RE: N24 V8 Vantage for the road
Discussion
Would it be cheaper than £7500 to get the car through an SVA yourself? The only hard bit i would imagine would be in the engine needed mapping to lower emissions. I think this car is mostly suited to people who want to race - i would prefer the prodrive version for the road.
Do they offer an SVA for the DSRS9?
That i would want to buy
Do they offer an SVA for the DSRS9?
That i would want to buyThis is a seriously quick car. At £100K it certainly is not for the posers. I was there last weekend at the ring, and it is comptitive and can beat the Porsche but needs more development.
Well done Aston Martin, It's good to see British Engineering working hard as a team to challenge the world.
Well done Aston Martin, It's good to see British Engineering working hard as a team to challenge the world.
cater_racer said:
This is a seriously quick car. At £100K it certainly is not for the posers. I was there last weekend at the ring, and it is comptitive and can beat the Porsche but needs more development.
Well done Aston Martin, It's good to see British Engineering working hard as a team to challenge the world.
Yes, well done Aston!Well done Aston Martin, It's good to see British Engineering working hard as a team to challenge the world.
I hear they're calling this the "Nick Griffin" conversion. Rule, Britannia!
:J: said:
K321 said:
i saw this exact same car on the way home from work about 4 hours ago on the road near gaydon. it was yellow too and it sounded really loud
IIRC, there is only one car that has been made road legal, so quite a good spot 
I stand to be corrected though
K321 said:
i saw this exact same car on the way home from work about 4 hours ago on the road near gaydon. it was yellow too and it sounded really loud
On the circuit theyre really (too) quiet!I can understand it would be quite cool to have one on the road, but as Cater Racer said, it still needs development on the track, the first few customer cars have been run so it wont be long....
Edited by s.m.h. on Thursday 14th June 19:22
well i definitely saw this car , and when it went past i could hear the exhaust even though my windows up, living near AM factory i have seen some DBS prototypes with no camoflauge, a disguised AM rapide and been seeing the AM v8 roadster for the past year now
also the new Jag S type i been seeing coming out of AM gates testing
also the new Jag S type i been seeing coming out of AM gates testing
Dr_S said:
Yeah, baby, yeah..
Kawasicki said:
love it! It's not even massively overpriced!
bob1179 said:
Is it wrong that I find that car pant-wettingly sexy and I'd sell my granny for it?
haggle said:
drools this has just found its way into my fantsay garage as its far cooler than a GT3 RS
Weird, because when I went to view it back in April, all this forum had to say was..Pugsey said:
I can't see the point in paying for all that excess tonnage if you genuinely only intend to go on track.
stanwan said:
The N24, at least form the articles i have read, appears to be a little too hardcore.
Murph3755 said:
For a road car, I honestly don't see the point. I'm not convinced it'd be significantly quicker on the public road
As nice as the N24 is, the fact that Porsche will warranty your GT3RS for 3yrs while Aston offer nothing is a big deal to me as far as peace of mind goes.GT2man-2 said:
Dr_S said:
Yeah, baby, yeah..
Kawasicki said:
love it! It's not even massively overpriced!
bob1179 said:
Is it wrong that I find that car pant-wettingly sexy and I'd sell my granny for it?
haggle said:
drools this has just found its way into my fantsay garage as its far cooler than a GT3 RS
Weird, because when I went to view it back in April, all this forum had to say was..Pugsey said:
I can't see the point in paying for all that excess tonnage if you genuinely only intend to go on track.
stanwan said:
The N24, at least form the articles i have read, appears to be a little too hardcore.
Murph3755 said:
For a road car, I honestly don't see the point. I'm not convinced it'd be significantly quicker on the public road
As nice as the N24 is, the fact that Porsche will warranty your GT3RS for 3yrs while Aston offer nothing is a big deal to me as far as peace of mind goes.Just go buy something.
stanwan said:
GT2man-2 said:
Dr_S said:
Yeah, baby, yeah..
Kawasicki said:
love it! It's not even massively overpriced!
bob1179 said:
Is it wrong that I find that car pant-wettingly sexy and I'd sell my granny for it?
haggle said:
drools this has just found its way into my fantsay garage as its far cooler than a GT3 RS
Weird, because when I went to view it back in April, all this forum had to say was..Pugsey said:
I can't see the point in paying for all that excess tonnage if you genuinely only intend to go on track.
stanwan said:
The N24, at least form the articles i have read, appears to be a little too hardcore.
Murph3755 said:
For a road car, I honestly don't see the point. I'm not convinced it'd be significantly quicker on the public road
As nice as the N24 is, the fact that Porsche will warranty your GT3RS for 3yrs while Aston offer nothing is a big deal to me as far as peace of mind goes.Just go buy something.
TimJMS said:
When you consider what is deleted from the standard item, I'm struggling to see why it should retail for any premium at all 
yeah! AM have always been known for their value for money pricing. 
Frankly, if someone is willing to stump up £200k or £300k for a rare AM race car then that is what it's worth. Look what Mercedes did with that CLK DTM - a good £150k more than the top of the range normal CLK. Is it worth it for the extras that you get? Doubt it. But people have bought it.
stanwan said:
I don't understand the point you are trying to make here, expecially as the first pro N24 quotes don't seem to be from Pugsey, Murph or myself.
Just go buy something.
It doesn't surprise me that you don't understand. However, I'll try and make it more crystal.Just go buy something.
When I mentioned the N24 back in the day, nearly all comments were negative. However when the N24 is mentioned today nearly all comments were positive. Very strange.
As for "go buy something". You mean go buy something other than the 3 cars I've bought in the last few months ?
GT2man-2 said:
stanwan said:
I don't understand the point you are trying to make here, expecially as the first pro N24 quotes don't seem to be from Pugsey, Murph or myself.
Just go buy something.
It doesn't surprise me that you don't understand. However, I'll try and make it more crystal.Just go buy something.
When I mentioned the N24 back in the day, nearly all comments were negative. However when the N24 is mentioned today nearly all comments were positive. Very strange.
As for "go buy something". You mean go buy something other than the 3 cars I've bought in the last few months ?
Obviously for a man of your means, the aston will be one of the many supercars you have purchased in the last few months, so I guess you'll have the range rover for those days you need to commute in relative comfort.
From what I ca ngather, the SVA mods are there purely to get you on the road, I can't see any references to a passenger seat, cabin heating/aircon, xenon lights, stereo, heated rear screen......
These are just some of things that I consider a road car requires! Even the side window is fixed - you can't even wind it down when the engine starts toasting you in the cabin (anyone who owns a V8 will agree as to how warm it can get inside!). I can imagine how irritating it would be to roll up to toll booths on dreary days.....
I've no doubt a 1350kg vantage would be a hoot to drive - but I would only go for one IF it achieved this weight saving without sacrificing all the creature comforts. I drive my car on the road, not on a track.
I'm not surprised that the N24 doesn't ccome with a factory warranty - it was never released as a raod going car unlike the GT3RS - a more fitting comparison would be between the N24 and the RSR GT3. I don't think there are many companies that provide belt and braces warranty on cars that are driven competitively on a track.
My view on the N24 stands.
GT2man-2 said:
stanwan said:
I don't understand the point you are trying to make here, expecially as the first pro N24 quotes don't seem to be from Pugsey, Murph or myself.
Just go buy something.
It doesn't surprise me that you don't understand. However, I'll try and make it more crystal.Just go buy something.
When I mentioned the N24 back in the day, nearly all comments were negative. However when the N24 is mentioned today nearly all comments were positive. Very strange.
As for "go buy something". You mean go buy something other than the 3 cars I've bought in the last few months ?
"Gt2man is right & everyone else is wrong!"
Nothing new there then.
I'm with Pugs & Stanwan on this one...........
Anyway the negatives last time weren't particularly to do with the looks, (all the positive comments listed above), rather about the concept of paying that sort of money if you want to use it on road when it is a racing car not a road/track day car.
Evo said exactly that, fantastic on track couldn't live with it on road. A lighter road racer that still maintains aspects of Astons classy interior along with then N24s engine & more road biased suspension would work, but the N24 isn't that car, one seat, no interior, no sound deadening, no options, track suspension etc etc.
But hey Gt2 man if you think it is right for you then buy one, if you are using it mainly for track work it could well make sense & if you are prepared to pay £100k for a track only toy surely money isn't an issue, so why are you worrying about warranty?!
Edited by Grant3 on Monday 18th June 14:27
Can't help wondering what it's for. Nowhere near as good on road as either the much cheaper GT3 or indeed GT3RS and in reality little better on track. Won't be competitive in any meaningful race series. Odd choice for track days - you usually want a track day car to work on road too so what's it for? If you're prepared to have a track only car for track days then it'll get dusted by Radicals, Caterhams etc. at a fraction of the price. As has already been said if Aston produced a GT3 equivelant eg. a car that retained some of the elements of civility and style that make an Aston whilst offering more performance and 'edge' than the standard AMV8 I'd be at the head of the queue. As it is I'm doubling up with an AMV8 Roadster and an R400. Well at least until my GT2 arrives!
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