A worthy upgrade to the F Type
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Haha over on the AM forums its about 90% dislike and 10% like. That's coming from current AM owners. I know every new model takes a longggg time to grow on you when you own the previous gen of pretty much any car so we'll see how that ratio changes over the next year.
My overall thoughts: I like the rear, I like the interior, the engine and trans should be a nice solid setup. I hate the tiny front headlights, the unfinished exhaust, the open front grill will eventually grow on me. If Vorsteiner or similar company can do something about all 3 of those things I think it would make for a badass car.
My overall thoughts: I like the rear, I like the interior, the engine and trans should be a nice solid setup. I hate the tiny front headlights, the unfinished exhaust, the open front grill will eventually grow on me. If Vorsteiner or similar company can do something about all 3 of those things I think it would make for a badass car.
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#23
When you are replacing what is arguably one of the most beautiful automotive designs ever penned in the outgoing Vantage with a less than beautiful (aka ugly) replacement, no wonder it's going to take some time to "warm up" to it. The silhouette is lovely, but that frightening looking front is just horrible. Lexus finally has a rival in front end ugliness.
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RawwR (01-14-2019)
#30
I agree, previous Astons were sensationally beautiful, though too deep into the luxury segment for my liking. Not a fan of that cat fish mouth.
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To me it looks like the design team at AM started with an F-Type, thought for a long time, realized that it could not be made more beautiful, and finally opted to purposely make it ugly and unbalanced in design in various ways and then put the AM badging on. They know that some people will buy anything if it is expensive, just because it is expensive.
Previous AM cars tended to the gorgeous...the newest ones, ummmm...
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scm (01-15-2019)
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It's usually the rear ends that designers struggle with to get looking aesthetically correct, but in this case they have succeeded in failing completely at the front end design as well...it's to Mazda MX5.
The interior looks (unlike most AM's) appears good quality and rather 'business class', just a shame it's got he Merc twisty, knobby thing.
As a kid I used to fantasise and draw cars with lights, both front and back that stretched across from one side to the other...this is a good attempt at the rear, but they should have tried it on the front IMO.
The front is too old fashioned, large headlight compared to the rear, and I think the rear LED strip would have been better straight, and not hugging the profile of the spoiler shape.
Would I like one...of course...
Do I like the look of it compared to the F-Type, NO WAY. The Jaguar is in a league of it's own for the price.
Is it a worthy upgrade to the F-Type...for some, maybe, but so is the price.
The interior looks (unlike most AM's) appears good quality and rather 'business class', just a shame it's got he Merc twisty, knobby thing.
As a kid I used to fantasise and draw cars with lights, both front and back that stretched across from one side to the other...this is a good attempt at the rear, but they should have tried it on the front IMO.
The front is too old fashioned, large headlight compared to the rear, and I think the rear LED strip would have been better straight, and not hugging the profile of the spoiler shape.
Would I like one...of course...
Do I like the look of it compared to the F-Type, NO WAY. The Jaguar is in a league of it's own for the price.
Is it a worthy upgrade to the F-Type...for some, maybe, but so is the price.
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sov211 (01-15-2019)
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Well, keeping in mind Mr Callum's statement (which is correct), the current AM designers have failed miserably. A comparison of the rear end of an F-Type coupe (heart-meltingly beautiful in every detail and in the overall design) with that of this AM (clumsy in every detail and especially in the overall execution) shows Callum's unerring good taste, design acumen, and competence.
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scm (01-15-2019)
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Well, keeping in mind Mr Callum's statement (which is correct), the current AM designers have failed miserably. A comparison of the rear end of an F-Type coupe (heart-meltingly beautiful in every detail and in the overall design) with that of this AM (clumsy in every detail and especially in the overall execution) shows Callie's unerring good taste, design acumen, and competence.
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Looks are subjective. My dealer has 5 almost all some grey or black and they look ok in person. I think how you configure the trim colors and grill make a big difference. Every review seems to say this is a fantastic ride! I think this one is the right idea tho I prefer the side in body color and the trim in a flat dk grey they offer.