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by ryndbfsrw 2099 days ago
Boy oh boy as a car enthusiast this stuff makes me nervous for Aston's future. There's absolutely nothing wrong with brands having these separate businesses by attaching their names to things(ahem Ferrari aftershave), but Aston has gone off the deep end in the past few years involving itself power-boats, luxury high-rise buildings and all sorts of marketing schemes while its core products have stagnated. These side-shows are an effortless way for companies to fool themselves into thinking they are doing real work but, to me at least, it looks like they have ignored their core products. The new DBX is promising, but the Vantage is comically overpriced for its segment I don’t think their DB11s are exactly walking out the showrooms