Aston martin for mercedes!

[spitty3d]

well atfer ending the colab with McLaren, rumors on mercedes buying aston martins company , which was for sale i think
and probably will make aston martin amg? check it out RUMORS: Mercedes Wants to Buy Aston Martin!
i think its a great deal, cant wait for amg aston martins what do you think?

[crazy 989]

I thought prodrive purchased AM ??? although if this is true, it is for the better, I mean Germany is the epicentre of engineering, and Mercedes has enough cash in their pockets to research and improve aston martins, I just hope they keep the same look

[peterliang]

Prolly make them more cumbersome, detached and sky high priced...

[DenimTiger]

Peter has a point. The problem with Mercedes is that they don't make sportscars. They make GTs. There's a HUGE difference and it's one you notice when you throw an AMG at a track. Merc V8s tend to create enough torque to pull tarmac right out from under the tires.

Now, Aston Martin make some great GTs. They make supercars with seats like your living room sofa and all the kit you'd want in a luxury GT. But they handle. The DB9 is an incredibly beautiful, amazingly sure-footed and exceptionally comfortable supercar.

If they were to mix it'd mean AM might see some quicker cars, but sharing paltforms would cause me some concern. They're just re-entering the market as a stable company after years of Ford abusing them. It'd be sad to see their cars lose their edge because the chassies can't contain the torque levels being put out by those huge, supercharged Merc V8s.