Two thirds the size of a normal DB5 and only 1/20th of the price! We've driven TLCC's most affordable car to date.
While it’ll come as little surprise that the new Aston follows the template laid out by the earlier models, the honey-I-shrunk-the-classic plan is working out just nicely. Still, business is booming at Bicester Heritage, with plenty of cars in build, a healthy order bank to get through and recruitment ongoing. What was once tiny team of enthusiasts now really resembles a, er, little car company. There were never this many forms to sign before. Or so many people.
However, it’s impossible to merely get in and drive off in a DB5 Junior. It’ll probably remain so for owners in years to come, too. The little Aston is just such a lovely object that it’s impossible to resist poring over every last detail before moving anywhere. Keeping these creations as mere static objects arguably does a disservice to the work that goes into them, but it’s easy to why you might. Or have one to drive and one to look at.
As we’ve discussed before, some proper engineering effort goes into TLCC cars. It isn’t a case of making a pretty little homage and getting nice leather. The Junior features disc brakes from a Ducati bike, for example, with Brembo calipers, and the tyres are actually for an original Mini. Which says something about just how tiny that car was. The Vantage also gets a limited-slip diff as part of its upgrades.
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