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Old 08-22-2019, 02:08 PM
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Someone is fixing the new Vantage

Front and rear bumper

What do you think?
 
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Old 08-22-2019, 03:18 PM
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Huge improvement - now for that mishmash of an interior...
 
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Get rid of Reichman, hire these guys.

Headlights still look bad, though.
 
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I really like it.
 
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Is Revenant Automotive even a real company or are these computer renders made by some random guy in his basement? A Google search of the company name did not return any results and the email address listed on the Revenant Automotive Instagram page, info@revenantautomotive.com does not actually exist.
 
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Old 08-23-2019, 08:47 AM
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Is Revenant Automotive even a real company or are these computer renders made by some random guy in his basement? A Google search of the company name did not return any results and the email address listed on the Revenant Automotive Instagram page, info@revenantautomotive.com does not actually exist.
I think you answered your own question

Looks good though, huge improvement... now if they could somehow fix the headlights and that god awful tablet in the interior this might be going places
 
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Old 08-23-2019, 09:22 AM
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There was always going to be somebody aftermarket that would improve on that design and those are huge improvements, it's actually beautiful again. Now if it's getting enough air thru the cooling is another question but for pure aesthetics, huge improvement. That AML didn't address the problem themselves with an alternate option just makes me think they're not flexible enough to address all markets for the car, make it appeal to the racer boy set, but still appeal to those of us that just loved the pure beauty of the older designs.
 
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Old 08-23-2019, 11:39 AM
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Massive improvement! Now if only Aston would do this on the facelift and sort the rather disjointed interior design.....
 
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Agreed - way better. My theory is that this is what the designers originally had in mind and Andy (or someone in leadership) demanded something more bold to break Aston Martin out of their rut. Problem is, their rut was the most beautiful cars made. When you give up design leadership and outsource engineering, I'm just not sure what you have left. I would have considered this car with this design when it first came out. Instead, the design completely repelled me. Now that said, the young guys I worked with loved the new design, so this may be a generational thing.
 
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I would buy it.
 
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I would buy it.
I'll be right behind you. I'll let you sort out whether this is an actual company and not some scammer, and review the quality of the aftermarket parts, before I pay good money. HAHA
 
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According to an article in the Detroit Bureau, Andy Palmer quote about the negative past weeks: 'Nobody like to hear their child being called ugly' - not sure he meant the Vantage or just the company in general.
 
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Looks very nice, now if they can add some hood vents & make the headlights 20 % bigger, it would be car that every one want to have..
Then lot of work needs to be done to interior cluster&^*#. hideous tablet & 100000 switches needs to be redesigned too...
 
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Improvement

But the headlights, as said, still need attention.
 
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Now, can they make it 10" shorter and 600 pounds lighter?
 


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