Filed under: Sports/GTs, Plants/Manufacturing, Supercars, Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz
Aston Martin: Not for sale
Dreams of a beautifully styled Aston Martin powered by a glorious AMG engine are still possible, though, as Aston's current owners have been in talks with multiple other automakers over parts-sharing opportunities. Major technical components could be bought or developed in collaboration with a company that's got plenty of R&D acumen, and MB/AMG certainly qualifies as such. Although a possible synergy does exist between the two brands, nothing beyond collaboration and the sharing of technical know-how seems likely.
[Source: Autocar]
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Will 7:19PM (4/07/2008)
Good. Keep your sticky little hands off my favorite sportscar maker.
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LeRobert 11:09PM (4/07/2008)
Aston Martin is more about luxury and design than sport! Nonetheless, it is my favourite marque as well. I'd take an Aston over a Ferrari any day.
Nick Vrana 8:09PM (4/07/2008)
However glorious AMG motors are, the sound of the Aston V12 is something that I never want to go away. You can hear one from a mile off and it sounds like a small piece of heaven on earth.
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Brendan 10:33PM (4/07/2008)
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Aston's always been about refinement and then performance. Stuffing one of those pseudo-American AMG plants in there would be like dropping a bimmer's straight-six into a present-day Corvette.
Ian 8:11PM (4/07/2008)
Doesn't Ford still own around 10%? Why not continue with that technology hook up it's worked well thus far for AM engines.
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J.Crew 1:34AM (4/08/2008)
Autoblog reported that BMW was also looking to sell engines to other brands...I think a NA BMW engine would fit AM better then one of the AMG units IMHO.
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