Not bad results and CEO seems upbeat. DBX is 50+% of sales and rest of line-up flat q/q in an auto market buying boom. In the PR I didn't see any mention of the refresh of cars so maybe they are going to wait until 2025 with 100% hybrid/electron goals. Not sure how they make it 4yrs just living off DBX and outdated GT cars...

https://amsc-prod-cd.azureedge.net/-...61475455f11905

 

Def in the right direction. But SP doesn't seem to reflect yet.

Very curious what Massenet and McKee will bring to the table. Stroll's past exp in lux fashion clearly is at play here somewhere.

 

No mention of the Lagonda brand at all. That's supposed to be their electrified only marque with the most stunning designs at that!

Stroll knows what he's doing.

 

Given the flat sales, forward march of EV market/politics, I wouldn't be surprised if the '23 facelift plans were scrapped given the cost. This could be backed up by the '22 drop of many options and streamlining of the spec sheet. Perhaps CarPlay may be added in '22/23 and perhaps a Vantage S with the performance of the F1 editions.

 

I think you are right...There wasn't enough time/ROI to refresh given their long term goals so they will do F1 editions etc to drive some interest until 2025. By 2025 I think AM will be lucky to sell 500 cars/qtr with the current line-up so may have to stuff the channel (non BTO model) to keep revs up until then. I don't know for sure but I'd bet the Ferrari Roma 1H 2021 sales outsold all AM cars (excluding verts).

 

Bentley is killing it in sales...They almost sold as many Bentayga ~2800 in 1H 2021 as Aston did for all vehicles ~2900..kinda sad AM is missing this auto boom...

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Bentley has sold 7,199 vehicles since the start of January, which marks a 50 percent increase over sales figures from 2019, when the brand sold 4,785 vehicles. Sales were fairly evenly spread across the automaker’s three models, the Bentayga SUV (2,767 units), the Continental GT grand tourer (2,318) and the Flying Spur saloon (2,063).


https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/b...lf-1234627883/