money doesn't really do classy\subdued. They want shouty, chintzy flash to show how much wealth they have so this is right on the money (no pun intended). I'm not sure if they could have gone after the money while still retaining those traditional values but I'd like to have seen them make a better effort at it rather than just giving in completely. This design is very much of the times but I don't see it ageing as gracefully as their previous efforts.
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