06 May 2009 - 11:00
Reassuringly expensive
The price is out on the unmissable Bertone Mantide we showed you last week. As you might have guessed, it’s not cheap.
Two million dollars of not-cheap, to be precise. Or £1.3 million. That’s more than a Veyron. That’s a lot of cash.
Apart from the 0-62mph time of 3.2 seconds, the 217mph top speed and the, er, striking looks, you’re paying for exclusivity. Bertone says it has received ‘between three and five’ Mantides orders already (so ‘four’, then?), and is planning a production run of no more than 10 cars.
Still, it’s a mighty wodge of moolah. $2,000,000 is approximately 20 times the price of the Corvette ZR1 on which the Mantide is based (and, incidentally, enough to keep LDV vans running for a whole week).
Nonetheless, we can’t imagine Bertone will find it difficult to find ten deep-pocketed punters to stump up the cash. Anyone joining the waiting list?
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Actually, this in black (POSSIBLY white), and i'm sold. It's better looking than the Aston anyway, especially with their arrogance of saying it's "the most beautiful car ever made". it's not. it's mouth looks like it's been split open in a knife fight, and the rest of it just looks like a DBS on steroids. And the DBS looks like the DB9, which looks a lot like a cross between the Jag XKR and the DB7. Ergo, their designers are almost as uncreative as Porsche's. And nobody's going to call the 911 Turbo the prettiest car in the world, are they?
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whats with the Over-A-Millon-Quid supercars lately?? us normal people where happy in dreaming with 700 thousand quid zondas and 500 thousand SLR´s but nowerdays any new super car goes bezerk with an over million tag! and they are not getting faster or prettyer...
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From the back it looks like Darth Vader's helmet. Price is to Serious there are better Super Cars that do that job even better at a fraction of the cost.
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dont like it
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i like it looks cool
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more expense and power, seems to be a winning formula
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You know what ashhorne? I agree with you. The one-77 doesn't look too pretty. the proportions are off- the front should be longer, and without the gills and slits. it looks like it cuts itself. but aston martins are some of the most beautiful cars on earth, and they evolve tremendous amounts. The db-7 to the db-9 was a big leap, and the db-6 to the db-7 a bigger one. i would not get either the mantide or the one-77, but a couple of 1960s ferraris.
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You know what ashhorne? I agree with you. The one-77 doesn't look too pretty. the proportions are off- the front should be longer, and without the gills and slits. it looks like it cuts itself. but aston martins are some of the most beautiful cars on earth, and they evolve tremendous amounts. The db-7 to the db-9 was a big leap, and the db-6 to the db-7 a bigger one. i would not get either the mantide or the one-77, but a couple of 1960s ferraris.
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You know what ashhorne? I agree with you. The one-77 doesn't look too pretty. the proportions are off- the front should be longer, and without the gills and slits. it looks like it cuts itself. but aston martins are some of the most beautiful cars on earth, and they evolve tremendous amounts. The db-7 to the db-9 was a big leap, and the db-6 to the db-7 a bigger one. i would not get either the mantide or the one-77, but a couple of 1960s ferraris.
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I would like to see one at the 'Ring. If it is 20 times the price of the ZR1, then it should beat the record. Looks more of a Transformer than the Camaro .
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FerrariBoy: True. The early astons were indeed beautiful, and I adore the V8 Vantage (beauty taken from the DB9, but reduced in size. Kinda like a gorgeous size 6 girl than a gorgeous size 12, if you know what I mean). But they're getting repetitive, and that's my point. Also, agreed about the classic Ferraris. I'd invest just £10k on a good 944 Turbo SE (limited edition) instead. 0-60 in 5.5, top speed of over 150mph, good-looking (especially in white), and very easy to work on, with no shortage of specialists to help. Yes, it's my dream car. Can you tell? :)
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That looks fantastic, that does! I'm especially liking those futuristic wheels and that Terminator-like rear-end. Some will probably baulk at the lofty price but in my opinion, with that styling, as Lou would say: Want that one!
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inflation is really taking over the car industry!!
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a4ron-24, im with you in the Looks-like-darkVader-back in the car,,, but you know what its eaven more similar to the mantide`s ass.. remember the old X-men robots... those red and violet with red eyes... they are IDENTICAL! pleace take the time to watch this two links http://www.yosax.com/car_pictures/2009/04/bertone-mantide.jpg and http://www.gordice.com/images/x-men_lg.jpg look at the shape of the mouth and the grill, and the eyes and the lights... its awesome!
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$2 million for something that looks like a horrific collision between Darth Vader and an EvoX? No thanks.
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Hey I live in the US where the Corvette ZR1costs only $110k. And if you go to Texas Hennesey Performance they got a couple of turbo packages that will make you go crazy fast. Why in the hell will you pay $2 million. I guess you have to see it ass a design exercise. I think it looks ugly and outdated. The R8 and a million other cars look better than this.
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Oh by the way the ZR1 can obtain 3.2 second 0-60 and 217 with the need of this monstrosity of a body.
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3 5/2=4 hahahaha
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I'd prefer the Aston too. Excuse me for saying it, but, for me, this car is so, so, ugly. It's just Ugly. The Aston is a beautiful car, and it's cheaper. It's still 1.3 million, but is cheaper. I can't understand why anybody wants to buy this car. Compare this thing to Sound and Looks of an Aston it's a felony.
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It look like it fell into the ugly fire and they put the fire out with sledgehammers. Honestly id rather spend that money buying a bunch of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins and Bentleys, rather than spend it on this heap of hideous rubbish!
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Mikeado commented on this article
06 May 2009
Aha! Eat it Aston! You have a £1.2m car? Well ours is £1.3m! Don't you feel foolish now!! It's roughly as fast as the ONE-77 will be, but with really controversial looks and an extra £100,000 to pay. I'm sticking with the Aston Martin, thanks. It will look, and sound, way better I reckon.
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