http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2013-aston-martin-db9-photos-and-info-news Virage going out of production immediately, replaced by a brand new car. A virage with a tiny bit more power and a DB9 badge. And people thought Porsche designers where lazy...
ha, i was just about to post this ....seems aston martin has confused it's own self ..."here's our new DB9" wait! it's just the Virage that's already entered production?! http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/286633/2013_aston_martin_db9_news_and_pictures.html Image Unavailable, Please Login
They should have dropped the DB and just kept the Virage badge with the upgraded engine and interior. Must've had some marketing flack drop the ball on this one, or research could have shown more desire by the new-car-buying public that retention of the DB badge would sell better. Who knows, ultimately it will make this generation of the Virage a relatively rare car. I want one, but will definitely wait for their enormous depreciation curve to flatten out... Have seen several for sale with $220k+ stickers and less than 2k miles begging for $160-$170k. If I wait until Christmas, they'll be free
Our local dealer had a beautiful Virage in the showroom...exterior colour was an off white with a light purple sort of tint. $ 228 sticker. Assume that will be 150 a year from now? We are considering a 4 seater A-M when we trade the M-B. Would be interested in hearing from current Virage owners....thank you.
There are new ones available for 170k now, i think the virage was just a way to move the last of hte DB9 production out the door. unfortunately it doesnt seem to be working that well...
This dealer had two of them, and they were not in a prominent part of the large showroom area. I imagine the factory will be making quite a few "make good " adjustments to their dealers to move these cars given the fact that they walked suddenly away from support of the badge and they know buyers of A-Ms all expect the steep depreciation cliff. They caused this themselves to a degree by not having pricing discipline nor a thorough understanding of the market segment, in my opinion.
