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When the partnership was announced I was excited as I personally think the current F1 Red Bulls are probably the best looking along with maybe the Williams. I was slightly underwhelmed by the Red Bull edition Vantage, I feel they could have gone a bit crazier with the livery - albeit as a deleteable option to appease slipper wearers. Then today this video pops up in my feed see below. Clearly a hat tip to old Top Gear, but I do like the livery. Am I alone in thinking Aston Martin should have gone a bit crazier like this with their livery for the special edition?
Video
https://youtu.be/1ZPe08qJjfk
And yes, I am more of a chav than some/most of this forum
Video
https://youtu.be/1ZPe08qJjfk
And yes, I am more of a chav than some/most of this forum
V8Andrew said:
When the partnership was announced I was excited as I personally think the current F1 Red Bulls are probably the best looking along with maybe the Williams. I was slightly underwhelmed by the Red Bull edition Vantage, I feel they could have gone a bit crazier with the livery - albeit as a deleteable option to appease slipper wearers. Then today this video pops up in my feed see below. Clearly a hat tip to old Top Gear, but I do like the livery. Am I alone in thinking Aston Martin should have gone a bit crazier like this with their livery for the special edition?
Video
https://youtu.be/1ZPe08qJjfk
And yes, I am more of a chav than some/most of this forum
As with many editions, the Red Bull one seemed very oddVideo
https://youtu.be/1ZPe08qJjfk
And yes, I am more of a chav than some/most of this forum
In particular, it made no sense whatsoever to be a Q model - barely anything about the edition was Q.
But because it was Q, they had to charge a substantial premium for......not a lot of extras
IMO it should not have been a Q model, then could have been priced much more closely to the standard model, would have sold more and generated a few sales
As it is, I don't see it as a car for the UK market (It only had a few weeks selling window in the UK as it happens). I doubt more than one or two were sold here.
I wondered at the time it was launched if there wasn't something else behind it all, such as a requirement to make some of them for Red Bull or in general, just part of the marketing tie in. Having said all that, personally I just don't really get what either company gains from the tie in anyway
If you want racier/crazier, that's the role of the new AMR sub brand
jonby said:
...personally I just don't really get what either company gains from the tie in anyway.
The tie in now enables Dr. Palmer to take his special customers to Formula One GPs, to sit in the Red Bull F1 pit garage, the Red Bull F1 hospitality suite, and talk about Aston Martins to Daniel and Max for a few minutes, until they become irritated.
Have you had your invitation yet Jonby?
Jon39 said:
jonby said:
...personally I just don't really get what either company gains from the tie in anyway.
The tie in now enables Dr. Palmer to take his special customers to Formula One GPs, to sit in the Red Bull F1 pit garage, the Red Bull F1 hospitality suite, and talk about Aston Martins to Daniel and Max for a few minutes, until they become irritated.
Have you had your invitation yet Jonby?
(to be fair, I suspect many were at the N24 where AMR had a fab result)
And no invitation, but luckily I prefer LM24 :-)
jonby said:
Funnily enough I was thinking the same myself when I was at Gaydon last Friday, wondered why it was so quiet, then remembered it was Monaco F1 weekend ! It's a pretty cushy tie in for the top brass for sure
(to be fair, I suspect many were at the N24 where AMR had a fab result)
And no invitation, but luckily I prefer LM24 :-)
Cushy number for the top brass? With your expert inside knowledge, I'm sure you can tell us just how many execs were there from AM?(to be fair, I suspect many were at the N24 where AMR had a fab result)
And no invitation, but luckily I prefer LM24 :-)
Bincenzo said:
jonby said:
Funnily enough I was thinking the same myself when I was at Gaydon last Friday, wondered why it was so quiet, then remembered it was Monaco F1 weekend ! It's a pretty cushy tie in for the top brass for sure
(to be fair, I suspect many were at the N24 where AMR had a fab result)
And no invitation, but luckily I prefer LM24 :-)
Cushy number for the top brass? With your expert inside knowledge, I'm sure you can tell us just how many execs were there from AM?(to be fair, I suspect many were at the N24 where AMR had a fab result)
And no invitation, but luckily I prefer LM24 :-)
Not the foggiest. But however many or few, there can't be many more glamorous scenes to tie in to
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