THE ASTON MARTIN CYGNET concept revealed last week, based on the Toyota iQ, might seem like a pairing akin to Ronald McDonald serving supper to the Queen of England, but CEO Dr Ulrich Bez promises the Cygnet is more Aston than not.

Speaking with the UK’s Auto Express magazine, Dr Bez said the Cygnet represents an [...]

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Australian pricing and delivery dates for the raucous V12 Vantage and super-suave Rapide have been let slip, with Aston Martin informing TMR that local deliveries of the V12 pocket rocket will commence in late October/early November this year, with the Rapide following a few months later in March 2010.
“We’ve only just in the last two [...]

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Want to shave precious minutes off your morning commute? Need to leap tall buildings in a single bound? The New Zealand-developed Martin Jetpack could be right up your alley.

The brainchild of NZ inventor Glenn Martin, the Martin Jetpack consists of a 150kW (200hp) piston engine, two ducted fans, a harness and, uh, not much else.

Capable [...]

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According to CAR magazine, this is the first official image of the production-ready Aston Martin Rapide to be published. Anywhere.

The computer generated rendering is apparently genuine, and while CAR have also got their hot little hands on a more revealing shot of the four-door Aston, they’re saving that one for their January 2009 print issue.

So, [...]

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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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Well chaps, yet another hour and a half of Jason Statham’s grimaces and steely-eyed stares have been visited upon us, this time in the form of Paul W.S. Anderson’s (Event Horizon, AVP) Death Race, the remake of 1976’s Death Race 2000.  I wonder; could they not have called it Death Race 2012?  Anyway, let’s move [...]

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With 355mm front rotors gripped by some fairly sizable calipers, the standard braking hardware of Aston Martin’s DB9 isn’t exactly limp-wristed. However, compared to the 378mm rotors and quad-piston calipers worn by the Caparo T1 they look positively fragile, which is why Aston Martin have reportedly decided to fit their big GT with the Caparo’s [...]

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In the 90s, companies went on epic shopping sprees like they had one week to live. You could almost imagine Ford raising a “Mission Accomplished” banner on the deck of an aircraft carrier after buying Jaguar…

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That question, of course, refers to the world of pinstripes, which it seems is as much alive and well in the hotrod world as it is on three of the four suits in your wardrobe.

I’ve always had something akin to envy when it comes to the world of the hotrodding pinstriper.  It’s not just the [...]

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Aston Martin have announced that the 2009 V8 Vantage will feature a host of changes to practically every mechanical system within the car, resulting a vehicle that should be go faster, handle better and drink less fuel than the outgoing model.

The engine has been increased in capacity by 400cc to 4.7-litres, with power rising [...]

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The set of ‘Quantum of Solace’ the latest Bond flick is proving to be a little unlucky for the films stunt drivers. Last weekend, one of the stunt drivers dropped an Aston Martin DBS into a lake in Italy and escaped with minor injuries – unfortunately the same cannot be said for the DBS. The [...]

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It has been rumoured for a while now that Aston Martin would move some of their manufacturing away from their Gaydon manufacturing plant and we can now confirm that this is the case. Aston is suffering from the same issue as a number of high-end car manufacturers – big demand for their product and not [...]

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