German Aston Martin engines.....

[cerbman]

is this OK? How is this such a British car - as they claim - when it's onwned by the Americans, run by a German and now the engines are German made?

>> Edited by cerbman on Tuesday 14th February 14:31

[rich1231]

yes

[shadytree]

No


It's far too smooth, revs fantasticly, makes an awesome sound and touch wood, has never put a foot wrong.

I'd much rather have a hand built British engine that has relability issues.




>> Edited by shadytree on Tuesday 14th February 14:15

[cerbman]

shadytree said:

No It's far too smooth, revs fantasticly, makes an awesome sound and touch wood, has never put a foot wrong. I'd much rather have a hand built British engine that has relability issues. >> Edited by shadytree on Tuesday 14th February 14:15

But yours is basically a Jaguar engine.

[g55dxb]

I couldn't care less if the engine was hand assembled by buddhist monks in Tibet, it loves to rev and sounds incredible.

[:J:]

cerbman said:

is this OK? How is this such a British car - as they claim - when it's onwned by the Americans, run by a German and now the engines are German made? >> Edited by cerbman on Tuesday 14th February 14:31

Engines have been made in Cologne for years now, been owned by the Americans for years and funnily enough it has been run by a German for years.......

It's like the Antiques Roadshow of postings, lol......

[shadytree]

cerbman said:

shadytree said: No It's far too smooth, revs fantasticly, makes an awesome sound and touch wood, has never put a foot wrong. I'd much rather have a hand built British engine that has relability issues. >> Edited by shadytree on Tuesday 14th February 14:15 But yours is basically a Jaguar engine.

yes, of course your right it's basically a Jag engine. a bit like the DB9 engine is two Mondeo V6's glued together

Just off home now to go for a spin in my American Aston Martin with a German Engine, Italian seats, Swedish satnav.

[shadytree]

:J: said:

cerbman said: is this OK? How is this such a British car - as they claim - when it's onwned by the Americans, run by a German and now the engines are German made? >> Edited by cerbman on Tuesday 14th February 14:31 Engines have been made in Cologne for years now, been owned by the Americans for years and funnily enough it has been run by a German for years....... It's like the Antiques Roadshow of postings, lol......

:J:

did you say repost ?

[:J:]

I'm still hanging my head in shame......

[cerbman]

:J: said:

cerbman said: is this OK? How is this such a British car - as they claim - when it's onwned by the Americans, run by a German and now the engines are German made? >> Edited by cerbman on Tuesday 14th February 14:31 Engines have been made in Cologne for years now, been owned by the Americans for years and funnily enough it has been run by a German for years....... It's like the Antiques Roadshow of postings, lol......

My point is that Aston Martin claims to be all things British.

>> Edited by cerbman on Friday 17th February 10:14

[:J:]

It is ???

Would you say TVR are Russian now ?



>> Edited by :J: on Tuesday 14th February 15:43

[cerbman]

:J: said:

It is ??? Would you say TVR is Russian ?

No, because it is ONLY Russian owned, the cars are made and engineered here. But Aston is losing its Britishness, not that people seem to mind.

[Marki]

They are also losing their reliability problems

[shadytree]

cerbman said:

But Aston is losing its Britishness

Not really. Take a visit around Gaydon or Newport Pagnel and it still feels very British.
So many cars now days have components out sourced or made abroad. It really doesn't bother me and i'm one of the biggest Aston nuts you'll meet.

[:J:]

cerbman said:

:J: said: It is ??? Would you say TVR is Russian ? No, because it is ONLY Russian owned, the cars are made and engineered here. But Aston is losing its Britishness, not that people seem to mind.

Is every single component of a TVR made in Britain then ?
Not trying to be sarcastic, I just don't know.

Anyway, this got very boring back when it was relevant and it is fast approcahing it again now.

Like Shady said, shall we dust off the "2 Mondeo Engines" thread, lol....

Or even better, the Carerra S vs V8 thread, that got VERY boring



I guess whether Aston is British or not lay in peoples perceptions, IMO, it's British

[shadytree]

[:J:]

Did anyone order a taxi for this thread....... ????




>> Edited by :J: on Tuesday 14th February 16:11

[shadytree]

[cerbman]

Sarky lot. The Aston Martin Cologne thread was nearly 3 years ago.
My point is still, of the following foreign owned British marques, Aston claimes to be most British: Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, Rolls Royce and TVR.

[shadytree]

cerbman said:

Sarky lot. The Aston Martin Cologne thread was nearly 3 years ago. My point is still, of the following foreign owned British marques, Aston claimes to be most British: Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, Rolls Royce and TVR.

sorry cerbman. Bit of a joke really as I binned :j: off another thread recently for reposting

It's a valid argument you made of course.