Watch our Latest Talking Heads 2025 Video - Discussing the world of classic cars and Aston Martin

Was it really 12 months ago we sat down to discuss all matters Aston Martin? Well, indeed it was but, as always, the team was raring to go and this time Nick and Neal were joined by SCC Private Members Founder and MD Bradley ‘Brad’ Carr and Simon Lane, Co-founder and Commercial Director at Encor Design.

Subjects covered this time included

• Annual review. A look at movements in the market and Sale of the Year. Which turned out to be a (very, very) big surprise. Over to Nick…
• Unrelated, ahem, the Cygnet. Brad and Simon’s input as former sales and engineering staff at AML during this period was fascinating. Could the factory do it again?
• New car sales. Every supercar manufacturer is experiencing challenging times. One niche market bucks that trend: ‘unobtainable’ hypercars for super-rich buyers “on the list”. Someone paid $26m for one this August. A good thing?
• Aston Martin at Le Mans and in F1. 2025 is probably best described as ‘work in progress’ for our favourite racing teams. But over 400,000 spectators made it to the main Le Mans and a good proportion were there to cheer on the pair of howling works Valkyries. Here’s our take.
• Restomods. From the Ring Brothers’ Aston Martin DBs V8 to Porsche 911s ‘reimagined’ by Singer, they are in the news. Simon is involved in his own project, so if you have always fancied a late-20th century British sports car brought right up to date, look no further.
• Le Mans Classic 2026. Next year’s big event in France will see Aston Martin DBR9s driven at proper ‘Le Mans speeds’. Bring it on. Anyone going?
• 60 years of the DB6 and Volante. For everyday DB5 money there’s another generous 2+2 DB Aston that wins friends wherever it goes. We played a fun 3-card game to establish everyone’s favourite Volante – and you can too.
• The 2-car garage game. Guests can choose any car, for Nick and Neal it has to be Astons with an eye on future values.
• Sum up the market in late-2025 in five words. No one kept to the five words bit, but it’s interesting…