Agreed MPH.
The PR angle of this does make them seem grasping when as brand with that reputation and current market challenge should be doing all it can to foster the love from the field. They have a big hurdle to climb in this world market. When CV19 comes more under control and people come out of their boxes I cannot see the return to travel being the same. Private cars will do less mileage. Company cars will likely come under scrutiny if WFH can be achieved more. All good for the planet and recovery of spare hours for real life.
The difference between a (quality) hand built replica and a new-old release from a vendor is probably a zero on the end from £200k to £2m. The difference is that the manufacturer also really wants the brand extension and PR kudos which these releases bring as a halo for the other sales. Example being all the press around the Aston DB007. If they can make money out of it all the better! I just meant that I expect they are willing to pay lawyers when they see a benefit which justifies it and that could be a new-old one coming down the pipeline. As always I explained myself way too briefly sorry.
