JimH Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 *wrings hands at the sight of a great brand being prostituted* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Thought of another... egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 The Mighty falling, yesterday. egg and CGSB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I'll admit the brand has nothing like the cachet of the builder of such awesome cars as the MG 1300 or whatever they called that one based on the Austin Cambridge but surely not even a second tier brand such as Aston Martin could survive such stupidity. face 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedenvy Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 This pile of excrement passed me the other day on the A12.Who the fuck needs five point oh litres of Diesel pushing there pointless chariot along. Buy a Focus ST* you PCP twonk. You'll be delighted by the price and performance. *other marques available. face 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 The Mighty falling, 70 years ago... 1948 wheeeeeee...... 1954 splat Amishtat, Cardinal Wolseley and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 This pile of excrement passed me the other day on the A12.Who the fuck needs five point oh litres of Diesel pushing there pointless chariot along.Buy a Focus ST* you PCP twonk. You'll be delighted by the price and performance.*other marques available.The random numbers on the back of modern Audis mean fuck all. That would have been a 3.0V6.They caught this off BMW- you didn't really think the 140i had 4.0 did you? Uh' uh, sorry. I blame the BMW 525eta, or maybe the V8 W108 Mercs, at least they put a 3.5,4.5 (US) or 6.3 after the misleading 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedenvy Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 The random numbers on the back of modern Audis mean fuck all. That would have been a 3.0V6.They caught this off BMW- you didn't really think the 140i had 4.0 did you? Uh' uh, sorry. I blame the BMW 525eta, or maybe the V8 W108 Mercs, at least they put a 3.5,4.5 (US) or 6.3 after the misleading 300. Oh FFS, now Aldi have made me look a twat with their false advertising. A colleague reliably* informs me that his S5 V6T is also supercharged. (not turbocharged). Why Aldi, WHY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 About 10 years ago they did make these; 6.0 V12 twin turbo diesel , 500 bhp and about 750lb/ft of grunt.Don't know how many they sold, but at least 3 as I've seen a purple one in the press at launch, a black one in real life and this white one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Alfa_Romeo_AR6_14_pick-up.jpg s-l300.jpg JHMT_Bus_Diesel_Daimler_3_axle_of_Cape_Tramways.jpgYeah. I can't believe Lamborghini would lower themselves to making sports cars. martc, Lacquer Peel, mercrocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Not messing about Last Throw Of The Dice. Cardinal Wolseley and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 How low can you go? LightBulbFun, Amishtat and mercrocker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I'll admit the brand has nothing like the cachet of the builder of such awesome cars as the MG 1300 or whatever they called that one based on the Austin Cambridge but surely not even a second tier brand such as Aston Martin could survive such stupidity. I've only ever seen two of those in the wild - one outside Roma Termini station, and the other in the arse end of Lincolnshire just up the road from Skattrd's. Weren't they some kind of scam / loophole thing to bring the average emissions of the Aston range within the legal limits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Weren't they some kind of scam / loophole thing to bring the average emissions of the Aston range within the legal limits?Precisely. Rebadged and fettled Toyota iQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 No, you must be mistaken. Look it says so here on the Aston Martin Heritage site; Initially only available to existing Aston owners, it was envisaged that when they all had one sales would be opened up to everyone , or at least 4,000 per year- the anticipated production capacity. Well, that went well 300 were sold worldwide, and only one of them is worth having, this one, with its Factory fitted V8 Vantage engine. Supernaut and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I sort of kind of knew these existed but I had forgotten how odd they looked. While I was searching for other AC heaps to be rude about I was reminded of the Scott Sociable and its slightly odd wheel layout. The more you look at it the less you believe that it stayed upright. Amishtat, JeeExEll, egg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I sort of kind of knew these existed but I had forgotten how odd they looked. While I was searching for other AC heaps to be rude about I was reminded of the Scott Sociable and its slightly odd wheel layout. The more you look at it the less you believe that it stayed upright. Reminds me of the Hannu and Arne balancing act from 85(?) sheffcortinacentre, Scruffy Bodger and Sir Snipes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 No, you must be mistaken. Look it says so here on the Aston Martin Heritage site;image.png Initially only available to existing Aston owners, it was envisaged that when they all had one sales would be opened up to everyone , or at least 4,000 per year- the anticipated production capacity. Well, that went well 300 were sold worldwide, and only one of them is worth having, this one, with its Factory fitted V8 Vantage engine.image.jpegEven that V8 is probably hopeless. All that power in such a short wheelbase. Waste of a V8 really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Not messing about Last Throw Of The Dice. OMG an Allard Clipper! mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 MG van, eh? Whatever would they have thought back in the day? Remspoor, Aston Martin, LightBulbFun and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 The Mighty falling, yesterday. I've been in one of these! mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Reminds me of the Hannu and Arne balancing act from 85(?)image.jpeg Aston Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfg Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 . "Michelotti came up with this TR6 replacement, but we got the wedge" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Saw a couple of these in Germany, awesome! Bfg, myglaren and Springer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 It sees the whole thing that Aston did with the Toyota IQ is now redundant, I.E taking a 'eco' model from another manufacture and calling it your own, as it turns out due to EU rules manufacturers can team up/make a deal with another manufacture to get around it! Why Fiat/Chrysler have 'teamed up' with Tesla...https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47845971 *Not 100% on topic, but since talk of the Aston Cygnet is on the page... For the record, I'd 100% rock a Cygnet! NorfolkNWeigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 For the record, I'd 100% rock a Cygnet! The cheapest way to that today on Autotrader is £32,000!There are7 DB9s16 DB7s20 Vantages CHEAPER than that IQ with a grille. face and Nicola H 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 The best looking car ever made, for under £35 the 406 Coupe. I've just seen one on French plates and it looked like a facelift. Confused as it looked factory. Here she is. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 VW Ameo. Sexy. egg and CGSB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Suzuki S-Cross. Yuk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 The best looking car ever made, for under £35 the 406 Coupe. I've just seen one on French plates and it looked like a facelift. Confused as it looked factory. Here she is.I remember them being slated because Peugeot toned down the design from the original concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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