Aston Martin needs to sell in the US may cease

Posted on 15-08-2014 at 19:24 by ricardo – 17 Comments”

Sad news for Aston Martin dealers in the United States. New crashtestwetgeving ensures that the DB9 and the Vantage, there may no longer be allowed to be sold.

From september, the crashtesteisen in the US are tightened. The NHTSA required an additional crash test with cars from the side in contact with a stationary object. A tree, for example. For most manufacturers, no problem, but the self-employed, Aston Martin the test is not able to perform.

James Walker, chairman of Aston Martins dealerraad in the USA, therefore calls in a petition to the NHTSA to Aston martin’s request for an exemption to grant, because the American dealers, which according to Walker barely making a profit, next year with large losses. Aston Martin says according to Bloomberg that, from september 2015, the new requirements will comply, which means that the models mentioned a year may not be sold if the exemption is not there.

It is not yet known if and when the NHTSA Aston Martin an exemption for the DB9 and the Vantage models provide.

A dealercrisis as this shows once again that as an independent car manufacturer becoming more and more difficult to survive. We can then also not to the thoughts extract that a takeover by Mercedes-Benz that recently the interest in AM, from 4% to 5% increased – perhaps the best option is for the British. The love between AMG and the British is already there…