UK auto publication Evo has unveiled its list of contenders for the Car of the Year 2011. Evo’s Car of the Year award has become UK’s gold standard of performance car comparisons, consisting of only the manufacturers of the hottest and most impressive new cars of the year. This year Evo headed to Portimao in [...]
HBH has just released the Bulldog GT, its take on the Aston Martin V12 Vantage – and we’re pretty impressed. The Bulldog GT, which comes months after teasers were released, is powered by a 6.0-liter twin-supercharged V12. The massive motor, mated to a 6-speed manual transmission, puts out 666-hp at 548 lb-ft of torque, enabling [...]
Aston Martin has confirmed that 50 units of its rebadged Toyota iQ, known as the Cygnet, will be headed to Hong Kong and Japan. Prices in will start at $603,578 HKD ($77,649 USD)and ¥4,750,000 YEN ($62,621 USD), the Cygnet will offer buyers in those regions a rebadged Toyota iQ with a restyled exterior, a redesigned [...]
This past July, RRD founder Roberto Ricci wrote off his Aston Martin Rapide while out for a filmed joyride with Mpora editor Dave White. And post-aftermath, Ricci somehow managed to handle the situation with more amusement than reluctance. The accident occurred after Ricci mistakenly disabled the stability control while goosing it around a banked corner. [...]
Most company’s President and CEO meet at the golf course to discuss business or get acquainted with each other – well, things are done a little different in the automotive industry. Aston Martin’s CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez and Toyota’s President and CEO Akio Toyoda recently met up at the famous Nurburgring track to test drive [...]
An Aston Martin boat concept has been crafted by Luiz de Basto, who drew inspiration from the DBS, Vantage, Rapide, and the latest Virage. The concept, known as the Voyage, has been made to go beyond the drawing board to create a fully functional boat available upon request The concept features eco-friendly materials, all the necessary [...]
What’s more exciting then running into some very exclusive supercars on the road? Watching those supercars getting seized by police in Paris. That’s exactly what happened to YouTube user alexsmolik who ran into a Maserati MC12, Aston Martin V8 V600 Le Mans (only 40 in existence), a Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe and a Porsche 911 [...]
When I was a little kid I always that Aston Martins were the coolest cars in the world. Well, it seems the UK agrees with me. Aston Martin has been awarded the prize of UK’s coolest brand, making it the fifth time that the brand has one this award. “Smooth, sexy and sophisticated; British built, [...]
Things are starting to look bad for Daimler’s Maybach brand. Following reports of Maybach teaming up with Aston Martin, reports now suggest that talks of partnership between the two brands have broken down. Reason? According to Auto Motor und Sport, talks of partnering between the two brands are on the ‘brink of extinction’ because Aston [...]
Aston Martin has not been selling as many units of its Cygnet city car as it was anticipating. Chairman Ulrich Bez believes that this is due to nothing other than supply shortages, and that the wait time between ordering the model and receiving it is simply too long. Bez comments “I’m not satisfied with Cygnet [...]
