Aston Martin Rapide production goes to Austria

One of the first decisions that David Richards and his partners made after buying Aston Martin from Ford last year was to produce the four-door Rapide. The platform architecture of the DB9 was designed to be easily stretched in both length and width, making derivatives like the Rapide and the DBS a possibility without much […]

Aston Martin Racing takes a bitchin’ family portrait

It’s pretty incredible to think that three years ago there were no Aston Martin race cars. Now we can watch them in the European Le Mans Series, American Le Mans Series, FIA GT racing, as well as endurance races like the 24 Hours of Nurburgring and the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. To celebrate […]

Aston Martin Prototype Racer testing at Prodrive Proving Grounds

Things are heating up for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Not only will returning champions Audi have to watch over its spoiler for its diesel rival Peugeot, but now the TDI champs will have to duke it out with Aston Martin as well. As we reported earlier, Prodrive is dangling its feet in […]

Aston Martin to return to ALMS GT1 in 2008 with Bell Motorsports

It was less than entertaining to watch the Corvettes race themselves in the GT1 class year, void of any competition from the Aston Martin teams that left the series to race exclusively in Europe. It was a shame, since the GT1 class has always been one of the best to watch. Despite Corvette’s dominance over […]

Mustang-based Aston Vanquishes other replicas

In our day-to-day, we come across a fair number of replicars. Some are especially convincing, while others are just plain bonkers. Far more so than the Miata-based AMX07 we brought you back in 2006, this Aston Martin V12 Vanquish replica could have had us fooled.
Made by Ontario, Canada-based Exclusive Motor Cars, this Aston replica is […]

James Bond keeps his Aston Martin DBS

Ever since Ford sold Aston Martin earlier this year, there was speculation as to whether the marque would provide James Bond’s company car again when the 22nd installment of the movie series hits theaters next November. Speculation over. Aston Martin announced today that its flagship DBS would return to play the hero car alongside Daniel […]

Aston Martis DBS voted “Rear of the Year”

The Aston Martin DBS has been voted as having the “Rear of the Year” in a poll conducted for the MPH ‘07 car show takes place in early November. It’s J-Lo-esque posterior narrowly beat out the Bugatti Veyron’s bum for the top honor, though when divided by sex, women voters were more attracted to the […]