RE: Aston Martin unveils spectacular DBR22

[Gecko1978]

I don't see the point in speedster where can you go in one....the golf club the interior gets bleached in the sun or rained on. Down the highway what at 35 before you need a helmet

[HeMightBeBanned]

Gecko1978 said:

I don't see the point in speedster where can you go in one....the golf club the interior gets bleached in the sun or rained on. Down the highway what at 35 before you need a helmet

Plus, they're just too big and too heavy to be particularly handy on a racetrack. They probably look nice parked alongside all the other trinkets in an Oligarch's garage though.

[Gecko1978]

HeMightBeBanned said:

Gecko1978 said:

I don't see the point in speedster where can you go in one....the golf club the interior gets bleached in the sun or rained on. Down the highway what at 35 before you need a helmet

Plus, they're just too big and too heavy to be particularly handy on a racetrack. They probably look nice parked alongside all the other trinkets in an Oligarch's garage though.

A car that can't be driven versus one that can be but isn't seems to be the case here. The Aston Victor cost what £4m and was a one off that worked odds are it will be driven to GFOS that's it but still. This you would have to bring on a trailer

[Every day a journey]

I like it.

Would still have a Monza SP2 over it given a choice.

[Stevie_Wonder]

Check out how beautiful the original looks though....

THAT (to my eyes) is a beautiful car

[cirks]

Stevie_Wonder said:

Check out how beautiful the original looks though....

THAT (to my eyes) is a beautiful car

Exactly - stunning design for the period it was designed in (and still beautiful) vs AM now trying to turn a car that isn't bad looking in its own right into something matching the original and ending up massively short. It's obvious why they're doing it (easy sale to wealthy people to put in collections) but it would be so much nicer (even if economically nonviable) to design something beautiful in the first place whether of modern design or traditional/classic design - not just a hacking about of an existing model

[Red6]

Bloody hell Aston, give up on these specials and give us a brand new production Super GT.

[Bencolem]

What a beautifully elegant and well resolved example of automotive design that DBR1 is.

As others have said:
DBR22:


V12 Speedster:

[Nimerino]

A torque-converter auto in these just seems so wrong. I don’t care what people say, even an auto with a fast lock-up is still completely out of place in a car meant for driving, as compared to a manual/DCT.

[thegreenhell]

F20CN16 said:

SturdyHSV said:

There's a Readers Cars thread with a bloke making what looks to be a nicer version of this out of a V8 Vantage. Far more interesting

Ooo link please?

This one?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Draxindustries1]

Bencolem said:

What a beautifully elegant and well resolved example of automotive design that DBR1 is.

As others have said:
DBR22:


V12 Speedster:

The Aston fronts always remind me of the Mondeo..

[ManyMotors]

Seems like a tepid 'me too'.

[F1GTRUeno]

Much better looking than the last one.

[Pflanzgarten]

But will you look like a 1/2 scale human driving it like the last one?

[thegreenhell]

Draxindustries1 said:

The Aston fronts always remind me of the Mondeo..

Whereas older people will see a distant Ford approaching and momentarily get excited thinking it's an Aston Martin, until it gets closer and disappointment ensues.

[GreatScott2016]

DeltaEvo2 said:

Spectacular? It's alright...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I agree, it certainly isn't spectacular. Does nitto for me, just like most modern Astons actually.

[Its Just Adz]

It'd be a brave man to put a deposit on that.

[swisstoni]

Its Just Adz said:

It'd be a brave man to put a deposit on that.

That man would have to be utterly minted to ask AM to make him one and so bravery wouldn’t really come in to it imho.

The relevance of the car to us plebs is that it may just be a pointer towards a more handsome house style.

[Iamnotkloot]

I’m trying not to be cynical about this but fear I may fail. I’ll just say that comparing it to their legendary DBR1 in their photos make the later car look very heavy handed

[samoht]

oilit said:

Genuine question: so is this just a facelifted V12 speedster?

https://www.astonmartin.com/en-gb/models/special-p...

Yes.

DBR22:

V12 Speedster:


Clearly Aston's financial position mandates they return to the well of 'customer deposits' to keep the show on the road a little bit longer.