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Offline FleischmanN

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Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« on: 07-Jan-2008, 02:01:26 »
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Aston Martin’s CEO, Ulrich Bez, has said that the company’s current number one priority is developing the Rapide. In a recent interview with AutoCar, Bez said that Aston Martin is considering building the Rapide in Italy with a third-party manufacturer and that sports car specialist Pininfarina is one of the potential third party production experts on the table.

“Many manufacturers already build models at specialist manufacturers like Karmann, Magna Steyr and Pininfarina, where they have top quality facilities and all the capabilities needed,” said Bez.

Bez told AutoCar that it is not feasible for Aston Martin to build the four-door Rapide at its Newport Pagnell facility or its new Gaydon factory.

“The facilities at Newport Pagnell were very old and not adequate and the site was not big enough. We have never built more than 600 cars at Newport so it was not really viable.” Gaydon on the other hand is already close to running maximum production. With the DBS going into full production next year, Aston will build over 7,200 cars at the Gaydon plant.

Aston Martin’s chief designer, Marek Reichman, said the four-door-coupe  will arrive in 2009 or 2010 and will cost around $400,000.






LOL, AM has barelly moved into the new factory in Gaydon and already it is proving too small. This just shows what a huge demand there is for cars of this brand (apparantelly the waiting list for a DBS is about 4 years !!!)
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #1 on: 07-Jan-2008, 02:12:00 »
And thinking that just 10 years ago Aston Martin was no more than a brit sports car manufacturer with the unreliable DB7 as the only option in the sales brochure?! :wink:

Shows how popular those Astons are these days. I don't doubt of the 4-years waiting list for the DBS - it's just pure sex on wheels, especially in Racing Green colour!! :love:

As for the factory... seems that Ford didn't want to spend too much money in a factory for Aston knowing that thye were gonna sell it sooner or later :wink: that's the only explanation I can find... :roll:
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #2 on: 07-Jan-2008, 02:15:09 »
Quote from: danidmas on 07-Jan-2008, 02:12:00
Shows how popular those Astons are these days. I don't doubt of the 4-years waiting list for the DBS - it's just pure sex on wheels, especially in Racing Green colour!! :love:


Yeah, then again, the production of the DBS is apparantelly limited to 250 per annum so 1000 orders is pretty understandable. Anyway, I think I'd have mine in infa red or dark grey :D
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #3 on: 07-Jan-2008, 10:15:50 »
With the way they look and drive these days it's no surprise they're so popular. Concerning the waiting lists, they produce a limited amount of cars every year, like FleischmanN pointed out, so the fact that the waiting lists are so long are really no surprise.
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #4 on: 07-Jan-2008, 12:03:26 »
I haven't really liked all the Pininfarina designs so far, so it's either gonna be stunning Aston or crappy Pininfarina. :)
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #5 on: 07-Jan-2008, 12:14:16 »
Quote from: mrmojo77 on 07-Jan-2008, 12:03:26
I haven't really liked all the Pininfarina designs so far, so it's either gonna be stunning Aston or crappy Pininfarina. :)

Pinifarina is not gonna design the car, it's just gonna build it :wink: at least that's what I've understood from that article....
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #6 on: 07-Jan-2008, 13:18:05 »
Quote from: danidmas on 07-Jan-2008, 12:14:16
Pinifarina is not gonna design the car, it's just gonna build it :wink: at least that's what I've understood from that article....
:blush: Oops, my mistake. Why go to Italy, when they could come in Uusikaupunki, where Caymans and Coxters are built. :mrgreen: That factory would be then a worth a visit.
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #7 on: 08-Jan-2008, 01:55:50 »
Quote from: danidmas on 07-Jan-2008, 02:12:00
And thinking that just 10 years ago Aston Martin was no more than a brit sports car manufacturer with the unreliable DB7 as the only option in the sales brochure?! :wink:

Shows how popular those Astons are these days. I don't doubt of the 4-years waiting list for the DBS - it's just pure sex on wheels, especially in Racing Green colour!! :love:

I wonder how much Aston Martin can thank Top Gear and Fifth Gear for their sucsess in this periode....

Im not sure where I read it, but the day after TG made a raving review of the the DB9 they sold a bunch of them.....the power of the media.... ;)
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #8 on: 08-Jan-2008, 02:03:41 »
Quote from: brembo on 08-Jan-2008, 01:55:50
I wonder how much Aston Martin can thank Top Gear and Fifth Gear for their sucsess in this periode....

Im not sure where I read it, but the day after TG made a raving review of the the DB9 they sold a bunch of them.....the power of the media.... ;)

I truely believe that. both programs are wery strong in decidings of the customers, so it is more than possible, that after seeing Jerremy's "POWWWWAAAA" the phone started ringing at AM office :)

I'm sure that both Top and 5th Gear have a BIG participation in the supercars sales (why not, if these 2 programs are the only the best ones for the supercar tests...)
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #9 on: 08-Jan-2008, 02:30:00 »
All I know is that I want that Rapide. Good god it's gorgeous.  :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #10 on: 08-Jan-2008, 12:24:03 »
Quote from: MIHALS on 08-Jan-2008, 02:03:41
I truely believe that. both programs are wery strong in decidings of the customers, so it is more than possible, that after seeing Jerremy's "POWWWWAAAA" the phone started ringing at AM office :)

I'm sure that both Top and 5th Gear have a BIG participation in the supercars sales (why not, if these 2 programs are the only the best ones for the supercar tests...)

In the official Koenigsegg CCX brochure there's even a photo of the Stigg, talking about the TG lap record :wink: I guess it's become some sort of reference...
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #11 on: 08-Jan-2008, 14:53:53 »
Quote from: brembo on 08-Jan-2008, 01:55:50
I wonder how much Aston Martin can thank Top Gear and Fifth Gear for their sucsess in this periode....

Im not sure where I read it, but the day after TG made a raving review of the the DB9 they sold a bunch of them.....the power of the media.... ;)

I wonder the opposite...meaning how much is Clarkson or Top Gear in general to blame for the demise of some cars or brands even...
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #12 on: 08-Jan-2008, 15:18:12 »
Quote from: insane on 08-Jan-2008, 14:53:53
I wonder the opposite...meaning how much is Clarkson or Top Gear in general to blame for the demise of some cars or brands even...

Yeah it work both ways of course, so when JC slaughter a KIA it doesnt make wonders for the car....

One thing that would be interesting is to know if the sales figuers of the Suzuki Liana was affected in the time they used it as the car in their star segment of the show, and if there was a change when they stopped using it....
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #13 on: 09-Jan-2008, 00:21:01 »
Quote from: insane on 08-Jan-2008, 14:53:53
I wonder the opposite...meaning how much is Clarkson or Top Gear in general to blame for the demise of some cars or brands even...

A lot of fingers were pointed at him when Rover called it quits.
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« Reply #14 on: 09-Jan-2008, 01:08:10 »
Quote from: 666fast on 09-Jan-2008, 00:21:01
A lot of fingers were pointed at him when Rover called it quits.

Yeah I know, but rovers did suck so you never know....
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #15 on: 09-Jan-2008, 11:59:19 »
^I dno, James May quite liked the Rover 75.  :)
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #16 on: 09-Jan-2008, 22:27:36 »
Quote from: insane on 09-Jan-2008, 11:59:19
^I dno, James May quite liked the Rover 75.  :)

Well James May was voted most weird man in the UK also... ;)
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #17 on: 10-Jan-2008, 12:49:00 »
Quote from: brembo on 09-Jan-2008, 22:27:36
Well James May was voted most weird man in the UK also... ;)

I thought it was weird crush....
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #18 on: 10-Jan-2008, 19:03:59 »
Quote from: insane on 10-Jan-2008, 12:49:00
I thought it was weird crush....

well weird crush, weird man.....same shit....
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Re: Pininfarina to help build 4 door Aston Martin ?
« Reply #19 on: 10-Jan-2008, 19:13:21 »
Quote from: brembo on 10-Jan-2008, 19:03:59
well weird crush, weird man.....same shit....

Well if you said James May was "your weird man of the year" then no one would see anything strange in that, but if you'd say that he was "your weird crush of the year", well then you might get a few strange looks.  :lol: So quite different...
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