Hello everybody, Today I will be informing you about the 3 new astons revealed at the Geneva Motor Show, which was on earlier this year or late last year. Since some of us are not wealthy enough to afford an Aston Martin but those of you can can afford one and are looking to buy one is next couple of years, this should hopefully give you advice on which one to get, mixed in with your opinions. All the cars I mention in this I will put a photo of at the bottom of this post.
Aston Martin Valkyrie: The 150 Aston Martin Valkyries that will be made road-legal have just started production and each unit has already been sold at the cost of about $4.5M (I’m not joking). The engine powering this car is a 6.5 L V12 developed by Cosworth, a maker of insanely powerful engines that sometimes find themselves in F1 cars. This engine and an electric motor together create 1,160 horsepower and the engine can rev at up to 11, 000 RPM, which is just mind boggling. It has a top speed of 402 km/h or 250 mph but sadly the o-100km/h or 0-62mph time has not been confirmed, although I think it would be down in the mid to low 2 second range. It weighs just 1.1 tons so it has a power to weight ratio of 1 horse power to 1 kg, which has not been seen in the world of road cars since god-knows-when. Expect to never see this car unless you live very close to a race-track, have one, are a motoring journalist or live in an area with some of the smoothest roads around.
Aston Martin Vanquish vision: The Aston Martin Vanquish vision is quite similar to the Valkyrie on the outside but the inside and all the inner workings are very different. Let’s start with the engine: While the Valkyrie has a 6.5 litre V12 hybrid with 1,160 horsepower, the Vanquish vision is powered by a twin-turbo V6 hybrid to get performance numbers that have not yet been revealed although I expect it to have between 500 and 600 horsepower and be able to do 0-100 or 0-62 in low 3 seconds to high 2 seconds territory. Another difference is what the car is made out of: while the Valkyrie is mostly Carbon-fibre, the vanquish Vision has an aluminium body. The fact that the Vanquish is made of aluminium instead of carbon-fibre, there would be more weight than Valkyrie. Even though weight figures haven’t been announced yet, I would expect the vanquish to be no heavier than 1.5 tons. The Vanquish will start production in 2022 and 7,000 to be made so if you are thinking of buying one you might want to start saving up as it will probably cost $400,000-$700,000, or in other words, quite a lot.
Aston Martin DBX: Aston Martin’s ultra-luxury sub-brand Lagonda ( Lagonda to Aston martin is like what Maybach is to Mercedes-Benz) has gone and made an SUV. This surprised me at first but as I soaked it in I realised what a good idea it is. It’s a good idea as lots of people out there probably would love to own an Aston Martin and probably have the money for one, but they just don’t want a car that is noisy and bruises your bum when you go over a bump a little too enthusiastically. This Aston Martin is quite different though as it is electric so it is as quiet as they come and since it has been made by Lagonda, Aston’s ultra-luxury sub-brand, it should be one of the most-comfortable cars Aston Martin makes, after the Rapide, their 4-door sedan (yes, they do have a 4-door sedan) and potentially the DB-11. It is also an SUV so it is the most practical car Aston makes as it has the biggest boot of any of their cars and has back-seats that a reasonable-sized person can actually fit in. So if you want an Aston but don’t want a sports car, the Rapide and this are your only option.
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Very technical advice,if only I could afford one. Maybe in my next life. Cheers Nan
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