Aston Martin wins Routemaster design contest
Posh car maker Aston Martin has been named as the joint winner of a competition to design a new Routemaster bus for London.
The firm - famed for making James Bond's car of choice - entered the competition as a team effort with architects Foster and Partners.
Their design is described as a highly-manoeuvrable, zero-emissions vehicle, with solar panels built into a glass roof, full accessibility, warm lighting and wooden floors.
Within a week of its introduction in 2011 it will be described as a highly-manoeuvrable, zero-emissions vehicle, with solar panels ... the smell of piss and full hoodies smoking spliffs.
Mayor Boris Johnson said: "We have had a phenomenal response, with ideas submitted from around the globe, and we now have, in our joint winners, two stunning designs that allow us to go forward and produce a truly iconic bus fit for 21st Century London."
The Aston-bus tied for the top slit with one designed by Capoco Design which retains the Routemaster-style front engine and has a low flat floor to allow easy access, but who cares, we want to go to work in an Aston Martin.
Both designs will now be sent to bus manufacturers to develop into a final proposed design.
"I know that, like me, Londoners will be waiting eagerly to see how these ideas evolve into the final design that will appear on our roads," added blond nutter Borris.
