"gettingoldercarguy" (gettingoldercarguy)
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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> gettingoldercarguy
01/29/2020 at 00:02 |
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This car is why new Aston Martins are no longer the pinnacle of automotive design.
THIS is quite possibly the my favorite, and among the most beautiful front-engine cars, EVER.
So good looking, it can pull of f light green and still look both aggressive and gorgeous.
Aston Martin is coming down off this peak... and arguably Ferrari Roma is closer to this kind of design class than the new DB11 or Vantage.
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gettingoldercarguy
> BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
01/29/2020 at 02:21 |
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I love the base DB9 for its simplicity. Auto trans thank you and I'd be happy as a lark.
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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> gettingoldercarguy
01/29/2020 at 11:09 |
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DB9 is gorgeous, too, no doubt, and cleaner-looking than either Vanquish version, or DBS, and a bit more gracious than Vantage.
I think the highest form of that bodystyle was the Virage, with the clean front and rear fascia styling pulled from the Vantage V12 and Vantage S update , and the updated Rapide-shared lighting.
I’d take one... heck, I’d enjoy a clean, sorted DB7 supercharged I6.
The 2nd-gen Vanquish, is just that one step higher in terms of design , though, and more cohesive than the DBS that preceded it, and more beautiful than the DB10/11 and Vantage re-design that followed it. Peak modern Aston Martin, perhaps.
Sort of like the DB5. Just slightly improved from already-great DB4 with faired in covered lights and other evolutionary updates , (DB4 GT Zagato notwithstanding, as a special project) but also better than the DB6 that followed, which gained an awkward roofline and lost a bit of the previous gracious form. Peak classic Aston Martin.