Aston Martin
Written by Fred Brown
Automotive Perfection
A new client in the automotive sector generously treated us to a VIP tour. This has an immediate consequence in that you arrive quite fancying a V8 Vantage ‘one day’ only to find that this was a school-boy error. You now need one very urgently and contemplate serious crime to have the keys to a DBS tomorrow.
It works like this. The seduction begins with the sheer architectural class of the buildings, the charm of the reception team and a selection of cars on which to gaze (including a cut away revealing a quite incredible attention to detail). Things move up a gear when you peruse the collection of historical cars, all immaculate. With the lineage as the appetiser and James Bond as your host the production line itself is almost too much. By the time you have seen gearbox-meet-driveshaft-meet-engine and the whole powertrain bonding with its body in the marriage station you are very excited indeed. Raybans are needed for the grand finale; inspection bays with zillions of lights to show up the slightest blemish. From my vantage point I couldn’t see any whatsoever; just a car parked in each that was automotive perfection, attended to by people who cared, and took pride.
It is one thing to see any sort of manufacturing going on in this country of ours; it is quite another to see a facility that is very likely without equal anywhere in the world. If you are considering a 911 do go and just make sure you don’t deserve something with a little more class. Quite wonderful.
Image used under a Creative Commons license, courtesy of char1iej on Flickr.
