I just watched the new James Bond movie "Specter." The "Aston Martin" Daniel Craig drives when he is chased by the villain in the Jaguar concept car looks a lot like a F Type. I googled my observation, and the results stated that the Aston Martin driven in the movie during the chase scenes is a "concept vehicle" not street legal. The villian's car was the concept Jaguar, M's car was a Jaguar, and the SUV's used during the airplane scenes in Austria were Range Rovers, same company as Jaguar. Perhaps Jaguar et al made a deal with the movie company. My point is, was the car driven by Daniel Craig a modified F Type? Anybody else thinks the same thing?

 

I can see some similarities but they are totally different. I guess I am conditioned by experience to instantly tell the difference between a front engined and a mid-engined design. Totally different proportions.

 

Here's your explanation from an old thread:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...re-car-151737/

 

The DB10 has been a highly publicized model and they did sell one to the public. Aston Martin has made a big deal about it...

 

I believe one of our forum friends (Zach) owns a bond edition.

 

James Bond's Spectre Aston Martin DB10 goes on sale for £2.4million | Daily Mail Online

 

James Bond's Aston Martin DB10 Just Sold for $3.5 Million - Fortune

 

the DB11 will be shown in Geneva

 

Aston Martin DB11 shows its undisguised front fascia | Motoroids

 

Thanks SoCal. The new DB11 looks gorgeous. I'll be following it.

 

It's nice to see they didn't stray too far from the Aston look, that would have been a big mistake. In fact it looks like they went back to the larger taller Vantage style grill. So much nicer than the narrower DB9 grille. We will all see next week. Sad to see the NA engines go, but the price of progress.

 

 

the main body line I like, the roof line I don't because is looks at the rear like the Nissan Maxima new "separated" roof. from the full side profile, if you ignore the roofline break I see a little F-Type lurking there. Nose is solid Aston. Interior seems meh.....quality high but styling just ok. I am sorry they are losing the sound of the old V-12. My overall impression, just fair to middling. Not as big a departure from the DB9 as I expected.

 

I believe it will be more impressive first hand than in pictures. I agree the rear is not as impressive as the front, which is outstanding. I wish it had a real rather than invisible spoiler. I love the interior, so glad they didn't lift one from Mercedes. The engine note does sound good for turbocharged, but not quite as nice as the outgoing. And thank the lord again they didn't just use the Mercedes V12.

Curious to see if they will be able to tune the Mercedes bi turbo V8 to sound like an Aston V8, that will take a miracle.

 

At first, I see it's a V12 Turbo and I say, whoa!

But then I see it's only 5.2 liters and puts out 600 HP. That gives it a 0-60 of 3.9.

So I'm left wondering, why 12 cylinders when a V8 does the same thing?

 

because of the exclusivity and sound of a V12

 

From that video, it sounds like it's a small engine. Sure it sounds good, but it doesn't sound nearly as good as our 5 liter V8. I just don't get making a V12 and only having it be 5.2 liters.

 

I disagree, the F Type V8 is loud, crazy and unhinged sounding. But it's not even in the same league when compared to the Aston V12 whether turbocharged or NA. Look up the Vulcan on YouTube and hear what the 700 HP NA V12 sounds like. No V8 could ever sound that good.

 

The Jag in the movie is a CX75.

Jaguar C-X75 Concept Sports Car | Jaguar USA

 

I prefer the design direction of the old CX-75. The new Vision GT concept is headed off into Fisker land and looking a bit too cartoonish. The 25” wheels are over-doing it.