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Beckson said:
... by the time the DB12 is out, who knows...
Will there even be a DB12? There wasn't a DB8 because, so the story goes, AML we afraid people would think it was a 8 cylinder, so would the DB12 need to be a V12, highly unlikely to be honest. Maybe the DB11 is the last of the DB line. 
Have we ruled out LS1, as the name for the DB11 successor ?
EDIT - That has given me an idea.
If a sponsor pays many millions to a Formula One team, they can have their name in the team title.
Have the motor industry be slow, because there must be easy money for them, by using this concept for every car model ?
I unveil the new Aston Martin Cozynet LS1.
How about the Aston Martin Durex Vantage Roadster ? On second thoughts .......
Edited by Jon39 on Saturday 27th February 19:03
SSO said:
oilit said:
I wonder if build to order is appropriate across the range?
I dont think they are exclusively building to order on any of the main line, if you look at Q4 shipments....... they shipped more units in Q4, than they retailed.
There is another aspect involved with this though.
I can only assume that AML compile their retail numbers, from the registration by dealers of each new AML car warranty, which would be done at about the time a customer takes delivery.
I know that warranty registration date, is one of the data fields in the records kept by AML, for every car they build.
Of course when each new model is introduced, there would be extra production (wholesale). Dealers would possess cars that do not have their warranties registered. For example showroom and stock cars (in the wholesale numbers, but not the retail numbers).
The DBX obviously features in the Q4 period, as a very recent new model.
If every dealer has say, 1 demonstrator, 2 showroom and 1 stock DBX, that would account for 167 being wholesale and retail (the demonstrators), then 167 x 3 = 501 (unregistered) wholesale only.
A further complication is the USA market, where many customers seem to want to buy quickly from their showroom. There are at present 150 US DBX unregistered cars advertised for sale by US dealers, whereas there are 43 dealers in all of the Americas Region (is that US, Canada and South America?).
Edited by Jon39 on Sunday 28th February 16:10
RichB said:
Will there even be a DB12? There wasn't a DB8 because, so the story goes, AML we afraid people would think it was a 8 cylinder, so would the DB12 need to be a V12, highly unlikely to be honest. Maybe the DB11 is the last of the DB line.
That was then. Now, an Aston doesn't even have to be an Aston...SFO said:
these are all low end stuff, plus they don't own AM yet so cannot force AM to use MB platforms.
That M-B put its star on a Kangoo proved that they have no respect even for their own badge and name. They surely won't have enough respect for someone else's badge, such as Aston's, not to sully it if they think they'll make a DM.M-B doesn’t have to “force” Aston to use its platforms (or engines). They just have to install someone to head Aston who will do it. They've done that. I hoped for better from Stroll, but I was pretty sure it was all over as soon as Moers arrived.
Aston Martin: The billionaire building 'a British Ferrari' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56245666
Stroll seems to be saying that 80% of F1 viewers are performance car buyers? (30 sec in on the video)
Stroll seems to be saying that 80% of F1 viewers are performance car buyers? (30 sec in on the video)
LooneyTunes said:
Aston Martin: The billionaire building 'a British Ferrari' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56245666
Stroll seems to be saying that 80% of F1 viewers are performance car buyers? (30 sec in on the video)
The interview just confirmed to me that the man is an automotive idiot. Paraphrasing him "....the most important thing is the brand - we can buy whatever powertrain we want from Mercedes".Stroll seems to be saying that 80% of F1 viewers are performance car buyers? (30 sec in on the video)
I would have thought the Cygnet demonstrated that slapping the wings on a car does not make it an Aston Martin. I doubt this will all end well.
edited for a typo I only just noticed
Edited by LTP on Wednesday 3rd March 10:26
LooneyTunes said:
Stroll seems to be saying that 80% of F1 viewers are performance car buyers?
I suggest he looks out the helicopter window next time he's flying into an F1 paddock over the car park, I can just imagine the car park next to São Paulo is a wash with Ferraris.
And if we take the average UK viewing figures of 1.25M that would put 1M of them with a 'performance' car on the drive....really?
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