AM V8s have been produced since 2005. I was looking at the latest 2015 models on Ebay and they seem to be in the 19,XXX range. Surprisingly low for 10 years of production of the AMV8.

I was gonna swap my 08 AMV8 for a 964 Porsche but I thought about the exclusivity of the AM cars.

Porsche
964 - 54k
993 - 68k
996 - 175k
997.1 - 100k+


What do you guys think will be the final production count of the AM V8?

 

I thought they were planning to produce 3000 units a year, but may have sold more. I think production numbers would be closer to 30k by now.


From Wiki "While the V8 Vantage remains a rare and special car by any standard, the success of the model is highlighted by the completion of chassis number 10,000 – a specially ordered Onyx Coupe delivered to a customer in USA – in the first half of 2008"

 

But that is 30k units for the world and even less for the states. AMs are still pretty rare to see on the streets especially since most are garage queens.


I see multiple 911s every day and most people can't tell any of them apart. One of the reasons I bought a V8V over a 911.


By the same token, even more people do not know the model designations within the Aston lineup.

 

The VINs of the latest V8Vs have only recently crossed the 19,000 mark -- that's worldwide so far.

 

I feel like later models are more rare as well as production numbers fell off. The bulk of them are probably the pre-2012 cars.

 

But what proportion of the V8V's are roadsters?--that could be the most valuable in the future. It has been the case with other UK marques in the past.

 

V8 Vantage roadsters are separately numbered. The last 6 characters of the coupe are Cnnnnn, the roadster are Dnnnnn. The V12 Vantage are Snnnnn. So you need to look at a recently built roadster and the add that to the number of coupes.

 

I don't think that's true for the V8s. The letter designates coupe or roadster, but the 5 digit sequence is for both, just like it is for DB9s. V12 Vantages are different. So, about 17K DB9s, 19K V8 Vantages and 2K V12 Vantages. That's 38K cars over 10 years, which is about right.

After you add in Rapide, Vanquish and DBS (another 11K), you've got almost 50K cars. Peak production was around 7K in 2007 or 8, and the last few years around 4K, so 50K sounds right to me, not 70K if you were to assume roadsters and coupes were separately numbered.

 

For what it is worth, my MY12.25 V8V roadster has a vin that ends in D169XX

 

Anyone know the ratio of coupes to roadsters? A quick search on Autotrader lists 153 roadsters for sale in the US and 192 coupes for sale in the US (but a total of 329 V8V - go figure).

This would put the ratio at about 55% coupe to 45% roadster, which seems a little high based on "what I see on the street" experience.

 

OK but in the homeland of Aston the proportion of Roadsters is much lower (for obvious reasons).So you cant judge from US stats where ,I guess ,the Roadsters were more popular.
Just checked my VIN and you cant tell from the chassis number (last 5 digits) as they were continuous thro coupes and roadsters.
My VIN is S(UK) CF(Aston Martin)B(2 Seat)E(RHD-Sportshift)04(Convertible)B(Engine 4.3)O(VIN Check)8(2008 Year)G(Gaydon factory)D(V8 roadster)08881(Chassis number)

 

Any idea what that proportion actually is or an indication of a directional lean?

I have no idea (which is why I am asking) and was putting the Autotrader info out as it was the quickest/easiest way to get some directional data on the topic.

Incidentally, looking at the UK Autotrader brings a ratio of about 70% coupe to 30% roadster, which is what I would typically expect.

 

I don't think this will be the case in the way it was with cars like the DB4/5/6, because the number of those convertibles was tiny. Whatever the ratio of coupe:convertible is for the current cars, it's far closer to even than it used to be.