Aston to produce 25 db4 in continuation run
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Aston to produce 25 db4 in continuation run
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I didnt get an invite to the sales run. Just what do you have to do to get one? I would have sprung for a Red bull hypercar, or the DB4. They are both instant appreciators without question.
Seems to me a case of discrimination. Only allowing certain rich people to become richer and keeping us common folks out of the loop. Conspiracy I say. I would also assume a Bank Loan for one of those limited runs shouldn't be a huge issue due to historically they only go up in price. I wonder about that. A bank couldn't lose, so to me it would be a slam dunk possibly. Just a thought
Seems to me a case of discrimination. Only allowing certain rich people to become richer and keeping us common folks out of the loop. Conspiracy I say. I would also assume a Bank Loan for one of those limited runs shouldn't be a huge issue due to historically they only go up in price. I wonder about that. A bank couldn't lose, so to me it would be a slam dunk possibly. Just a thought
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I think that 1.9 million was in pounds or euros, not US. If US then likely around 3mil or so. Still, its not only out of my reach financially, I am just putting them out of my dreams also. Nice but not for me. Let them enjoy it. 
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My view: I can’t think of a better tribute than for a manufacturer to keep making the old cars – as if they never went out of production. From a practical standpoint, the present tense inhibits street registration, that’s too bad. I have to wonder if there’s a way to get a Show & Display exemption but its highly doubtful if its not street homologated for its home country.
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I may be completely off on this, but I'm wondering if this came about to get a quick injection of money using under-utilized assets.
The restorations that Works does in Newport Pagnell for these much older cars are often complete rebuilds. The original chasses crumble and are often 100% newly made with modern materials, wiring is corroded new looms need to be made, and body panels are still made by hand on molds. If the restoration shop isn't doing much, it'd be relatively easy to have them make 25 more cars and sell them for a ton of money - about 5x the cost of a full restoration - even though the process isn't much more involved.
If they aren't street legal, I think that might even support my theory. They might not be eligible for registration because they're quite literally building these from scratch in the same why they'd do a full DB4 restoration, and not going through the cost or effort of making them compliant with current laws and regulations.
Basically, they just got a ~$60M cash injection by building 25 cars that would have cost far less if they were "only" complete restorations. And that far-less cost still includes a decent profit for Works. With some rough math and guesstimation, sprinkled with wild speculation, I think AML may have just pocketed about $25-30M in profit by fully restoring 25 cars that didn't exist.
The restorations that Works does in Newport Pagnell for these much older cars are often complete rebuilds. The original chasses crumble and are often 100% newly made with modern materials, wiring is corroded new looms need to be made, and body panels are still made by hand on molds. If the restoration shop isn't doing much, it'd be relatively easy to have them make 25 more cars and sell them for a ton of money - about 5x the cost of a full restoration - even though the process isn't much more involved.
If they aren't street legal, I think that might even support my theory. They might not be eligible for registration because they're quite literally building these from scratch in the same why they'd do a full DB4 restoration, and not going through the cost or effort of making them compliant with current laws and regulations.
Basically, they just got a ~$60M cash injection by building 25 cars that would have cost far less if they were "only" complete restorations. And that far-less cost still includes a decent profit for Works. With some rough math and guesstimation, sprinkled with wild speculation, I think AML may have just pocketed about $25-30M in profit by fully restoring 25 cars that didn't exist.