Aston Martin AM3 by Pininfarina  

Aston Martin AM3 by Mike Harbar

 

The AM3 is quite unusual for an Aston as it was bodied by Pininfarina in Italy, a company much more associated with Ferrari. This car was featured in the 1998 Autocar article and it appears that at least 2 were built, one in red and one in black. The very odd and distinguishing feature of the AM3 is a sort of black plastic looking nose cone which encompasses the lights and grille. From pictures I've seen, it looks like a smoked black plastic. This feature at least will remind you of the rubber bumper MGB GT or a sportscar with one of those 'black bra' things that they have -  it's that odd.

The rear lights are behind a full width smoked black panel. Rather oddly, AM3 whilst never officially seen in public was modelled in 1/43 scale model by Ban Seng.

Picture by kind permission of Mike Harbar www.car-artist.com

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