Archive for the ‘Aston Martin’ Category

Aston Martin Off to a Good Start in Grand-Am

Monday, January 30, 2012 15:41 by No Comments
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Yep, that’s Patrick Dempsey of Grey’s Anatomy posing with the Aston Martin Vantage GT4. He and his mates did good in their inaugural Grand Am race. Read More… The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) series opener was held at the Daytona International Speedway. Dempsey and Aston Martin’s chief engineer Chris Porritt were sharing the [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Motorsport Tags: Aston Martin, Grand Am, Patrick Dempsey

First Production Aston Zagato V12 Debuts In Kuwait

Friday, January 27, 2012 13:36 by 1 Comment
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The very first production unit of Aston Martin V12 Zagato will make its debut at the Middle East’s only Concours d’ Elegance in Kuwait on 15-18 February. Read More… In its third successive year, Kuwait Concours d’Elegance will host the finest automotive art from over 19 countries. Aston’s decision to unveil the Zagato V12 at [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Middle East Tags: Aston Martin, Aston Martin V12 Zagato, Middle East

Student Made Short Film for Aston Martin Cygnet

Friday, January 27, 2012 13:23 by No Comments
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Khurrum M. Sultan, a London-based filmed student, has made this rather magnificent short film for the Aston Martin Cygnet. He made the film for his final project, and although it looks like a big commercial for the Cygnet, we like his thinking here. He made a classy film, Aston publicized its car, terrific. The thing [...]

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Aston Martin Opens Its Largest Showroom in Shanghai

Monday, January 16, 2012 14:56 by 1 Comment
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Aston Martin continues its expansion plans in China with opening of the largest flagship showroom in Shanghai. Read More… This lavish showroom has space fro up to 18 Astons and provides a very unique shopping experience with facilities such as café, lounge, Aston Martin merchandise display and sales area, fully equipped service centre, Jaeger-LeCoultre time-pieces [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin Tags: Aston Martin, China

Aston Martin and Women: Video

Friday, January 13, 2012 12:57 by No Comments
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Aston Martins might look all fancy and sexy and what not, but they are hardened, sporty machines with deep roots in motorsports. That’s why most Aston owners are men. Aston Martin however, wants more female customers. That, we think, is why they just released a nice, tender, kinda romantic video featuring a Virage titled “Aston [...]

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Afzal Kahn To Revamp Aston Martin Cygnet

Thursday, January 12, 2012 15:53 by No Comments
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The famous British tuner Afzal Kahn announced his plans to transform the Aston Martin Cygent from a jumped up Toyota iQ into a true style icon. Read More… How’s he going to do so is still a mystery, but it seems he’s set himself a very big challenge. Sure the Cygent is a little car [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Tuning Tags: Aston Martin, Aston Martin Cygnet, Kahn Design

Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Grand-Am

Monday, January 9, 2012 16:53 by 2 Comments
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Aston Martin Racing is expanding the Vantage GT4′s career by sending it over the pond to race in the 2012 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. Read More… They’ve appointed Multimatic Motorsports as their American partner to campaign two GT4s in the CTSCC series. The Canadian firm is also the maker of the carbon fibre [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Motorsport Tags: Aston Martin, Aston Martin Vantage, Grand Am

Red Satine Aston DBS by Dartz

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 18:08 by No Comments
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Dartz French dealer recently had a customer project to wrap an Aston Martin DBS in red satine matt vinyl. The owner of this Aston has already got a Mansory body kit for it too, so even if it wasn’t for the wrap, you could say he’s a massive how-off. It’s kinda sad to see a [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Tuning Tags: Aston Martin Dbs, Dartz, Videos

Aston Martin Winter Driving Event – Video

Thursday, December 22, 2011 17:13 by No Comments
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While we are on the subject of winter driving, let also check out what Aston offers its customers. They just released a video of their last year’s event held at St. Moritz, Switzerland. The amazing scenery and those fantastic Astons create a wonderful image. Of course it is bonkers driving such lavish, and expensive, cars [...]

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Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster Makes Geneva Debut

Thursday, December 15, 2011 15:13 by 1 Comment
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Sources close to Aston Martin say the British company will unveil a V12-powered version of the Vantage Roadster at the next Geneva Motor Show. Read More… The long-awaited V12 roadster was first spotted over two years at the Nurburgring. But all those special editions of the V8 Vantage, and of course the launch of the [...]

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Aston Martin Cygnet Craftsmanship Detailed – Video

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 15:28 by No Comments
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Aston Martin released new videos of the Cygnet city car, this time boasting its exquisite craftsmanship. Read More… But to be honest there is only so much you can do to hide this car’s Toyota roots. The Cygent as I’m sure you know is a Toyota iQ in Aston’s fancy dress. The reason Aston did [...]

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Tiff Needell Reviews Aston Martin Virage Volante

Sunday, December 4, 2011 15:53 by No Comments
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Aston Martin Virage is a car that James May thinks is unnecessarily tough and hard. He might like the Volnate version though, as open-top Astons are usually softer and calmer. Tiff Needell on the other hand, he likes his cars stiff as hell because that’ll make them good through the corners. He’s the kind of [...]

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Video: Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Hits The Track

Saturday, November 26, 2011 14:48 by 1 Comment
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As reported earlier, testing phase has just begun for the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 in preparation for 2012 season. The car will have the same technical specs as the DBRS9, the car that it replaces, with a 600-hp V12 engine. But it will have different aerodynamics, while almost every major components is upgraded. [...]

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Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Testing Begins

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 15:32 by No Comments
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Next year Aston Martin Racing has to say goodbye to the DBRS9 and replace it with this, the V12 Vantage GT3. So they need to make sure it’s up to the job. Read More… The car has already gone under heavy testings covering 1000 km in two days. After all, this is an endurance racer, [...]

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One-off Aston Martin Celebrates 1 Million Facebook Fans

Monday, November 14, 2011 16:30 by No Comments
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Aston Martin is asking its fans to help them design commemorative one-off Aston which will celebrate the company’s one millionth ‘fan’ on Facebook. Read More… If you want to take part first you have to log on to Facebook and like Aston’s page. Then you answer a series of questions, beginning with what model this [...]

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