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Old 3/26/05, 05:20 AM
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I was reading EVO car mag today, and they were testing the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage - the company's new baby Porsche 911 fighter - and I noticed that much of the interior - like the dash - was swathed in leather. It reminded me of how Aston Martin does that with most of its vehicles, and I immediately wondered if Ford decided to use the same idea with the dash on the new Cobra. I think its the first time a Ford vehicle has decided to use leather on dash and door surfaces traditionally made of vinyl or plastic. And since Ford owns Aston Martin, I wondered if they got direct inspiration by looking across the aisle...


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That interior is amazing.
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Yeah, that whole car is sick, and according to EVO, the Porsche 911 may have finally met its match!
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AM is the greatest. Exterior and Interior are amazing. And this new Vantage is my favorite from the new AM lineup.
And about Ford borrowing some ideas from AM's interior, maybe
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The interior reminds me more of the BMW M cars. They have leather interiors with the heavy colored stitching like that.
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Yeah I guess the leather dash is similar, however on the look factor, they are NOTHING alike...
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Leather has been done on high end cars for years. They just needed something to richen up the interior of the cobra so they chose leather. I don't think they got any insperation from the vantage, they just knew it would add a little bit of a more expensive look to the interior.
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Gosh that has got to be one of the slickest looking cars around. Ford hit that one right on the NAIL!! GO ASTON MARTIN!
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