One 77 - Any magazine reviews out there?
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I didn't like to mention the clutch problem. Quite where I heard it escapes me. Having said that, with that much power and torque a bad driver could probably rip the clutch out very quickly.
The more I think about the lack of press coverage the more I think AM are being discreet in which case "good on them"
Imagine you turn up at your local in your one 77 to be told by some arse that your cars crap because some Koenigsegg goes 3mph faster.
Aston Martin do not want to get involved. I applaud them!
The more I think about the lack of press coverage the more I think AM are being discreet in which case "good on them"
Imagine you turn up at your local in your one 77 to be told by some arse that your cars crap because some Koenigsegg goes 3mph faster.
Aston Martin do not want to get involved. I applaud them!
robgt said:
Not to my knowledge. Strange though, it would almost seem as if AM don't want to broadcast the cars abilities.
Probably because compared to it's rivals of a similar price, it's abilities are pretty piss poor to be honest. 0-60 in under 3.7 seconds. The new Mclaren completely destroys that for 1/5th of the price.
220+ mph. The same as a 1991 Jaguar?
It's the stuff that can't be measured that the One-77 seems to excel in.
There are only 77 of these cars being made - I really dont see why AM would give one to the press to hammer it around a track when they could sell it for full £1M price as new otherwise.
Sure journalists can oggle at one on static display somewhere but it makes sense to me that ultra rare limited run cars would never be the subject of a full "magazine review". Besides, as George has righly pointed out already, the One-77 isnt really just about its performance on or off the track, it is much much more than that.
Sure journalists can oggle at one on static display somewhere but it makes sense to me that ultra rare limited run cars would never be the subject of a full "magazine review". Besides, as George has righly pointed out already, the One-77 isnt really just about its performance on or off the track, it is much much more than that.
Edited by Adam2S on Thursday 8th December 22:55
For the company that has a purpose built testing hangout at the Nurburgring, and a CEO that heralds that every car is optimised on ze Nurburgring, and 0-60 times are flaunted whenever they can, and a company that can't sell all of the 77 cars they promised, I too find it suspicious that no mention of the car's performance is made.
How bad is it?
How bad is it?
Speedraser said:
George,
Groundbreaking or not, 220 mph is 220 mph!
Oh yeah, the same speed as a 20 year old Jag with an engine half the size of the Aston's! Supercars costing similar to the Aston are doing 250+ mph nowadays. I'm not saying its crap because it only does 220 mph, but for the money I would expect the performance at least matched to its main rivals. Groundbreaking or not, 220 mph is 220 mph!
yes, I agree, I doubt many Aston owners buy them because they are the fastest in their class or price point, quite simply they are not and no matter the price point, theres usually something that will go faster cheaper, if thats your primary buying concern 
sooner or later dont we buy things just because we like them, regardless of Top Trumps style statistics?
sooner or later dont we buy things just because we like them, regardless of Top Trumps style statistics?
George H said:
. . . for the money I would expect the performance at least matched to its main rivals.
As we all know, this is typically not the case with Aston. For every AM model there is another car for the same price or less that is faster. For example, you can buy a GTR or a ZR1 for less than the base Vantage, and both will outperform the Vantage by a large margin. The person buying the Aston isn't buying it because it's the fastest car in its class. Gassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff