AUTUMN / WINTER 2015 Nicholas Mee & Co’s world of Aston Martin • ISSUE 21

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TOP OF THE POPS
To assist us (and our readers) further in gauging what Aston Martin models are ‘hot’, we
have poured over our online data to analyse which cars offered for sale in 2015 have
been most popular. The results were most interesting:
our most VIEWED youtube videos
“You think back to when road cars were raced at Brands
or Silverstone in the 70s and 80s. The engine blocks were
almost throwaway, with gearboxes coming from then
valueless DBS 6s. Today, I’d like to see a car that’s had
a rigorous inspection by one of the experts and in the
best possible mechanical condition – you can’t compare
what’s happened with classic Astons over the years with
other marques, Ferrari in particular. The market has to
have a sense of proportion. And the Club racing history
of some cars is terrific, it shows they were being used.”
the late-1960s DBS 6 and AM Vantage of the early 70s
were the most affordable classic Astons.
“Try buying a good DBs now for less than £150k! But
you can have the world’s best Virage for two thirds of
that. First of the impact bumper Astons, built in small
numbers, an attractive Volante, big Newport Pagnell
hand-built V8, easy and reliable automatic (with some
manuals), mod cons such as a/c and electric seats – they
are certainly undervalued.
1679 VIEWs
Ex Elton John Royal
Cherry V8 Vantage
1491 VIEWs
‘Street Racer’ DB5
1052 VIEWs
Series 4 Lagonda
Most popular cars in 2015 by volume of enquiries
While Feltham-era models have still to capture the
market’s imagination, ‘DBs’ are at the top and good V8
saloons and Volantes around the £200k mark – more
modern cars excepted – what’s happening at £100k?
“For those wishing to dip a toe in the water, there are still
cars to be had, but we can’t emphasise strongly enough
the difference between examples that are restored and
‘on the button’ cars, with ones ‘only just OK’. For years,
“I’d say the same for the supercharged cars, but they are
obviously priced on a different level. All of these cars
are powerful machines that reward good driving and
were created before today’s era of electronic controls
and governance.
“Real ‘analogue’ Astons. Like DB5s, they don’t make
them anymore and never will, value-wise look what’s
happened to them.”
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DB4 Series 1 Prince of Wales
V8 Volante
LHD V8 Vantage X-Pack
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