V12 Vantage - UK numbers
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Sounds about right to me. Ive been told by more than one dealer that around 500 have been built in total so far and 40% of these are in the UK - so that equates to 200 UK cars.
Will be interesting to see what % ends up in the UK over the final production of 500 cars as I suspect the US will get a good share of them now that they have decided to sell them over there. Will also be interesting to see if they do actually stick to the 1000 car limit production run as originally promised.
Will be interesting to see what % ends up in the UK over the final production of 500 cars as I suspect the US will get a good share of them now that they have decided to sell them over there. Will also be interesting to see if they do actually stick to the 1000 car limit production run as originally promised.
Mako V12V said:
Adam2S said:
Will also be interesting to see if they do actually stick to the 1000 car limit production run as originally promised.
They better do or i'll be having words! 
I have made a sceenshot of that specific part of their website
MartinV12 said:
I just checked. They seem to have removed the "limited to 1000 cars" from their website. Can anybody find it anymore ?
Yup still says it here : http://www.astonmartin.com/eng/thecompany/news?a=6...Astonmartin.com said:
Production will be limited up to 1,000 examples over the life span of the car, making the V12 Vantage a truly exclusive driver’s car.
That doesnt mean to say they will of course! I too will be rather miffed if they remove the production limit!Edited by Adam2S on Tuesday 7th September 17:09
MartinV12 said:
Yup still says it here : http://www.astonmartin.com/eng/thecompany/news?a=6...
Except that was the press release from 2009.The text "Production will be limited up to 1000 examples ..." has now gone from this page: http://www.astonmartin.com/eng/thecars/v12vantage-...
Edited by V8LM on Tuesday 7th September 20:29
V8LM said:
MartinV12 said:
Yup still says it here : http://www.astonmartin.com/eng/thecompany/news?a=6...
Except that was the press release from 2009.The text "Production will be limited up to 1000 examples ..." has now gone from this page: http://www.astonmartin.com/eng/thecars/v12vantage-...
Edited by V8LM on Tuesday 7th September 20:29
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last I heard the other week was 400 odd built so far, but about to enter US market ...didnt mention anything about 1000 limit being dropped though
I dont think they would want to risk upsetting owners by making 10,000 of them ...and its not a big deal anyway if demand is there, they just bring out another variant and call it V12 Vantage RS, limit that to a 1000 and start again ....thats how other car manufacturers seem to do it anyway
I dont think they would want to risk upsetting owners by making 10,000 of them ...and its not a big deal anyway if demand is there, they just bring out another variant and call it V12 Vantage RS, limit that to a 1000 and start again ....thats how other car manufacturers seem to do it anyway
Jay_Davis said:
The sales being up 65% could simply be because 2009 was such a bad year. To really get a feel for the sales you need to look at the changes over the last 5 years.
Indeed! I would say my business (non auto related) is up 65% year on year over 2009, but its equally still only at around 25% of the levels it was in 2007! A 65% improvement is clearly good news, but it doesnt mean that business is good.I think that going over the 1000 limit to produce cars for the now included US market would be a very good thing for residual values (then all the guys in the states can rave about how good the car is too). Producing significantly more than the 400 estimated to end up in the UK, for the UK would be a bad thing and I would be rather miffed. I agree though that all it takes is a V12V RS or such like to be produced and AM can honour their word and yet easily get around the problem anyway.
Edited by Adam2S on Thursday 9th September 13:36
My point was not that business was good but that it is better than it was. It is easy to limit the numbers of a model when you think that you can't sell all of them anyway but when circumstances change (better market, broader market), that number becomes a handicap.
Right now, they are a way off it. I think the V12V has underperformed sales expectations - they are nowhere near the 1,000 units mark - but I hear that, due to pricing it far more keenly versus the rest of the range in the US (relative to the UK), the order book there is very strong.
Either way, the 1,000 number is a millstone around their neck.
Right now, they are a way off it. I think the V12V has underperformed sales expectations - they are nowhere near the 1,000 units mark - but I hear that, due to pricing it far more keenly versus the rest of the range in the US (relative to the UK), the order book there is very strong.
Either way, the 1,000 number is a millstone around their neck.
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