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This message has been edited by India Whiskey Charlie on 2024-09-02 22:37:06

from looking at the footage, and images are highly favorable. I think the design has intricate features that either don't show, or come across flat in images, where when in person are likely to significantly enhance the aesthetic language....

but there was large helping of BS in the video & narrative. It's still a car, not a medieval warlord.

and, I guess, we are better off for having that footage than not having it, but they are more frequently than not hyperbole-prone, and nowhere close to the thoroughly experienced, admiring yet level-headed reviews of the likes that Tiff Needell, Jay Leno, and Harry (of Harry's Garage) provide or used to provide.... By the way, I sincerely appreciate you switching out the low res screenshots I initially added to the thread, I didn't have time to pull the high res press shots from their website. Cheers, Filip

I haven't really liked AML's advertising efforts since the end of the 2000s. In the last few years, since Stroll (Lawrence Strulevich) took over, they evidently hired people who inhabit the hyperbolic, ADD mindset which dominates current social media landscapes. A gazillion cuts and nausea-inducing camera movements do not compelling footage make........

The back...a bit plasticy and anonymous...

I genuinely like how they completely hid the rear shut lines with that center shield, and how the light elements are the individual 3D shapes previously used on the Valkyrie, Victor and Valiant........

Dapper and chic yet brutal and carnal

That AM looks great

Via CNBC....

As described in the Top Gear article "Aston says production will be capped at no more than 1,000 examples per year, to keep the V12 exclusive".  At a price over USD$429k, they sure are optimistic about sales volume.  But hey at least you know it's going to be less than 1000 a year so you are in an exclusive club .

With that said, when I played around on the AML website configurator, and specced out a DB12 exactly the way I liked it the price went from $250K base, to $350K!! In that context, given that the Vanquish is almost 'fully loaded' at that base price (all carbon body vs aluminum, carbon brakes, and obviously V12), I genuinely feel it's more 'reasonable' to spend $430K on the Vanquish, than $350K on the DB12........ Then of course, how they both perform in the secondary market is likewise a huge question mark to be witnessed in the coming years....