Hidden under the name Project Alligator is the collaboration work between Mercedes-Benz and Aston Martin. Their goal? A Super Luxury Car.
Sounds impossible, but these two giants are really working together to make the luxury car of your dreams.
No one knows for sure what the two has got inside their sleeves as of yet, but everyone is just inching to know the outcome of such intriguing alliance. As we all know, Mercedes is popular for its AMG performance arm that makes some of the most potent V8 and V12 powerplants in the automotive world. Aston, on the other hand have always inevitably been powered by engines of such architecture and this would go down well with its intended objective of continuing the run of front-engined , rear wheel-drive sports cars and 2+2s. Just imagine seeing this in the showrooms in the future: looking slick in its Aston designed exterior and running on an AMG massaged direct injection V12 petrol engine mated to the ultra-modern and highly effective 8-speed automatic developed by Mercedes. Thinking alone makes it look impossible. But if anyone would do it, it would only be these two giants.
Which brings us to the question, what does the two get out of this arrangement? Quite a lot actually, especially with regards to the traditional craftsmanship with its rivals: its German competitors. Everyone, including Autopartswarehouse.com fans, just can’t wait until Benz and Aston confirms everything by revealing that most coveted luxury car they are working in their labs.
Source: The Economic Times
