Aston Martin DB 10 Auction

Hart008

Hey guys, been hearing and reading in the press that the Db 10 will go out to auction... any updates or news on when the auction is ? would be fun to see who buys it too
Cheers

Skippy

A single one of the ten DB10 will be auctioned for charity in 2016. No details out other than that to my knowledge. Probably for one of BB's charities though.

I would hazard a guess it will be the star of the Bonhams annual Aston Martin Works auction held at the old Newport Pagnell factory now service and showroom site.

Who ever buys it is going to need super deep pockets as the DB10 is obviously even more rare than the AM DB4 GT Zagato, of which only 19 were made originally and number 14 goes on auction with Christy's New York this December with an estimated price of £10million.

Additionally those DB10 do not have a bonnet hatch, the front end is all one piece, probably for great aesthetic lines. So every time you need to top up the oil - which is quite often if you drive it hard like a sports car should be - your going to need to have some Aston Martin trained mechanics take the whole front end off to get under the hood. That's going to be expensive!

MrZareba

Skippy wrote:

A single one of the ten DB10 will be auctioned for charity in 2016. No details out other than that to my knowledge. Probably for one of BB's charities though.

I would hazard a guess it will be the star of the Bonhams annual Aston Martin Works auction held at the old Newport Pagnell factory now service and showroom site.

Who ever buys it is going to need super deep pockets as the DB10 is obviously even more rare than the AM DB4 GT Zagato, of which only 19 were made originally and number 14 goes on auction with Christy's New York this December with an estimated price of £10million.

Additionally those DB10 do not have a bonnet hatch, the front end is all one piece, probably for great aesthetic lines. So every time you need to top up the oil - which is quite often if you drive it hard like a sports car should be - your going to need to have some Aston Martin trained mechanics take the whole front end off to get under the hood. That's going to be expensive!

Not to mention the fact that you can't close it because it's not started by a key so leaving it in a car park might result in a nasty steal... Also the air conditioning doesn't work etc, definitely not a driveable car for every day - the windows don't go down also I'm afraid.

texas007

I am sure if you can buy it you can customize it and make anything happen

Skippy

I'm assuming they are going to auction a 'hero' car, like the one that has been on display at the Odeon Leicester Square, which was a finished functional car, with a proper interior; not like the one in that video of the guy getting driven round Millbrook Proving Ground.

Still won't have a bonnet hatch though...

cheld

The car can't be driven on roads. It doesn't have the proper certifications.

Bleuville

cheld wrote:

The car can't be driven on roads. It doesn't have the proper certifications.

So- stored in a warehouse until it's mysteriously stolen ! Just thinking of the original AM DB5.

Bleuville.

Skippy

cheld wrote:

The car can't be driven on roads. It doesn't have the proper certifications.

Neither can the AM Vulcan and a lot of 077's aren't used on the road either. AM's are performance sports cars, so if your going to drop 10 million on a VERY limited edition car, far easier to thrash it round a track with an AM maintainence team on hand to look after you.

That said, I'm betting if again you can afford it, you can afford to have Aston Martin Works adapt it to be able to be certificated road worthy.

It's all about how deep your pockets are on this one :007)

Youknowthename

No doubt it'll go to a rich collector, a la Jay Leno. No matter what it can or cannot do...

Twizzle

Lets look at things that we can afford:
http://www.vectis.co.uk/Page/ViewAuction.aspx?AuctionId=545&DayNo=2

Skippy

So #14 of 19 in the world of the AM DB4 GT Zagato sold in the Christies auction for £9.42 million.

Considering that, my prediction for the SPECTRE DB10 is £10-15 million :007)

UNCLE27

Skippy wrote:

So #14 of 19 in the world of the AM DB4 GT Zagato sold in the Christies auction for £9.42 million.

Considering that, my prediction for the SPECTRE DB10 is £10-15 million :007)

Nothing wrong with your logic there Skippy.
During the Aston Martin Tour, they said they're expecting it to go for £5M.
Bargain!!