BRITISH SUPERCAR MANUFACTURER, Aston Martin, reckons hydrogen fuel cells, rather than batteries, is the better bet for powering electric vehicles.

Speaking at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week, Aston Martin boss Dr Ulrich Bez said that lithium-ion powered electric cars for “real world” driving are too far off to be investing so much time [...]

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With just one example of the Aston Martin One-77 headed to Australia (for now, at least) most of us will be unlikely to see the limited edition British beast in the wilderness.

We’re pleased to report then that yet more photos have surfaced online, taken during the car’s unveilling at the Concorso d’Eleganza in Italy.

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There’ll only be seventy-seven of the super-exclusive Aston Martin One-77 built, and now one of them is coming Down Under.

Aston Martin has confirmed that it has received a $200,000 deposit for one of the hand-built supercars from an Australian individual, who will eventually pay around $3.8 million for the shapely Aston once all relevant taxes, [...]

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There have been leaked images, technical specifications and even some behind the scenes footage as Aston geared up for the release of the first fully-completed One-77 supercar.

Until now though, the biggest mystery was the interior. Sure, we’d seen a few leaked renderings but Aston Martin did a commendable job of keeping it under wraps.

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Aston Martin’s ultra-exclusive One-77 - which has been on information drip-feed since we got our first whiff of it at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 - moves another step closer to production reality, with the first working prototype to be unveiled at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at Lake Como, Italy tomorrow.

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It’s been a while since the first teaser video popped up, and since then we’ve learned all we needed to know about Aston’s stunningly beautiful (and enormously expensive) One-77.

We’ve also been afforded a glimpse at the inner workings of the One-77, but thanks to Aston Martin’s latest video on the completely bespoke supercar we can [...]

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New information on Aston Martin’s One-77 supercar has recently been revealed thanks to a leaked document published by Dutch auto site 925.nl.

Until now we’ve not even been given a glimpse inside the concept car, which manufacturers usually kit out in weird and wonderful ways to increase publicity.

Ultimately most of these ’show-car only’ interiors never make [...]

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Have you noticed the ‘For Sale’ signs popping up around the neighbourhood? Automakers everywhere are standing on street corners, peddling their wares in the hope of attracting investors. The latest to offer a slice of itself is Aston Martin.

It appears there is more to the announcement of Aston’s Lagonda brand than just a brash new SUV-saloon-tourer-thingy [...]

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Aston Martin’s ludicrously beautiful and highly-exclusive One-77 has had its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show, with the British automaker releasing more specs and more images of its limited-edition supercar.

Only 77 One-77’s will be built, and each will be a rolling tribute to Aston’s trademark blend of bespoke, traditional charm and high-tech engineering. Hand-rolled [...]

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Despite intense interest in Aston Martin’s One-77 Supercar and a product range that sets hearts aflutter, the British marque is looking to cut some 600 of its 1850 workers due to our unwelcome house-guest, Mr ‘economic downturn’. Half of these positions are full-time and will likely be coupled with other cost-saving measures to ensure Aston [...]

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Aston Martin CEO Ulrich Bez has lifted the lid on the ultra-exclusive and ultra-expensive One-77 supercar, confirming specs and also mentioning that the vast majority of the limited 77-car production run is destined for markets outside of the UK and USA.

As is Aston’s tradition, the One-77’s gorgeous exterior will be hand-crafted from aluminium. However, a [...]

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If one thing is clear about the Aston Martin One-77, it is that the car must have been lobbed down to us in a shipping container from the future, as something of an olive branch.  It could only be the future’s way of saying “relax, guys, we’re not passengers in self-driving upright eggs powered by cow [...]

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Last week, we learned that Aston Martin has already already sold all 100 units of its ultra-exclusive 520kW One-77 supercar at £1,000,000 (AU$2,495,461) a pop.

Now news comes that Aston Martin’s Rapide—the four-door coupe supercar that started the craze—will arrive on the scene in 2009, with the US getting its own allocation in 2010.  Pricing in the [...]

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Aston Martin’s One-77 Supercar is such a hot item that, according to Aston, no less than 100 buyers have already signed up to buy the limited edition Supercar.

While that might be great news for Aston Martin, it’s not so great for people who were interested in seeing the car before dropping a cool £200,000 deposit. There’s [...]

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As evidenced by the likes of Lamborghini, Citroen, Mitsubishi and even Honda, teaser campaigns are all the rage these days. However, while Mitsubishi and Honda took a more modest approach with their teasers, Lamborghini and Citroen embarked upon a much more protracted campaign of slowly trickling out image after unrevealing image. Aston [...]

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In the primeval days of August 2008, we armed you with a response if anyone were to ever ask you what you’d buy instead of a Maybach: Aston Martin’s £1,000,000 (AU$2,227,215) One-77 supercar.

A couple of new images, and a wee bit more detail, has since emerged.  The inside word is that we should expect to [...]

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With centenary celebrations set for 2009, Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer Dr Ulrich Bez yesterday revealed that the Lagonda marque is ready for revival. The Lagonda badge has not been seen since 1989 when production of the luxury, wedge-shaped four-door Aston Martin Lagonda saloon ceased.

The detail of what AM now has in mind for the Lagonda badge, it has [...]

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Showcasing its new-found verve after being offloaded by Ford to a consortium of businessmen led by Prodrive chairman David Richards, Aston Martin has released the first picture of its all-new performance flagship, the One-77.

Built around a carbon-fibre chassis and clothed with Aston’s metal of choice, aluminium, the One-77 will top the British automaker’s line-up with an [...]

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