If there's one fault with Aston Martins, it's not AM itself
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The reasons are they are neutral colours that are widely acceptable both to the original owner and to prospective used car buyers, therefore being a safe bet in resale value. The car is not lary like a Lambo or Ferrari where bright, loud colours suit both the car and in the main, the owners, but are more sophisticated and classy where the dark, metallic colours suit the character of the car.
Even the top "sports" model, the V12V still oozes class and is really not the in-yer-face sports car suiting loud colours.
I bet though that the hypercars, the Valkyrie, Valhalla and mid engined Vanquish will be specced with those loud colours and not the safe black/silver/greys.
Even the top "sports" model, the V12V still oozes class and is really not the in-yer-face sports car suiting loud colours.
I bet though that the hypercars, the Valkyrie, Valhalla and mid engined Vanquish will be specced with those loud colours and not the safe black/silver/greys.
My original post was a bit tongue-in-cheek. My first Vantage was black (second, Volcano red).
I fully get the resale aspect. Ironically, for me personally, is that these 50 shades of grey are so same-y and very few stand out in the listings.
Very much the same for interior which seem to be 90% black.
Astons are cars which can hold colours so well and yet there seems to be a desire to hide the car and not celebrate it.
Don’t worry - just me being grumpy about the whole search
I fully get the resale aspect. Ironically, for me personally, is that these 50 shades of grey are so same-y and very few stand out in the listings.
Very much the same for interior which seem to be 90% black.
Astons are cars which can hold colours so well and yet there seems to be a desire to hide the car and not celebrate it.
Don’t worry - just me being grumpy about the whole search
AstonV said:
That’s a good overview of the problem which extends to nearly all marques; approx 4 in 5 cars are are black, white, silver or grey. Likely similar in the UK when you look at the roads.Perhaps Henry Ford was a visionary for colour palette creation beyond cost
nickv8 said:
That’s a good overview of the problem which extends to nearly all marques; approx 4 in 5 cars are are black, white, silver or grey. Likely similar in the UK when you look at the roads.
Perhaps Henry Ford was a visionary for colour palette creation beyond cost
My car is Green, not even on the list. Good thing I don't plan on selling!Perhaps Henry Ford was a visionary for colour palette creation beyond cost
i like black and had black cars over a 20 year period until I moved into a house on a dusty country lane. Within 24 hours a nice clean car on the drive is covered in a fine layer of dust off the fields and has made it pointless to do the weekly detailing routine I had for my black cars.
....so I changed to silver 5 years ago and never looked back...sure when its clean it never looks as good as black, but for 90% of the rest of the time it never really looks dirty either, so now im a silver convert
If you visit the factory you dont see many RHD bright coloured cars coming down the production line, when you do see bright colours are usually LHD and heading for the Middle East where they like showing off more.
....so I changed to silver 5 years ago and never looked back...sure when its clean it never looks as good as black, but for 90% of the rest of the time it never really looks dirty either, so now im a silver convert
If you visit the factory you dont see many RHD bright coloured cars coming down the production line, when you do see bright colours are usually LHD and heading for the Middle East where they like showing off more.
AstonV said:
My car is Green, not even on the list. Good thing I don't plan on selling!
Go on... you know you want to They do exist. I’d suggest less than 5% are remotely different. Here’s a lovely example of colour and interior off the beaten path...
Available here, if anybody is interested: https://www.alexandersprestige.co.uk/used-cars/119...
(A bit too costly for the age, IMHO, even though it’s low mileage and has CF seats.)
I've always liked and preferred black myself too. Though my Griff is dark green with cream interior. I originally wanted a 2016 MY vantage in black, but Covid changed everything including my expectations, life is too short.
Now I allways liked the new generation cars but to me they don't work so good in the traditional colours and hence my recent purchase, Scorpus Red, I love it.
Now I allways liked the new generation cars but to me they don't work so good in the traditional colours and hence my recent purchase, Scorpus Red, I love it.
soofsayer said:
What colour do you want your aston to be nick? Is it your favourite colour or anything that stands out from the rest?
There are several stunning colours including cinnabar orange (one for sale at the moment but bot sure about the brown interior with non-CF seats... just can’t please me!), yellow, flugplatz(?) blue. All are quite vivid.My second Vantage was Volcano red which I loved. There is a V12VS at a MD with CF seats for sale and I nearly went to see it the other day but work commitments got in the way, it did have a back interior.
I’d also love a B&O stereo, just because.
Basically, I’ve decided to be as picky as hell and told myself not to rush. I bought the previous two having been the first cars I looked at and really liked them. But now I’ll keep looking for a couple of months if necessary.
And then I realised the Vanquish (non-S) was around the same price. CF body, V12VS engine spec, B&O stereo, etc. So they are also tempting me. But they tend to be even more grey than the Vantages!
soofsayer said:
I think I know that red vantage. I tested it last year at Leeds, lovely car. It then sold, reappeared earlier this year privately and then popped up at the md where it is now. It has been there a while.
Interesting! I’ve been in contact with the MD and they are helpful. Also led to asking the Q in another thread about measuring clutch wear on the SS3 gearbox (only possible on SS2 apparently).Any reason you didn’t go for it?
nickv8 said:
Interesting! I’ve been in contact with the MD and they are helpful. Also led to asking the Q in another thread about measuring clutch wear on the SS3 gearbox (only possible on SS2 apparently).
Any reason you didn’t go for it?
It had an annoying rattle from behind the drivers seat which the md said they knew about and would fix (never understood why things like that are not rectified before being marketed by hey). Apart from that it was in great condition, I think it had ppf on the front too.Any reason you didn’t go for it?
I tested it to see how I felt about the SS3. Decided it didn’t suit the driving I do at the time so passed. It sold soon after. It was up for £81k if I recall correctly. I have a recollection that the private seller tried it at £87k.
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