Aston Martin Vanquish Bertone Jet 2 Question

[cycosis]

Ive tried looking it up but theres not much information on it. As I was looking at pics of the car i noticed that the headlights looked somewhat very well modeled into the body. then it occured to me that there was no hood lines. Where the heck is the engine and how do they get at it?

http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/315/astonmartincopy3qr.jpg

[FiveFreshFish]

Could be hinged at the front bumper behind the bodywork. The whole piece tilts forward and you have access from the sides.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

http://www.fast-autos.net/astonmartin/jet23.jpg

As you can see here, the front body panels are seperated from the door and bottom skirts. The skirts are tall enough that they are probably attached directly to the frame or body itself. Judging from the clearances involved, I don't think a front-hinging design would have enough room to swing without hitting the door panels.

Thus, it looks to me like a one-piece front clip that lifts off the body entirely. This is a one-off prototype example, but it does have the Vanquish's V12, so they had to access the engine somehow. My guess is connectors in the wheelwells and bumper hold the bodywork on. If you look at the headlights, they seem to be recessed into the engine bay. I believe this is because they are not actually attached to the hood/clip, but hard-mounted in the engine bay, and shine through the smoked plastic on the front body clip.

[7thgenvic]

sexy! man think of how much it would cost to replace the front end!

[lastprodigy]

that was beautiful untill i saw the second pic of the hatchback :nut:

[/////AMG]

^^ AMEN

[A_3]

Originally posted by lastprodigy
that was beautiful untill i saw the second pic of the hatchback :nut:

:werd: :werd: :werd:
It looked so agressive and sexy... until that second pic...

[me&you]

The car was a design study. The whole purpose is to have function follow form and as such, the entire front clip has to be lifted off to access the engine.

[cycosis]

yeah i never thought aston martin would sink so low to make a hatch back, now maybe if it was a fastback......

[arian_ma]

yea I agree.
If you want a nice hatch go buy an A-3 or something
for 200Gs I sure as hell wouldn't buy a hatch...

[BerserkerCatSplat]

^How many other V12 hatchbacks do you know of? ;)

[jaysas_63]

the second pic looks kinda chopped, now i'm no expert on the matter, but it looks fake for some reason....:dunno:

[BerserkerCatSplat]

^Could just be the image quality. There's lots of pictures of the Jet out there, it's not a Photoshop.

[l8braker]

nice s2000 headlights and honda hatch. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

throw that thing in the metal compactor, not worthy of the AM name.

[DJ Lazy]

:drool: :poosie: That is a HAWT car... I love Aston Martin:thumbsup:

[rockym20]

There probably isn't even an engine in that car. If they decide to do a working prototype, they will modify the front end as needed.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by rockym20
There probably isn't even an engine in that car. If they decide to do a working prototype, they will modify the front end as needed.

Actually, according to the articles I read, that is a fully functional rolling prototype that you could puchase for $300,000 if you wanted.

[DJ Lazy]

Originally posted by BerserkerCatSpl


Actually, according to the articles I read, that is a fully functional rolling prototype that you could puchase for $300,000 if you wanted.

Sign me up for 2.. oh shit,, make it 3. :bigpimp:

[me&you]

Originally posted by BerserkerCatSpl


Actually, according to the articles I read, that is a fully functional rolling prototype that you could puchase for $300,000 if you wanted.

If that's true, that would be $300k USD... the "normal" Vanquish is more than $300k CAD.

[Pass The Dutch]

is it me or dose it look like its mixed with the infinty FX 35 in pic
#2

[cycosis]

^ its just you