Aston Martin

The 24 Hours of Daytona is turning 50 this year, and the famed endurance race promises some exciting wheel-to-wheel action for its Golden Anniversary. Grand-Am’s premier event sees some significant changes for 2012, including new rules and new cars. Here’s a quick rundown of what you have to look forward ...    Read more

Aston Martin produces the Cygnet for really just one reason, and that’s to satisfy government-mandated corporate average fuel economy requirements. Sharing little more than a badge with other Aston models, the Toyota iQ-based subcompact is merely a means to an end for the specialty automaker. But Aston apparently ...    Read more

It’s not unheard of to hear of fellow executives playing a few rounds of golf once away from the office, but trading racecars? You bet. Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda and Aston Martin CEO Ulrich Bez have their off-hours fun on road – not golf – courses, and decided to swap ...    Read more

California-based tuning shop Galpin Auto Sports will bring 12 new show cars to the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas. The shop, perhaps best known as one of the garages used for MTV’s show Pimp My Ride, has put its talents to work on ten Ford products, one ...    Read more

Think of an endangered species and most of us think pandas and polar bears, not gearheads. But as “Top Gear’s” Jeremy Clarkson points out in Forza Motorsport 4’s latest trailer, “We are an endangered species you, and I.” And yet, he says, “There is hope.” This latest Forza Motorsport 4 trailer ...    Read more

One lucky YouTube user stumbled across a very rare scene: a Maserati MC-12, Aston Martin V8 V600 Le Mans, and a Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe all being loaded onto a car carrier. Sadly,all three of the cars – along with a canary-yellow Porsche Carrera GT -- were all being seized by ...    Read more

Sales numbers for the Aston Martin Cygnet are just as small as the car itself, but Aston says it isn't  because people aren’t buying them. Instead, Aston can't supply enough to meet demand, and customers are allegedly getting frustrated with the delay. Aston previously aimed to sell 20,000 units of the ...    Read more

Daimler has been cohorting with Aston Martin about reviving Maybach for a while now, but it seems as though the automaker is getting ready to talk regarding a final decision on the ultra-luxury brand’s future. “We are close to a decision,” said Chief Executive Officer Dieter ...    Read more

Previously, you could order an Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black Edition in any color you desired, so long as it was Carbon Black. For 2012, however, that's no longer the case: the new DBS Carbon Edition is essentially the same car, albeit it isn't ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week along with the weekend racing schedule for your convenience. 2012 Toyota Camry, Camry Hybrid Revealed in Webcast Toyota revealed the 2012 Camry sedan in a live ...    Read more

Aston Martin’s sexy V12 Zagato has already wowed crowds at auto shows around the globe and endured the infamous Nürburgring for 24 hours straight, but now it’s ...    Read more

The Aston Martin V12 Vantage already manages to mix handsome looks and serious power, but for those hankering to exploit that package on the track, Aston has a new variant: the new V12 Vantage GT3 racecar. The mavens of Gaydon started by tweaking the 6.0-liter V-12 from the V12 Vantage ...    Read more

It would only make sense to make a gold sculpture out of the Aston Martin DB5 that appeared in the classic James Bond movie, Goldfinger, and Swiss artist and creator Dante Rublin did just that. The 24-karat creation, part of the artist’s Iconic Sports Car series, will be unveiled at ...    Read more

There hasn’t been much news about Aston Martin’s halo car, the One-77, in recent months. With a price tag of roughly $1.5 million and only 77 units slated for production, you’d think the British manufacturer’s latest supercar would still have the auto world buzzing. Aston apparently wants to ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Bentley Azure, Ferrari F430, Aston Martin Rapide, Porsche 911. For many of us, these cars are part of our “fantasy garages.” Unfortunately, it’s also a list of cars that are limping this week after being involved in a multi-car accident in Monaco. Courtesy of the people at Autogespot, ...    Read more

Aston Martin officially announced it will produce a limited run of the gorgeous V12 Zagato it revealed at the Villa D’ Este Concours -- not that we're all that surprised, as the company has been hinting as much ever since it unwrapped the supposed "concept" at the Villa d'Este ...    Read more

Aston Martin has secured funding to develop a new platform for its next generation of sports cars. Autocar reports that the new chassis will underpin new Aston products that debut in 2015 or 2016. The British automaker has reportedly secured a £304 million ($487 million) bond to help fund the chassis ...    Read more

Aston Martin is taking its cornucopia of customization options to another level by incorporating style straight from the Parisian fashion scene. Aston Martin in collaboration with Colette, have cobbled up a limited edition luxury city car that exhibits ‘street chic.” Aston Martin Works Tailored has specialized in ...    Read more

After announcing that production of the Rapide sedan would move to its Gaydon factory in Warwickshire, England facility, Autocar is now reporting that Aston Martin will half output of its sexy four-door sports car. Autocar reports that production of the luxury sedan will fall to only 25 units per day, ...    Read more

The V12 Zagato wasn’t merely a design exercise for Aston Martin and Zagato: Race-ready examples of the V12 Zagato are heading to Germany’s Nürburgring this weekend to prepare for a 24-hour race at the end of June. Two race-spec cars will enter the four-hour ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen VLN5 race at the ...    Read more

Production of the Aston Martin Rapide will cease at a Magna Steyr facility in Austria and move to the automaker’s home in Gaydon, England. Aston says that the Gaydon plant now has more capability and flexibility than it did when the Rapide was first developed. When the four-door Rapide was ...    Read more

Our passion for all things Aston Martin has been shaken and stirred by a new set of spy photos from our colleagues at Motor Trend. They caught what is believed to be an Aston Martin Rapide S testing on the Nürburgring in Germany. The Rapide is Aston’s new four-door car ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week along with the weekend racing schedule for your convenience. Aston Martin Reveals V12 Zagato Endurance Racer for Villa d’Este A partnership between British and Italian designers ...    Read more

Aston Martin pulled the wraps off its new V12 Zagato Endurance Racer concept, and the car is a looker. Based on the V12 Vantage and styled in collaboration with storied Italian design house Zagato, the new car celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato. The body is ...    Read more

Aston Martin’s Cygnet will break considerable amounts of new ground for the storied sports car manufacturer, but it seems the small city car may also allow the company to build electric vehicles for the very first time. A new report from Britain’s Car magazine reveals Aston is readying an electrified version ...    Read more