Comments on: BMW won’t buy Aston Martin

By: Egbert Souse

Egbert Souse — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:14:01 +0000

Bummer, BMW seemed the right owners even though they almost compete with each other

By: thegoldenmackid

thegoldenmackid — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:50:56 +0000

it doesnt matter how good or bad of a job ford has done w/ aston….

imagine if ford bought rolls royce?-u cant xpect to by the highest-end british sports car thats made by an american company….

jst as americans dont wanna by japanese cars (look at toyota entering nascar)….

By: British_Rover

British_Rover — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:25:26 +0000

Jags are not badly engineered or designed but they do need a new direction. Jag has the problem now that Caddy had back in the 80s there 90s. There customer base is dying off right in front of them.

By: MyGodBeatsYourGod

MyGodBeatsYourGod — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:38:54 +0000

The $140 line came from some film I saw years ago…I have kids, so there is no money in my account!

As to screwing up things…a little harsh, perhaps. But, I had a chance to drive a couple AMs over the last few years, as I have a boss and friend who has had a serious addiction to British metal. AMs still come across as the best Garage Manufacturer on the Isle. A very nice car but with cheap bits typical of a small maker rummaging the parts bin of a major automaker. AMs are sweet to look at in the car mags but the bits are very kit-car.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:13:57 +0000

imagine a car with bmw engineering and aston martin look..

By: A4

A4 — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:31:37 +0000

yeah really, Ford has done an amazing job with Aston Martin. Their cars are perfect, no screwups at all. They just need the capital cause of all there other screwups.

By: BrokenCadillac...

BrokenCadillac... — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:44:34 +0000

Imagine what BMW could do with Aston… Could’ve been very interesting.

BMW engineering with Aston style is a garaunteed winner.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:23:40 +0000

Ford has done a great job with Aston. Where they’ve failed with Jag, they’ve succeeded with Aston. Performance, design, quality, everyting.

And how did they do it? They let Aston’s team develop products, set the direction, and Ford provided the business support as needed, financials, technology, etc.

Why, oh why, couldn’t they have taken a more hands-off approach to product at Jaguar instead of getting on their 250k-300k units of sale, which ultimately damaged the brand?!

By: Renton

Renton — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:32:39 +0000

As far as I’m concerned, Aston has been dead for years. Too much Ford (Jag) DNA.

By: BAMF

BAMF — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:50:21 +0000

Yeah they definately didn’t screw up… Those are some faaast and beautiful cars.

By: British_Rover

British_Rover — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:38:31 +0000

Hell it is making a profit for the first time in 40 years I wouldn’t say they screwed up on it.

By: Fatstrat

Fatstrat — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:37:10 +0000

Wow, $140 and it’s friday. Sounds like it’s going to be a quiet weekend for you.
Maybe now BMW can get around to replacing more of the boxer twins in their motorcycle lineup. I don’t know exactly how old they are but I am pretty sure Moses had one.

By: MyGodBeatsYourGod

MyGodBeatsYourGod — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:02:00 +0000

I offer the 140 bucks I have in my chequeing account.

And I promise to not screw it up any worse than the last 3 owners…