New Aston Bespoke Model spotted

[jonby]

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Searc...

[Impasse]

That's a nice looking Hyundai.

[Jon39]

The number plate certainly links the car to Aston Martin.

First Registration: 08 04 2014
Year of Manufacture: 2014
Cylinder Capacity: 5935cc

I have been told that occasionally, spyshot games have been played with the journalists.

Entering the 'big' saloon marketplace must be / a certain winner / sensible / a heck of a risk / crazy / ...

[BravoV8V]

The car is definitely from AM. Look at some of the details - side strakes, door handles, wing mirrors etc etc.

As to whether or not it is 'from Q department' or just a very elaborate hoax, that remains to be seen, I guess.

[V8LM]

Looks like one of the other Centennial Zagatos that weren't made.

[benters]

a four door Aston. . .that will sell well then

[Jon1967x]

Looks a bit like a maserati quattroporte (although clearly its not) - I was once smitten by the idea of one, but early ones are looking very tired now and for sale at 20k.

Edited by Jon1967x on Thursday 8th May 17:51

[jonby]

V8LM said:

Looks like one of the other Centennial Zagatos that weren't made.

Well I was thinking that, partly influenced by the fact the headlights on the disguised car look like inverted versions of the ones from the 2 centennial Zagatos (one soft top, one coupe, both based on DBS IIRC)

That got my brain ticking as I recall there were supposed to be 3 centennial zagatos, each a one off, forming a trilogy. But the 3rd car in the trilogy was announced (quietly) earlier this year as being a virage shooting brake (yes an odd choice of donor car given the current line up)

It has very different lights front & rear to anything in the current line up (other than Zagato) which could point to testing a next generation of Aston but IMHO it's far too early to be seeing mules of those yet

Which means my money is on it being either a Zagato (Centennial ?) Rapide, or as the story says a very small run (1-10) of something quite different or just perhaps, a Lagonda saloon. The fact it's insured as a Rapide according to official records should not be IMHO taken as necessarily being significant, despite the first of my 3 guesses above

[Jon39]

Interesting.

What is the internet link for insurance info. please Jonby?

[jonby]

her we go Jon

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnGrCrTIEAAp_5C.jpg:la...

Courtesy of a tweet by @StingerUK

[jonby]

found this - last paragraph mentions the shooting brake

http://www.zagato.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Ge...

[mikey k]

looks like a test mule to me rather than a new model
Maybe for an AMG engine?

[V8LM]

jonby said:

one soft top, one coupe, both based on DBS IIRC

Volante is on a DB9 chassis

[Jon39]

mikey k said:

looks like a test mule to me rather than a new model
Maybe for an AMG engine?

Well if so, someone told the DVLA, 5935cc.

On second thoughts, an AMG twin turbo 5935cc engine, would give Johnny quite a run. ~

Edited by Jon39 on Thursday 8th May 20:27

[yeti]

Handsome car, somewhere between the Quattroporte IV and the Lagonda Wedge! Either way, a very Italain design and I like it.

[Little Donkey]

If you look close at the side window where it meets the A pillar, they've disguised the glass to make it look more curved than it actually is. Definitely a nod to the Lagonda, which ironically would still look futuristic if it was launched today.

[Little Donkey]

..........and the boot lines are quite AM V8.

[jonby]

the more I look at this, the more I see of a rapide S, very cleverly disguised, particularly all the elements of the side windows, with zagato centennial esque front & rear lights and a marginally different shape to the flow at the rear

[Jon39]

I think you are probably right Jonby.

I notice in one of the side shot photographs, the rear half of the roof is raised. Wonder is they use
hardboard sheets for their disguise, then cover with wrap?

[KiwiSG]

Cannot believe they could make such an ugly aston, the body shape is all wrong