Project Alligator as big Mercedes
Would&wshyp;be collaboration between Mercedes and Aston Martin on all of it according to drivetrains to platforms. CAR’s September question becomes to all the details, that includes this tasty nuggest as the more than likely use of AMG’s 6.2-liter V8 in the afterward Vantage, porting through Mercedes’ times ahead eight-speed Automatic ‘box to Astons, sharing platforms between both automaker’s high-end cases (think SL and beyond), cooperating on the development of diesels and hybrids, and employing Aston’s coming years packages to remain Maybach alive and probably still assist the wayward ultra-luxury type thrive among up to four new models. But it becomes much bigger. A collaboration between the two could easily place M-B in a favorably position to buy Aston Martin if its new owners, plus Prodrive’s David Richards, choose to exit the automaking biz. As CAR points out, however, the simply possibility loser based on data from Project Alligator shooting to fruition is Mercedes’ opposite partner, McLaren.
