About the wings badge...

About the wings badge...

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EVR

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Saturday 4th January 2020
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...I did not know it took this kind of craftsmanship to do them. Sure, I knew they were proper metal but I thought they were just made in-house by some machine.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a22658987...

This part might be very pompous and snobbish, but made me genuinely laugh biggrin

By the time the badge has reached Aston Martin, it has passed through 30 processes and up to 10 pairs of expert hands. The result feels pleasingly weighty, and the detail is incredible. Compared with the plastic carbuncle on the front of a Kia, it might as well be a Fabergé egg.

Edited by EVR on Saturday 4th January 20:22