Voici la prochaine Vantage !

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-22/aston-martin-s-new-150-000-vantage-has-sold-out-its-first-year

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? un peu moins de 126.000 euros de base aux USA

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Je confirme c'est moche... Comme quoi ce n'est pas une question d'age ou d'habitude.. la ligne d'une Vantage MKI ne faisait pas tout ... C'est bien qu'il y avait autre chose

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Je trouve, comme beaucoup, qu'elle a gagné en modernité ce qu'elle a perdu en élégance/sobriété/pureté des lignes.



Pour ma part la chose qui pose le plus gros problème est le style de la calandre. Mais au fond ça n'est pas si grave, ça se change facilement et quelque chose me dit qu'Aston proposera très bientôt une calandre plus "aston" en option ou en restylage.


Le profil et l'arrière je m'y habitue déjà et trouve ça plutôt jolie.



Un autre point qui ne me plait pas du tout : le fait d'avoir écrit en toute lettre "Aston Martin" en dessous du logo derrière... Une Aston est (devrait) être reconnaissable au permier coup d'oeil, le logo ailé devrait suffire. Mais non, il a fallut écrire "aston martin" comme un Renault, Peugeot et autres constructeur généraliste le fait avec ses voitures. Ça me fout un coup...



Au final je préfère les anciens modèles mais parions qu'Aston rectifie le tir rapidement.

Je vais encore en rajouter mais il fallait quand même le noter pour que l'on sache que s'en est bien une !!!

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Aston Martin reshapes Vantage to lure younger buyers






The new Vantage has a 510-hp version of the twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 engine used by the DB11 V-8 and supplied by Daimler's AMG performance arm. It has a top speed of 195 mph and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, Aston Martin said. Photo credit: REUTERS


GAYDON, England -- Aston Martin is pitching its new-generation Vantage to a younger customer group, helped by a radical redesign that gives the coupe greater differentiation compared with current models.

Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer called the latest Vantage "the greatest car I've been involved with in my 38 years in the automotive industry."

The restyling will help the Vantage become the automaker's best-seller with annual sales approaching 3,500 despite a hefty price increase over the old model, Palmer predicted at a pre-launch event held at the automaker's headquarters here on Monday.

The Vantage is Aston's entry car aimed at sports cars such as top-end Porsche 911s.

One of the new design's most dramatic features compared with the more elegant DB11 is the "shark nose"grille with a protruding surround and a mesh covering that can be swapped out for different versions depending on the taste of the customer. It will be offered with new colors such as a striking yellow-green Lime Essence shade.

The Vantage is bought by owners with an average age of just over 50. Palmer hopes to push that figure into the 40s, with younger buyers attracted by its new look. "We are targeting younger customers because we are seeing younger customers coming to the brand, particularly in places such as China,” Palmer said.

510 hp


The new Vantage has a 510-hp version of the twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 engine used by the DB11 V-8 and supplied by Daimler’s AMG performance arm. It has a top speed of 195 mph and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, Aston Martin said.

The front-mounted engine is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission supplied by ZF and fitted to the rear of the car. A manual gearbox from Graziano will be offered as an option in about 12 months, Palmer said.

The Vantage was launched in 2005 when Ford Motor owned Aston Martin. Prices will start at 120,900 pounds in its U.K. home market, 154,000 euros in Germany and at $149,995 in the U.S., which is expected to be the largest market. The U.K. price represents a jump of 22 percent over the current model.

The car is built on a version of the bonded and riveted aluminum chassis that underpins the DB11, but 70 percent of the components are different, the company said. It has no active aerodynamics such as a lifting rear spoiler but is one of the few Aston Martins to create positive downforce at the rear thanks to its built-in tail spoiler and rear diffuser.

The two axles have been placed as far apart as possible to help with the handling in a car that measures just 175.6 inches long, 11.2 inches shorter than a DB11 and 1.3 inches shorter than a Porsche 911.


The new Vantage will be offered with new colors such as a striking yellow-green Lime Essence (shown).


Porsche benchmark

The Vantage was benchmarked against higher powered versions of the 911, one of the key rivals Aston is targeting. Aston’s "proxy" customer for the car, a 38-year-old Frankfurt based banker called Marcus, currently drives a 911. The company also hopes to attract customers moving up from the Jaguar F-type, a similarly muscularly front-engined/rear-wheel-drive sports car that sells for less.

Aston Martin said it has amassed many orders for the car after seven weeks of private viewings in the U.K., Europe, China and the U.S. It didn’t give a final figure, but in the U.K., 80 percent of the 470 prospective or current customers who saw the redesigned car placed an order, a source said.

Production of the Vantage will begin at Aston Martin's factory in Gaydon, central England, in the first quarter of next year with deliveries starting later in spring.

The car is the second of seven new or redesigned vehicles Aston has promised in seven years under its "Second Century" business plan, which started with the DB11. Following the Vantage will be a retooled high-end Vanquish sports car to be unveiled next year and the DBX SUV arriving in 2019. A midengine sports car will follow in 2020, with two sedans targeting Bentley and Rolls-Royce customers arriving after that.


Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer calls the latest Vantage "the greatest car I've been involved with in my 38 years in the automotive industry."
Photo credit: REUTERS


Turnaround plan

Aston Martin is pursuing a turnaround plan designed to restore profits and set up a possible public stock offering.

With the Vantage, it hopes to reach full production capacity of 7,000 sports cars at its Gaydon plant in 2019, which would be the most cars it has produced for a decade, underscoring how crucial success of the new model is.

"It's important fiscally because it is the car that really moves us into that positive free cash flow territory, but I think it was also important industrially because you are now talking about a plant that is full," Palmer said.

Aston is also building a new factory in Wales where the DBX will roll off the production line starting in late 2019.

As Aston grows, Palmer has said its owners, mainly Kuwaiti and Italian private equity firms, could sell the company to a larger car group, other private equity firms or launch an initial public offering, but that the decision and timing are matters for the shareholders to discuss.

Reuters contributed to this report.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20171121/COPY01/311219957/aston-martin-reshapes-vantage-to-appeal-to-younger-buyers

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Ca devrait être une mission de l'Etat Anglais que de la sauver ! Il sauve bien des oeuvres d'art pour les musées ! Aston aussi fait partie du patrimoine !

Hihi! Elle est bien bonne celle-là! Je rappelle, pour mémoire, que l'Angleterre n'est pas particulièrement interventionniste, et c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire... Ils ont bien laissé crever Rover sans sourciller. En Angleterre, c'est la loi du marché. Que voulez-vous vraiment? Qu'Aston Martin mette la clé sous la porte parce que vous vouliez que la firme reste figée dans son histoire comme un monument aux morts?


Va falloir faire des compromis pour durer, sinon... Ca passe sans doute par un SUV et de l'électrique, ne vous en déplaise.

Commentaire plein de lucidité de Fozzie. Comme d'hab.

Si c'est pas de la lèche, çà s'y rapproche étrangement !!!

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Snifff !!!

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Hihi! Elle est bien bonne celle-là! Je rappelle, pour mémoire, que l'Angleterre n'est pas particulièrement interventionniste, et c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire... Ils ont bien laissé crever Rover sans sourciller. En Angleterre, c'est la loi du marché. Que voulez-vous vraiment? Qu'Aston Martin mette la clé sous la porte parce que vous vouliez que la firme reste figée dans son histoire comme un monument aux morts?


Va falloir faire des compromis pour durer, sinon... Ca passe sans doute par un SUV et de l'électrique, ne vous en déplaise.

Commentaire plein de lucidité de Fozzie. Comme d'hab.

Si c'est pas de la lèche, çà s'y rapproche étrangement !!!