Badge snobbery, badge engineering... call it what you will, but in essence, the Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GTEs competing in this year's World Endurance Championship (WEC) will sport nine different national flags, according to which country they're competing in.
So? That doesn't sound that special to me...
Ah, but these won't be graphics merely applied to the side of the car. Instead, the little 'wings' badges each of the three Astons wear will change colours from round to round, starting with a Union Jack-themed badge for the series-opening 6 Hours of Silverstone and incorporating a 'tricolor' version for the pinnacle of the WEC, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Who has made these badges - Aston Martin?
No, from Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, top company Vaughtons has been commissioned by the carmaker's Q by Aston Martin personalisation service to create these attractive emblems. They're created using a mix of the old and new, such as Vaughtons' 120-year-old jewellery machinery and state-of-the-art CAD technology.
