Autoblog's got a great page full of spoilers for the detroit show.
http://autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/

They say this could see production by 2008, which is before the porsche 4-door panamera.



And this thing looks like it'll be a sweet hot hatch, Volvo C30:

 

Aston doen't need a 4-door sedan, leave Aston alone . . they are making money. Fix Jaguar first . . .

 

ya, i'm gonna agree with that one. They're such a pure company, leave them alone with their 3 sweet cars and that's it. That 4-door, whether its a rendering or the real thing, just looks like a DB9 but not as good. I say put the money into the new S-Type.

 

even though I like the looks I gotta agree leave the aston along.
I could however see them do something like the 612 with a nice large backseat but as a 2 door

 

Ya, that'd be cool... I'd even accept a RX-8 style suicide door thing.

About the Volvo, i like it but i find the bottoms of the tail lights a bit too chubby. I like the overall size and shape of the thing, though the colour combo's a little weird eh?

 

I love the look of the Volvo. Very sporty. I also like the low liftover height of the rear hatch, always a good idea. But I do agree with you Jeff that the lights look a bit too chubby.

B-man, think you may be able to play with that and give us a cleaner look?

 

That is a very poor chop of the Aston. Imagine how long that wheel base will have to be to keep those proportions! Just becuase Porsche does something, doesn't mean Aston should as well. What's next an AM SUV?

I am also not sure I get the Volvo hatch thing. Maybe for Europe, but here in the US? Who would buy it? Volvo has a looooong way to go to be considered by a younger crowd, and they are the only ones I see interested in a 3-door hatch.

 

okay, i don't think it is a chop anymore, there are some more pics and info on the top gear site:





http://www.topgear.com/content/features/st...ories/01/1.html

The thing is 5 meters long, as long as an S-class or a Quattroporte. It has a lot of luggage space under a HATCH - sweet! i like hatches. The dude says there'd be space, if you put the back seats down, for two 6-footers to lie down and have a sleep.

Here's an interesting line from that article, a letter from a friend to the author of the article:
'PS. Don't know when prestige manufacturers will figure out the vast majority of blokes with this kind of money have kids we're mad about - and that we'd like the option to take them with us. That's why the Conti has sold so well - it's the only option.'

watch out! there's a tiny bit of harsh profanity at the end of the article. good read though, makes a point.

 

this just in! Those girls are actually the new Sat Nav system that Aston just finished developing. You have the choice of blonde or brunette.

 

ok..it's official the Birchwood on the seatbacks and HVAC area looks awesome!

 

4 doors Aston Martin? Its just wrong.

 

on the birchwood Doug.

Although it would possibly help AM in the profit area by haveing a 4-door, it just seems sacreligious to me for some reason.

 

i got the idea from that top gear article that this isn't actually the first time aston has made a 4-door.

 

Nope, not the first time . .

http://www.astonmartins.com/v8/amlag_s2.htm

http://www.astonmartins.com/v8/v8lag.htm

http://www.astonmartins.com/v8/mp230.htm

 

Can you say Lagonda boys and girls? I knew you could.

With the success Aston has been having of late a 4-door Lagonda model is long overdue. Since the Vanquish is essentially going to be a hi-po DB9 this go-round I do hope they have the good sense to make a Vanquish-based Lagonda 4-door. This is money in the bank and right now Ford needs money.

For those who don't know Lagonda is part of Aston Martin in much the same way Daimler is a part of Jaguar. Sir David Brown bought both companies, Aston Martin and Lagonda, many decades ago and merged them into one company.

There have been Aston-based 4-door Lagonda's on two different models that I know of one in the 70's on the DBS and another batch of Virage-based 4-doors in the late eighties/early 90's. A stand alone Lagonda model was created in the early 80's and sold until the early 90's. There have obviously been other Lagonda's as well.

Here is a link for those wanting to know more.

http://www.btinternet.com/~colin.mallett/h...ry.html#Postwar

btw, Lagonda is actually a Native American word...it means flowing waters or something like it if I recall.

 

cool!!

i like it

the volovos pretty nifty too, but that aston, even for a 4 door, is pretty nice lookin

 

Just say more pics at Serious Wheels... I like it! especially the interior and the new multicolored rear lights

 

ya... i meant to mention that while i was kinda so-so on this car from the pictures, it looks a LOT better in person. I really understand the idea of building this kind of a car now.