Bright Red Vantage Roadster

[Deano84]

I have been offered the change to buy an Aston Martin Vantage roadster in bright red,with black leather and black hood.

It looks absolutely stunning, I am not sure the name of the paint code, it is not Torro Red the burgundy colour, it is more like Rosso Corsa Ferrari colour, it's the only one i've ever seen in this colour.

My previous vantage roadster was black, which I sold with ease, I can't find a comparable on Autotrader or Pistonheads for a Aston in this colour, what are your thoughts please trusted pistonheads community about the potential the resale value of the car?

Cheers.
Dean

Edited by Deano84 on Wednesday 21st January 22:25

[Phil74891]

My thoughts: Ferraris are Red, Astons are silver or black or any of a million shades inbetween. The black interior will help a lot come resale, and I'm guessing the value will be close to a black/grey one in comparable condition/mileage. Might take you a bit longer to find someone who wants a red one though. Having said that, someone on here must know a reliable person in the AM network who will be able to give a more informed view.

[good grief]

Phil74891 said:

My thoughts: Ferraris are Red, Astons are silver or black or any of a million shades inbetween. The black interior will help a lot come resale, and I'm guessing the value will be close to a black/grey one in comparable condition/mileage. Might take you a bit longer to find someone who wants a red one though. Having said that, someone on here must know a reliable person in the AM network who will be able to give a more informed view.

I'd buy it , I looked long and hard for a non Silver/Black, some of us don't worry about resale and buy what we like. Btw loverly looking motor Phil.... I'd buy that in black

Edited by good grief on Wednesday 21st January 23:50

[Brital]

Take a look at my V12VR on the photo thread. It is flame orange. I have a DBS in the same colour. Based on the number of show organisers who ask me to bring them along, and the number of folk there who try to buy them, I don't think you will regret buying a less traditional colour. There are rather too many Astons out there in the safe colours that dealers ordered cars in for stock! I did wonder whether I was doing the right thing when I bought my DBS, but the attention it received just driving it home convinced me!! It is important the whole package is right. The flame orange or red work with the dark carbon, black grilles and right wheels - other finishes might result in a less strong package. There are some colours even I would steer clear of, though!

[petop]

Phil74891 said:

My thoughts: Ferraris are Red, Astons are silver or black or any of a million shades inbetween. The black interior will help a lot come resale, and I'm guessing the value will be close to a black/grey one in comparable condition/mileage. Might take you a bit longer to find someone who wants a red one though. Having said that, someone on here must know a reliable person in the AM network who will be able to give a more informed view.

Totally disagree. Astons are always grey and silver, there is even a thread on here "the non grey and silver Aston picture thread" somewhere. Yes they tend to be thought of in those colours just as Ferraris are red and Porsche are silver but going against the grain makes it stand out that little more. Just after I bought mine I went to Beaulieu to a show, as I pulled up the lady taking the money to get in said "oh, that's nice you normally see them in silver".
Now it all opinions and personal taste but I don't think you loose money on a non silver Aston.

Apologies for poor quality photo, im sat in Afghanistan with 3 pictures on my iphone, so decent photos are limited.

[C997]

Buy it! Red looks great on an Aston. My V8V was Amethyst Violet, the only one afaik, and I loved it. Wish I could have had the V12V in the same colour.

[Jon1967x]

There has been a v12 vantage for sale on auto trader for months - cheapest v12 in the country by a reasonable margin, and it just doesn't seem to sell. It might be the car in general on closer inspection that's the problem but it's also red.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

Edited by Jon1967x on Thursday 22 January 08:52

[AMDBSNick]

Have a nose around here

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

There was a bright red DBS Volante for sale but guess what, it's sold

[Speculatore]

You haven't even bought it yet and you are worried about the resale value??? How long are you going to keep it....6 months? I can assure you we don't buy Astons to make money.... (Unless its a classic or barn find).

[northernmedia]

Funnily enough I stumbled across this at the weekend.



GMR supercharged too!

Edited by northernmedia on Thursday 22 January 11:04

[northernmedia]

Jon1967x said:

There has been a v12 vantage for sale on auto trader for months - cheapest v12 in the country by a reasonable margin, and it just doesn't seem to sell. It might be the car in general on closer inspection that's the problem but it's also red.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

Edited by Jon1967x on Thursday 22 January 08:52

That could be something to do with the seller

[avinalarf]

If you like it buy it and enjoy but there is no doubt that it might well take longer to resell.
Then again you might be lucky and find a customer who,like you ,wants something a bit different.
It took me a year to sell my 1991,Virage albeit not for reasons of colour but because of its reputation.

[ds2000]

northernmedia said:

That could be something to do with the seller

I know nothing of the dealer but can't believe that car is still for sale. I paid less for mine though

[northernmedia]

Less than 70k for a V12V - good work!
...does it sag in the middle?

[Jon1967x]

avinalarf said:

It took me a year to sell my 1991,Virage albeit not for reasons of colour but because of my reputation.

EFA

[matrignano]

Jon1967x said:

There has been a v12 vantage for sale on auto trader for months - cheapest v12 in the country by a reasonable margin, and it just doesn't seem to sell. It might be the car in general on closer inspection that's the problem but it's also red.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

Edited by Jon1967x on Thursday 22 January 08:52

That looks like Madagascar(orange) rather than red?

[V8Andrew]

northernmedia said:

That could be something to do with the seller

I had a look at that car over xmas. Looks great, but would research the seller and car well before considering......

[northernmedia]

V8Andrew said:

I had a look at that car over xmas. Looks great, but would research the seller and car well before considering......

Andrew gimme a shout if you go there again.

[petop]

northernmedia said:

That could be something to do with the seller

Had to see who it was when i saw this.....then it all became clear!!! lol

[ds2000]

petop said:

Had to see who it was when i saw this.....then it all became clear!!! lol

Ah yes, a little more digging and it was all revealed. Bargepole for me!