RE: First Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger completed
Discussion
hu8742 said:
Am I right in thinking that these multi-million pound cars can't be driven on the road? If so, I'm staggered that they've sold any.
You are right.It's a toy. Basically, a full-size Corgi Goldfinger toy that actually drives.
There's enough people with squillions in the bank to buy one and more power to them. If I had squillions, I'd have one too
You only have to read through probably two threads in the Aston forum before someone has mentioned James bond. It really is pretty cringe worthy, but you can see why the company think cars like this need to exist.
However its a beautiful shape and looks like it has much more character than most contemporary cars, so it gets a pass from me. I would however have to remove the idiot toys. I also don't think they'll be worrying about my opinion.
However its a beautiful shape and looks like it has much more character than most contemporary cars, so it gets a pass from me. I would however have to remove the idiot toys. I also don't think they'll be worrying about my opinion.
ReformedPistonhead said:
Well if you have the money what would you rather have, a Monet on the wall or this in a glass box in one of your many rooms in your large country house?
Simple choice for me.....
Good point well made, and plenty of paintings that are several times the price of this car! Simple choice for me as well, if I had the money of course. Simple choice for me.....
Is this really so much different to the holiday homes that people buy and never use/visit ?
If you can afford it - good luck to you and who are we to judge what you do with your money. If it makes AM a $1m per car then that also is a huge benefit.
Looking at what drives around in some of the countries around the world I wonder if you could register it as road legal in some of them??
If you can afford it - good luck to you and who are we to judge what you do with your money. If it makes AM a $1m per car then that also is a huge benefit.
Looking at what drives around in some of the countries around the world I wonder if you could register it as road legal in some of them??
Chubbyross said:
bakes said:
So not road legal and not something for a track...where can you ever use this? It seems such a waste of beautiful craftsmanship to be a static object.
This is my issue as well. The original was and is such a thing of beauty. It’s like sticking a comedy moustache on the Mona Lisa. hu8742 said:
Am I right in thinking that these multi-million pound cars can't be driven on the road? If so, I'm staggered that they've sold any.
They've also sold a whole run of DB4 Zagato continuation cars at £6m each (most expensive car ever sold), which are not road legal from the factory either. It's clear that owners buying such cars aren't one bit bothered that it can't ever be driven on the road.
UTH said:
ReformedPistonhead said:
Well if you have the money what would you rather have, a Monet on the wall or this in a glass box in one of your many rooms in your large country house?
Simple choice for me.....
Good point well made, and plenty of paintings that are several times the price of this car! Simple choice for me as well, if I had the money of course. Simple choice for me.....
The target market for this reminds me of the Roger Moore character in Cannonball Run, a wealthy man who pretends to be James Bond and still lives with his mum.
oilit said:
If it makes AM a $1m per car then that also is a huge benefit.
The amount of money made from little side projects like this are insignificant in the scale of an OEM.The benefit is some quick, cheap, easy, albeit limited, profit and some headlines.
The bigger downside is it damages the brand, something that takes years to build up and years to repair. Every OEM targets a younger demographic (1-series, A-class, Rolls-Royce's Black Badge, etc.) while Aston sends mixed messages and reinforces that it's a brand for old men. This is why no one else does it, apart from another badly run car company.
Whilst I'm a massive fan of the Bond films, I wonder how much cheaper it would be to get a road legal one without all the Bond-stuff bolted onto it? I'd rather save some money and be able to turn up to a village pub for a sunday roast and a pint in one of those than drive around my private estate pretending to be a fictional character whilst firing a pretend machine gun and spraying pretend oil over my own roads.
Idiocies like this make me think punitive taxation is a good thing.
Can you imagine the kind of person throwing 3 million quid at an undriveable fake old car with fake glowing machine guns?
Somebody compared it to buying a monet; methinks it is more akin to buying a gold toilet with a broken flush.
Can you imagine the kind of person throwing 3 million quid at an undriveable fake old car with fake glowing machine guns?
Somebody compared it to buying a monet; methinks it is more akin to buying a gold toilet with a broken flush.
Edited by virgilio on Monday 6th July 13:53
JxJ Jr. said:
The amount of money made from little side projects like this are insignificant in the scale of an OEM.
The benefit is some quick, cheap, easy, albeit limited, profit and some headlines.
The bigger downside is it damages the brand, something that takes years to build up and years to repair. Every OEM targets a younger demographic (1-series, A-class, Rolls-Royce's Black Badge, etc.) while Aston sends mixed messages and reinforces that it's a brand for old men. This is why no one else does it, apart from another badly run car company.
I would rather they made a million at the moment than lost a million - survival is the only game in town. Whether this project is right or wrong is irrelevant as it has been done - you can't wind the clock back.The benefit is some quick, cheap, easy, albeit limited, profit and some headlines.
The bigger downside is it damages the brand, something that takes years to build up and years to repair. Every OEM targets a younger demographic (1-series, A-class, Rolls-Royce's Black Badge, etc.) while Aston sends mixed messages and reinforces that it's a brand for old men. This is why no one else does it, apart from another badly run car company.
Branding is an expensive game, and you are right - it costs little to destroy it, but a fortune and time to rebuild it.
I would argue that it's not just old men who like James Bond. Go to the cinema when the new bond movies launch - its young kids as well....
Whether it appeals from a car perspective to all sexes is a valid question.
k about pretending to have car chases.I love watching old James Bond films.
I can't pretend to be Connery (as Bond) though. I neither look like he did then, nor act like he did. For these reasons, the Bond DB5 is not for me.
However I would be interested to buy a continuation model if it was a pure DB5. Like buying the old car brand new! I would then drive it in Switzerland (if legal) and enjoy the car on, among other roads, the Furka Pass whilst not pretending to be Bond...
I can't pretend to be Connery (as Bond) though. I neither look like he did then, nor act like he did. For these reasons, the Bond DB5 is not for me.
However I would be interested to buy a continuation model if it was a pure DB5. Like buying the old car brand new! I would then drive it in Switzerland (if legal) and enjoy the car on, among other roads, the Furka Pass whilst not pretending to be Bond...
This is probably a question for another thread, but does anyone else think the James Bond franchise should sack AML and choose a Bentley, like the early books? I think the new Conti has lost its original footballers car tag and is actually pretty classy. Just think what it would do to Aston as a business without that cow to milk.
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