Aston Martin has announced the production version of the V12 Zagato will be unveiled at the Kuwait Concours d’ Elegance (15–18 February). It’s not clear if the road-going models will differ in bodystyle from the race and concept versions we have already seen, but the supplied image above shows there’s been some minor changes to [...]
Evo magazine has assembled 10 of the world’s best performance cars to try and establish which one they think was the best to hit the market in 2011. Following a few phone calls, 10 turned into 11 when they added the just released BMW M5 to the list. As you would. The results of eCOTY [...]
Roberto Ricci, Italian surfboard maker, is a pretty wealthy dude. Wealthy enough to buy an Aston Martin Rapide only to carelessly crash it after asking himself “what does this button do?” Afterwards it all seemed a bit of a laugh, really. Perhaps he should have spent some of his money on driving lessons. Check out [...]
With models like the Vantage, Virage and even the four-door Rapide, Aston Martin is considered a leader in automotive design. Never mind that the cars are also pretty decent as well. In general, you know an Aston Martin is going to be a beautiful car. Further to this, their boss, Ulrich Bez, races his product [...]
Aston Martin has already confirmed they will be building a limited production run of 150 gorgeous V12 Zagatos. Now, ahead of a showing at the Frankfurt Motor Show, they’ve given us a couple of new pics to whet our appetites. And, if you’re keen on one of these flash Zagato models, you’ll need a very [...]
Aston Martin previewed their new V12 Vantage GT3 back in April and now they’ve showing us the finished article, including a list of specs. Doesn’t it look absolutely superb! Designed to replace the DBRS9, the V12 Vantage GT3 is suitable for multiple motorsport categories including including the FIA GT3 Championship, ADAC Masters, Nürburgring VLN, Blancpain [...]
Sir Stirling Moss—acknowledged as the greatest driver never to win a Formula One world championship, a gentleman, a hero—has done the unthinkable. By being associated with that thing above, Moss has allowed himself to be used in the marketing of one of the most cynical automotive exercises known to man. With apologies to WH Auden: [...]
Aston Martin’s reconnection with Zagato is now complete following confirmation 150 new V12 Zagato models will be built for road use. Only revealed in May, the V12 Zagato has already led an action-packed life. At the Villa D’ Este Concours in Italy the car was awarded gongs for design in both concept and prototype classes. [...]
With the Le Mans 24 hour race this weekend the marketing departments from the higher profile teams are moving into second gear. We’ve already seen the excellent short film from Audi, and now it’s Aston Martin’s turn. Aston will be taking a pair of its new 2.0 litre straight-six turbocharged AMR-One LMP1 racers to La [...]
As we know the gorgeous and curvaceous Aston Martin V12 Zagato was given its first public showing at the Villa D’Este Concours last weekend. Prominent YouTuber Marchettino was on hand to capture some of the action. Here, we can see and hear The Rapture in full voice. The end of the world has actually happened; [...]
Wow! Aston Martin promised a new collaboration with Zagato was coming and now that they’ve delivered we must simply say, “thank you.” Aston has taken the already stunning V12 Vantage handed it over to Zagato and said, do your thing chaps. And the Italian masters have delivered an absoulte gem, this V12 Zagato is car [...]
Back in 1961 Aston Martin combined forces with Italian coachbuilder Zagato to create the DB4GT Zagato. Now, to mark 50 years of that collaboration, history will repeat with the two companies working in partnership on a new model to be revealed at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy on 21 May. Proving this new [...]
Aston Martin has just released this teaser image of a new V12 Vantage GT3. It will replace the company’s race going DBRS9 and is set for a competition debut in 2012. The Vantage GT3 will take a regular V12 Vantage and up the ante by adding a race-spec Xtrac semi-automatic transmission along with race-tuned ABS [...]
First filed 26 January. Aston Martin has fiddled about with its seemingly timeless V8 Vantage and created a new S model. The Vantage is still such a great looking car. And now it’s just that little bit better, too. With 321kW and 490Nm from the 4.7 litre V8, plus the addition of a new 7-speed [...]
Aston Martin has managed to find another model lurking in the shadows of the DB9 and has created the “new” 6.0 litre V12 powered Virage. The model is available to order now in coupé and Volante convertible body styles. Although, pricing won’t be confirmed until the car’s official debut at Geneva next week. Seeing as [...]