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Re:After the Layoffs by spitfire on Monday July 13, 2015 @10:18PM (#9882477)
It was twenty years ago? Don't feel so bad his Aston Martin was really a Jaguar XJS[1] in a frock.

[1] First released in 1975.

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Re:After the Layoffs by swampthinker on Monday July 13, 2015 @11:23PM (#9882689)
1975 is a little more than 20 years ago.
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Re:After the Layoffs by aptwebapps on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @05:35AM (#9883708)
I think 'spitfire is alleging that a new Aston twenty years ago was more or less a 1975 XJS.
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Re:After the Layoffs by spitfire on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @08:45PM (#9889060)
Correct, an Aston Martin DB7 used the basic body from a Jaguar XJS. The body was first used in 1976. Ancient.

The engine at least in the straight six version was a warmed over Jaguar AJ6 engine. This was however very good.

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Re:After the Layoffs by machinshin_ on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @03:18AM (#9883282)
what year do you think this McFly? 1995?
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Re:After the Layoffs by Retra on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @03:56AM (#9883397)
Flux capacitors are standard on Aston Martins in 2055.
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