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Alvis, the British manufacturer of sports cars from 1919 to the late 1960s, is coming back to build a limited run of continuation cars.The company went bust in 1968, but was revived in 2012 as the Alvis Car Company, and even produced a few continuation cars based on the marques pre-war creations. Now, another run of continuation cars will be made based on its later 60s designs.Like a Morgan, an Alvis body uses an ash frame with aluminum stretched over it to keep it light; underneath these new cars bodies will be a steel frame left over from the 1960s yes, the 2019 Alvis will use the original unused, or NOS, frames from 50 years ago. The 3.0-litre engines that will sit up front are similarly built with new-old stock. Three body styles are available: Super Coupe, Cabriolet and Drop Head Coupe. Each vehicle takes up to 5,000 hours to complete, but the completed vehicles have a three-year warranty, and can even be specd with air conditioning and automatic transmissions, if you prefer more of a cruiser.The 3.0-litre cars will join the stable of Alvis pre-war 4.3-litre lineup, which consists of the Bertelli Sports Coupe, Lancefield Concealed Hood and Vanden Plas Tourer body styles. The best part about the continuations is that, because of the use of modern engine management, fuel injection and other loopholes, they can be driven on the road just as they would have 50 years ago. Aston Martin and Jaguar continuations can only be driven on tracks, so this is a huge leg-up for Alvis.No word is given on price, but if you have to ask, it usually means you cant afford it. We hope these cars MSRPs are at least, however, in the lower stratosphere for a
Origin: Alvis is coming back with continuation cars now, too

When Aston Martin announced that it was planning to create 25 ‘continuation’ replicas of the DB5 used in the James Bond film Goldfinger, the big question was how it would deliver on the original car’s huge tally of gadgets. Now the firm’s Works Division has shown us several of the gadgets under development in the programme, led by Academy Award-winning special-effects creator and Bond film veteran Chris Corbould. While the finished cars, which will be delivered to customers next year, will have more features, we have been shown three: the replica machine guns that will pop out from behind the front indicator lights, the oil-spray system that deploys from behind the taillights and the smoke screen. Paul Spires, Works Division’s president, confirmed that the finished cars will also have rotating numberplates, a sliding ‘bulletproof’ rear deflector and a representation of the original DB5’s famous ejector seat, although one that won’t actually be capable of firing passengers out of the car. A simulated radar tracking screen and an identical centre console to the film car’s will also feature. Corbould said he had to think “for about a second and a half” when asked to work on the project, but admitted that there have been serious challenges in making features that are both convincing and repeatable. “If we were doing an oil slick in a film, then we could fill the boot with equipment and put out about 50 litres in a couple of seconds,” he said. “Here it has to fit into a much smaller space, and it has to be able to work again and again.” There was also the need to consider health and safety. Although the Goldfinger DB5s won’t be road legal, Spires said that the company does have to make sure they won’t harm anyone. “We have had to make all of this work within the limitations of health and safety,” he explained. Corbould has worked on every Bond film with the exception of Octopussy since The Spy Who Loved Me, and admits to working on the forthcoming 25th outing of the franchise. The decision to produce a corresponding 25 of the Goldfinger cars – each priced at £3.3 million including VAT – suggests we can expect to see 007’s long-running connection with Aston
Origin: Aston Martin details James Bond-inspired DB5 continuation