Aston V8 Vantage - deffo NSR
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Seen one in the flesh today....
Can't help butthink I've seen it before somewhere....
let me think......
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Sorry, but the piccies make it look soooooo much nicer
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Was very disappointed TBH.......
Still there's always the DB9
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Can't help butthink I've seen it before somewhere....
let me think......
![](http://www.classicdriver.fr/upload/images/_de/2800/img03pop.jpg)
mmmmmm
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Sorry, but the piccies make it look soooooo much nicer
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Was very disappointed TBH.......
Still there's always the DB9
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Only saying what I saw - the back looked like it had been chopped off!!!
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Just didn't flow like a DB9..........
All IMHO - I'll be waiting for that lottery win and going for a DB9
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Can't see any 3 Series at all, possibly a slight hint of 350Z, however, not enough to put me off wanting one
Big question is though, is this car going to make the AM brand more 'common', as the Boxster has done with Porsche. Dont get me wrong, a Porsche coming down the street still makes me stop and look, but the Aston is currently in a different league.
Lets hope it stays that way.
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Big question is though, is this car going to make the AM brand more 'common', as the Boxster has done with Porsche. Dont get me wrong, a Porsche coming down the street still makes me stop and look, but the Aston is currently in a different league.
Lets hope it stays that way.
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looks more like a Mazda 323 than a square boxy beemer
http://www.spoilersmax.co.uk/Spoiler...23_spoiler.jpg
it still looks damn sexy though but the DB9 is much nicer
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it still looks damn sexy though but the DB9 is much nicer
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Originally Posted by ScoobyDoo555
Seen one in the flesh today....
Can't help butthink I've seen it before somewhere....
let me think......
![](http://www.classicdriver.fr/upload/images/_de/2800/img03pop.jpg)
mmmmmm
![](http://www.compraventa.com/ad_pics_new/11/110_plr_s.jpg)
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Sorry, but the piccies make it look soooooo much nicer
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Was very disappointed TBH.......
Still there's always the DB9
Get a used one for the same price ![Wink](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)
Dan
Can't help butthink I've seen it before somewhere....
let me think......
![](http://www.classicdriver.fr/upload/images/_de/2800/img03pop.jpg)
mmmmmm
![](http://www.compraventa.com/ad_pics_new/11/110_plr_s.jpg)
![Big Grin](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Sorry, but the piccies make it look soooooo much nicer
![EEK!](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/eek.gif)
![Frown](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/frown.gif)
Was very disappointed TBH.......
Still there's always the DB9
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Think there lovley looking cars
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LMAO!!!! you b1tches can be SOOOOO cruel
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Sorry guys, I'm gonna stick to my guns on this one
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Don't get me wrong, when I saw the footage, press pics etc, I LOVED it. But seeing a dirty one yesterday in the flesh, I was totally underwhelmed. I certainly wouldn't say "no thanks", but I was really disappointed TBH.
I do agree with the "common" comment - can't help but think that peeps buying the V8 will be thinking "I really want a DB9, but can't afford it"........ bit like the Boxster issue.
But this is MUCH nicer -
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Originally Posted by ScoobyDoo555
I do agree with the "common" comment - can't help but think that peeps buying the V8 will be thinking "I really want a DB9, but can't afford it"........ bit like the Boxster issue.
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Where do you really draw the line with this sort of thing?
He bought a Porsche because he couldn't afford a Lambo/Ferrari/Airwolf
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The DB9 and Vantage are very different cars in a lot more than just price.
Aston Martin are only expecting to produce in the region of 3000 Vantages per year. When you compare this with the 30,000 or so 911s Porsche manufacture, it aint gonna be that common.
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yeh you're dead right, the Boxster is a great car. But it is (unfairly, I might add) never going to be a 911/996/997. These are the breaks.
As so, the Aston will always be compared to it's bigger brother, the DB9.
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As so, the Aston will always be compared to it's bigger brother, the DB9.
Still don't like it
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To anyone that thinks the Boxster "cheapens" Porsche's, I have 3 words: Nine Two Four. As for thinking an AM V8 looks even remotely like a 3 Compact, I don't think it's glasses you need, more like the corneas from a cadaver.
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I love the DB9 most sexiest car in the world IMHO, But the Bentley Continental comes a close second as for thr Porsche 911 don't knock until you have driven it, I was lucky enough to take one around Millbrook test track at 190 MPH and as for BMW's I would'nt give one house room.
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Originally Posted by NotoriousREV
To anyone that thinks the Boxster "cheapens" Porsche's, I have 3 words: Nine Two Four. As for thinking an AM V8 looks even remotely like a 3 Compact, I don't think it's glasses you need, more like the corneas from a cadaver.
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I'm with davegtt on this issue, there is definitely Mazda 323 in there
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If a Boxter is a poor man's 911, why is an F430 not a poor mans Maranello? Or a Gallardo a poor man's Murcielago?
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I can think of three even better words
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I'm with davegtt on this issue, there is definitely Mazda 323 in there
Not a new thing though, the early nineties 323 borrowed the taillights from the DB7
If a Boxter is a poor man's 911, why is an F430 not a poor mans Maranello? Or a Gallardo a poor man's Murcielago?
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I'm with davegtt on this issue, there is definitely Mazda 323 in there
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If a Boxter is a poor man's 911, why is an F430 not a poor mans Maranello? Or a Gallardo a poor man's Murcielago?
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Obviously the fact that a lot of image concious tw@ts drive them doesn't count, because where I live you see a lot of them in traditional' supercars too
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the early nineties 323 borrowed the taillights from the DB7
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No arguments on the DB9 being one seriously sexy car!
No sure about the compact v AM argument though
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i'm referring to general shape and the abrupt drop off at the boot - I'm certainly not comparing it to a BMW (I can't stand most of them, but I'm warming to the new 6 series)
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