This weekend was the running of the 24 Hours of Nurburgring and Aston Martin surprised us with the debut of the Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept. The car made its debut by lapping the Nurburgring along with the winning 1959 DBR1 with Sir Stirling Moss driving. The car was made to celebrates the British car companies 100th anniversary of making sports cars.… Read more
This weekend is the 24 Hours of Nurburgring and Aston Martin is gunning for a win. Three different models will participate in the race, the V12 Vantage GT3, Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S and a close to production V12 Vantage. The British performance car maker has a long history at Nurburgring with victories back in 1957, ’58 and ’59.… Read more
Aston Martin Racing has announced a partnership with Craft Racing. The partnership with the Asian based racing team is a move intended to help the brands development in the region. Craft will be the official technical partner in the region.
What makes this news important is the addition of the Asia Le Mans Series.… Read more
Most automotive enthusiasts would give their right arm to be able to drive the Ferrari F12 Berlineta, Lamborghini Aventador and Aston Martin Vanquish on some great winding roads.
All three cars are great on their own with the Aston being very fast, yet quite refined when just cruising down the road. The Lamborghini is a more focused car that can drive very quickly in a straight line, but is still civil in the corners.… Read more
This year’s Geneva Motor Show is one of the best auto shows in recent years. With some incredible supercars from Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren plus many other great cars. For Porsche the 911 GT3 looks to be a great performing car with its 475hp. For Ferrari, the LaFerrari (ok, stop laughing at the name) hybrid is going to have up to 960hp when the gasoline and electronic engines come together.… Read more
Supercars are the fastest, most expensive vehicles in the world. In some cases, these vehicles are even illegal to drive on public roads. Because of their high price tags and limited production numbers, supercars are typically reserved for the wealthiest people in the world. Even if a non-wealthy person somehow obtained the funds for a supercar, it is unlikely that he would be able to afford the high costs of insuring that vehicle.… Read more
Aston Martin makes some very beautiful cars. They make some of the most refined sports car that money can buy. These cars have incredible build quality and are very fast. Newer Aston Martins are also pretty reliable, so they can be enjoyed for long trips. Plus you can feel like you are James Bond while driving the car.
The above video features Jay Leno reviewing the Aston Martin Vanquish.… Read more
The Aston Martin One-77 is a very rare and special car. The car is the best Aston Martin that money can buy and with only 77 being built it is not likely that an owner of one of these special cars will ever see another one pull up next to them. The engineering of the car is the finest that you will find on a modern Aston Martin and even the engine bay is a thing of beauty.… Read more
The 2013 Aston Martin V12 Vantage is quite a sports car. Unlike many other Aston Martin’s the 2013 V12 Vantage is a drivers car, with its manual transmission and huge engine it just makes for a great drivers sports car. The car forgoes some of the normal luxury of an Aston Martin (although you still won’t feel like you are in a base model Toyota), but because of this it just asks to be driven quickly on twisty roads.… Read more
This video pits the Aston Martin V8 Vantage against the Morgan Aero Coupe and compares the two cars on the race track. The Morgan is kind of the sports car that time forgot. From the styling to many of the manufacturing techniques, the Morgan is truly a modern classic.
The Aston Martin on the other hand is a refined and very powerful sports car.… Read more
