Past Models

[Jon39]

On the Aston Martin website, there is a well laid out page showing a picture and name of the past models.

https://www.astonmartin.com/en-gb/models/past-mode...

You might say that I need new glasses, but if I am not mistaken, can you spot the missing model?
Clue - the best selling model in the history of Aston Martin.

[Veg]

We are not worthy! Very funny

[Doofus]

Why would that be, I wonder?

[Calinours]

Just a mistake. The thing was clearly put together by someone without genuine knowledge, it is full of errors, eg multiple examples of inaccurate production years, wrong pic of DB9 for the stated period etc

Nothing deliberate, otherwise I don’t think the Cygnet would have featured…

[Doofus]

Because they listed the V12 and the V12 S, it means they've missed the V8 off twice.

[ecs0set]

Usurped by the Cygnet!

[AdamV12V]

The omission of the V8V is unforgiveable really!

But even assuming they are limiting themselves to the pre-current gen cars and excluding trim level only special editions then they really need:

V8V
V8VS
AMR V12VS
AMR V8VS
Rapide AMR
Vanquish Zagato (x4 body types)
V600 Vantage
DB9 GT

No doubt a few more too beyond those that have immediately jumped to my mind.

[Agent57]

DB7 Volante (i6) also missing.

I have a poster and mouse mat with different versions of the time line on it. They seem to expand and contract the number of cars shown to fit a pre-determined space. Pot luck which cars are left in or out,

[Jon39]

Thank you for your posts.

I think I can excuse them Adam, for omitting the sub-models, because keeping just to the main models, does make the graphic shorter and easier to study.

Their website is presumably supposed to be a marketing window for the world to see, so they really ought to take more care.
If the employees compiling that document only have limited knowledge, surely they only have to ask Steve Waddingham to look at their finished work. There are knowledgeable experts at Gaydon.

Many of us probably know most about the Bloxham/Gaydon models, but I find the pre-war section of the graphic interesting. When I see those old cars at gatherings, I am never sure of the proper model names.

[ZT260SE]

Slightly odd as I’m pretty sure I had a poster version (Chronicle I think it was called) back in 2009. That had similar images for the car models shown here and it had V8V and V8VR on it. Need to find it….

[williamp]

...and no AM Vantage either...

(Although not sold in quite the same numbers of course)

[AdamV12V]

williamp said:

...and no AM Vantage either...

(Although not sold in quite the same numbers of course)

huh?

[williamp]

AdamV12V said:

williamp said:

...and no AM Vantage either...

(Although not sold in quite the same numbers of course)

huh?

The last model to use the old 6 cyinder engine. When the DBS and DBS V8 (also seperate models) were updated, they changed the names to AM Vantage and AM V8

[williamp]

...come to think or it, there are no David Brown era Lagondas either.. nor Taraf.

[Simpo Two]

Calinours said:

Just a mistake. The thing was clearly put together by someone without genuine knowledge, it is full of errors, eg multiple examples of inaccurate production years, wrong pic of DB9 for the stated period etc...

And yet it's on www.astonmartin.com! It should be 100% correct.

A student project perhaps?

No DB9s after 2012 and no DB9 Volante either. Unless that red DBS is one; never can tell them apart...

[williamp]

I do hate how Aston seem to re-jig their history- models seem to sppear/dissappear deoending on who writes these things.

Its like they dont bother to see how things were, just how they think they were. Aston has a rich archive- looked after by the AMHT. Can they not talk to them???

Heritage is history witha a future, as aston used to say. And now???

[Bournemouthboy]

From the DB4 onwards the cars all have a link to some further details except the V12 Virage

[alscar]

But still no link to the Vantage V8 that I can see ?