RE: Aston pitches new Zagato for £6m - a pair

RE: Aston pitches new Zagato for £6m - a pair

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greyarea

30 posts

149 months

Wednesday 19th September 2018
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TooMany2cvs said:
greyarea said:
Don't think profitability is a problem for Aston Martin in this case biggrin
Nooooo...

greyarea said:
Think I might actually read the VOSA guide if I get really bored...

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...
Add the full tester manual to that list.
Car - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...
Bike - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen...

BTW, apposite user name.
I expect any of the 3 would be a great cure for insomnia...

ntiz

2,328 posts

135 months

Wednesday 19th September 2018
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Gus265 said:
I totally agree - not being able to drive these on the road is a massive turn off (no matter how much money you have). Can you even enter it in the Revival? Presumably not. So I really can't see the attraction of owning it. Hammond drove that XKSS on the roads in Europe - how did he manage that?
I know a couple of the Lister Jaguars that you watch race at the revival are brand new cars built in the last couple of years. It is the case for plenty of other classic race cars. So doubt you would have much trouble getting it in unless of course another 10 original cars enter then you might find yourself not invited so quickly.

It's amazing how many race cars have appeared from a box of bits biggrin

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 19th September 2018
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cookie1600 said:
So the dichotomy here is it's perfectly acceptable to take your genuine DB4 Zagato on the road anywhere, now without even having an annual MOT, but a perfect replica, (sorry continuation) built by the same manufacturer, complete in every detail or maybe even with improved safety features isn't allowed? Governmental madness!
The regs are there to stop manufacturers "gaming" the system. Otherwise they could introduce "new" or "special edition" models that didn't need to be specifically homologated against the latest regulations.

Say you are a pedestrian hit by an original 1960's Aston. You're going to be injured quite badly by a car with lots of sharp edges and no nod at all to minimising pedestrian impacts, But luckily, there aren't that many 1960's cars still on our roads. But if Aston made another load of DB4's in 2018, then and you were run over by one, i bet you'd be the first to ask "how come they are allowed to sell a new car that doesn't meet 2018 regs?".....

Francis85

176 posts

67 months

Wednesday 19th September 2018
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Are they gonna use cheap plastic buttons from a Fiesta on this one too?

Cold

15,207 posts

89 months

Wednesday 19th September 2018
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Francis85 said:
Are they gonna use cheap plastic buttons from a Fiesta on this one too?
Awww, nice try.

drjdog

345 posts

69 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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You could try to find a logbook for a written off DB4 and change the numbers on the new one...

WCZ

10,492 posts

193 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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daft and pointless if you can't drive it, why even sell it with an engine and gearbox ?

if anyone is going to try and bring a classic car back it should be mclaren with the f1

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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WCZ said:
daft and pointless if you can't drive it
You can drive it. Just... not on roads.

See also: Aston Valkyrie, Ferrai FXX etc.

cookie1600

2,095 posts

160 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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Coming to this page soon, the £3 million Aston Martin Cygnet continuation.....

thegreenhell

15,115 posts

218 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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TooMany2cvs said:
WCZ said:
daft and pointless if you can't drive it
You can drive it. Just... not on roads.

See also: Aston Valkyrie, Ferrai FXX etc.
Vulcans and the DB4GT continuations are now being made road legal, as are the Jaguar continuation E-types and XKSS.

RM

580 posts

96 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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thegreenhell said:
.. the DB4GT continuations are now being made road legal, as are the Jaguar continuation E-types and XKSS.
How are they managing to do it?

WCZ

10,492 posts

193 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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TooMany2cvs said:
You can drive it. Just... not on roads.
not my idea of a good track car tbh

the road conversions will add another £500k of cost or something mad most likely

thegreenhell

15,115 posts

218 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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RM said:
How are they managing to do it?
They change the lights and switches and some of the trim to comply with IVA. I'm not sure exactly how they pass emissions, but presumably they can retune the engine sufficiently to pass with a catalyst, or through some other loophole. RML do all the Aston conversions.

GranCab

2,902 posts

145 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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Let's hope it helps the share price since the IPO last October .....


thegreenhell

15,115 posts

218 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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RM said:
thegreenhell said:
.. the DB4GT continuations are now being made road legal, as are the Jaguar continuation E-types and XKSS.
How are they managing to do it?
Here's some more detail on the Aston road conversion, from a recent edition of Vantage magazine.


Deep Thought

35,724 posts

196 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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cookie1600 said:
Coming to this page soon, the £3 million Aston Martin Cygnet continuation.....
hehe

robm3

4,927 posts

226 months

Thursday 11th April 2019
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ntiz said:
It's amazing how many race cars have appeared from a box of bits biggrin
P4 anyone wink