RE: Aston Martin sells Vanquish design for £20m
Discussion
HRCM said:
Lotus/ Geely?
Dyson?
Idle thoughts but who knows
Dyson?
Idle thoughts but who knows
lordf said:
TVR or Tesla.
Or Redbull are going to make a road car...
Would be beyond reckless if they had sold it to someone who will compete with them. Surely it must be a sale to a niche manufacturer and with lots of limitations.Or Redbull are going to make a road car...
Would a prototype be for sale if Khan had just acquired the rights to use the donor cars and tooling?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
gigglebug said:
Would a prototype be for sale if Khan had just acquired the rights to use the donor cars and tooling?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
The entire production run, no less.https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Can't see it being Khan or Tvr. Neither have that sort of money burning a hole in their pockets, from what I understand.
Really odd story. It's not like the car was a great success or has a cult following or has obvious further market potential. Maybe Tesla have worked out they can make their new Sportster on this chasis? They have some form with the Elise....
Really odd story. It's not like the car was a great success or has a cult following or has obvious further market potential. Maybe Tesla have worked out they can make their new Sportster on this chasis? They have some form with the Elise....
Can't see it being Khan or Tvr. Neither have that sort of money burning a hole in their pockets, from what I understand.
Really odd story. It's not like the car was a great success or has a cult following or has obvious further market potential. Maybe Tesla have worked out they can make their new Sportster on this chassis? They have some form with the Elise....
Really odd story. It's not like the car was a great success or has a cult following or has obvious further market potential. Maybe Tesla have worked out they can make their new Sportster on this chassis? They have some form with the Elise....
jimbo2728 said:
Are they effectively saying they will just we out the Aston redundant car titles to raise funds and build share value? Or am I mega wide of the mark?
If so, apologies. But if that is their plan, how very disappointing.
Sadly that was the first thing that came to mind when I read it bit like selling off the family silver to keep the mortgage payments up to date. I can imagine Andy Palmer going through the basement pointing at old stuff and saying "we don't need that any more lets flog it".If so, apologies. But if that is their plan, how very disappointing.
My bet is the swedish outfit behind R.motorsport.
They are the guys involved with the crazy high end customer side. 20m is nkwt in the grand scheme to Aston, so it won't be the chinese etc - would ruin the brand. Needs to be someone they can totally trust - like thiose swiss bods. Same with Kahn. Just too risky to the brand for such a small return.
Pretty sure the Valkyrie and / or red bull aston supercar thing was made possible by them too.
They are the guys involved with the crazy high end customer side. 20m is nkwt in the grand scheme to Aston, so it won't be the chinese etc - would ruin the brand. Needs to be someone they can totally trust - like thiose swiss bods. Same with Kahn. Just too risky to the brand for such a small return.
Pretty sure the Valkyrie and / or red bull aston supercar thing was made possible by them too.
TooMany2cvs said:
gigglebug said:
Would a prototype be for sale if Khan had just acquired the rights to use the donor cars and tooling?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
The entire production run, no less.https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Some Gump said:
TooMany2cvs said:
gigglebug said:
Would a prototype be for sale if Khan had just acquired the rights to use the donor cars and tooling?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
The entire production run, no less.https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
This
The deal smacks of desperation after the less than brilliant start to the stock market flotation. Its quite normal for mainstream manufacturers to sell off old designs with tooling. Supercars and their chassis, engines etc also get repackaged and reused more than some would think.
I’d be surprised if whoever bought all this was allowed to make it look anything like the original though.
My money’s still on Dyson but I wouldn’t rule out Lotus/Geely.
hyphen said:
Add 20m more to the company so it looked better for the IPO?
The IPO where the CEO stood to make a whole load of cash,
https://www.fidelity.com/news/article/IPO/20180920...
https://www.ft.com/content/46361be6-bcee-11e8-8274...
and that went wrong for the employees who invested. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/10/21/as...
The whole thing stinks if you ask me.
and thisThe IPO where the CEO stood to make a whole load of cash,
https://www.fidelity.com/news/article/IPO/20180920...
https://www.ft.com/content/46361be6-bcee-11e8-8274...
and that went wrong for the employees who invested. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/10/21/as...
The whole thing stinks if you ask me.
Mr-B said:
Sadly that was the first thing that came to mind when I read it bit like selling off the family silver to keep the mortgage payments up to date. I can imagine Andy Palmer going through the basement pointing at old stuff and saying "we don't need that any more lets flog it".
Summarises my thoughts well. The deal smacks of desperation after the less than brilliant start to the stock market flotation. Its quite normal for mainstream manufacturers to sell off old designs with tooling. Supercars and their chassis, engines etc also get repackaged and reused more than some would think.
I’d be surprised if whoever bought all this was allowed to make it look anything like the original though.
My money’s still on Dyson but I wouldn’t rule out Lotus/Geely.
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