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  • Aston Martin DB9 created from an Opel Calibra

    Aston Martin DB9 created from an Opel CalibraThe tuning industry is getting more and more crowded every day practically. It is extremely hard for a new tuning company to make its way in a world governed by old traditional companies that have been modifying cars for the last decades. The tuning industry is a segment of the market that has been drawing a lot more attention in the last couple of years and as a consequence the tuning business became profitable. The vast majority of tuning companies that have been formed in the last couple of years have entered the industry with exactly this thought: to earn some easy money. Well, it ...

    Tags: db9, calibra, created, replica, aston-martin, opel, thailand, tuners, tuning

  • Aston Martin Virage, owned by Mr Bean, now on auction

    Aston Martin Virage, owned by Mr Bean, now on auctionThe Aston Martin Virage 1990, first owned by Rowan Atkinson – well known comedian is for sale now on Auto Trader for £22,995. Atkinson played the role of Mr Bean, which is one of the most appreciated characters in United Kingdom. Atkinson appeared a few times in blockbusters like Love Actually, Never Say Never Again - James Bond, Four Weddings and a Funeral and The Lion King.The actor has a fortune of £100 million approximately; a part of it invested in cars - his passion. Atkinson in 1999 was involved on an accident with his McLaren F1 supercar - £650,000 and a Rover Metro. In ...

    Tags: virage, mr-bean, rowan-atkinson, auction, aston-martin, actor, movie

  • Pricing details of Aston Martin Rapide released

    Pricing details of Aston Martin Rapide releasedFor some time now, a lot of automakers discovered that Mercedes was the only one operating in a new niche, practically controlling the entire market with their CLS sedan coupe. A fierce contestant for the Mercedes CLS seems to be the Aston Martin Rapide, a four door sports saloon with a coupe shaped rear. Now, the British automaker has announced the pricing details for their latest creation. Before we tell you how much the Aston Martin Rapide costs, a competitor of the Rapide, the Porsche Panamera Turbo, has a base price of 95.258 British pounds in the UK. The Aston Martin Rapide has ...

    Tags: rapide, pricing, details, released, aston-martin, aston, martin

  • Wheelsandmore version of the Aston Martin DB9 Volante

    Wheelsandmore version of the Aston Martin DB9 VolanteWhen it comes down to tuning proposals, we get to see more of the same old stuff. Outrageous proposals from tuning companies that either want to get known on the market, either by old companies in the tuning business that want to show how tough they can be. Unfortunately, the vast majority of tuning proposals are distasteful and without the most elementary sense of reason. But, once in a while, some tuning company comes up with a very stylish package of modifications for a car that just makes us wonder why can`t all the other tuning companies do something like that. Well, today seems to ...

    Tags: db9, volante, wheelsandmore, version, aston-martin, aston, martin

  • Huge photo gallery of Aston Martin Rapide released

    Huge photo gallery of Aston Martin Rapide releasedAfter a very long period of waiting, we finally get to see a huge photo gallery of the latest creation of the British automaker Aston Martin, the Aston Martin Rapide. The Aston Martin Rapide in production form was launched during the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show that took place in September. The Aston Martin Rapide is set to hit the market in the first months of the next year, so all you rich people out there get ready. The high performance sports sedan is set to compete with other models like the Porsche Panamera, Mercedes CLS or the Bugatti Galibier 16C. The Aston ...

    Tags: rapide, huge, photo, gallery, released, aston martin

  • Aston Martin at Asian Le Mans on the second row

    Aston Martin at Asian Le Mans on the second rowAston Martin Racing's Japanese introduction will see the team beginning the Asian Le Mans Series' inaugural round in 4th position from the 2nd grid row, thanks to this 1m19.747s qualifying time set by Stefan Mucke (driver) on the 2.3 mile (3.7 km) 13-turn Okayama circuit.'This circuit is difficult for us. Our car is built for long fast straights at Le Mans and this is like a go-kart track with lots of slow corners. We had a few problems with the set-up during practice but the team made changes which improved the car for qualifying and I’m optimistic we will find a good balance for the ...

    Tags: lmp1, asian-lemans, aston-martin, racing, stefan-mucke, f-i-a, japan

  • Aston Martin is heading the Asian Le Mans launch

    Aston Martin is heading the Asian Le Mans launchAfter these title winning: Team, Driver, Manufacturer Le Mans Series, Racing Aston Martin is revving in Okayama for the Asian Le Mans Series' inaugural round on 31th of October 31 – 1st of November. This marks the team Japanese launch, that will be sending the LMP1 Gulf liveried numbered 007 car to this event. The drivers Stefan Mucke and Harald Primat will be rivaling at the (3.7 km) 2.3 mile, Okayama International Circuit 13-turn. The World Touring Car Championship FIA will be hosted there also during that exact same weekend.Racing Team Principal of Aston Martin, George Howard-Chappell said '2009 has been a fantastic year. We ...

    Tags: lmp1, lemans, racing, aston-martin, asian-lemans, vantage, gt2, gt1, dbr9

  • Aston Martin Rapide debuts at Frankfurt

    Aston Martin Rapide debuts at FrankfurtThe British automaker owned by the Indians over at Tata, Aston Martin, decided to take the opportunity of participating at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show in order to present a new model. Well, actually, I am talking about a long awaited model. After being first presented back in 2006 at the Detroit Auto Show in a concept state, the Aston Martin Rapide production ready version has shown its face in Germany. The Aston Martin Rapide will get its power from a hand built V12 6.0 liter engine that has an output of 477 horsepower at 6000 revs per minute and 600 Nm of torque at ...

    Tags: rapide, debuts, frankfurt, aston, martin

  • Aston Martin winning Le Mans Series 2009

    Aston Martin winning Le Mans Series 2009Aston Martin British maker claimed the Le Mans Series 2009 and Team - Driver titles, fifty years after it won World Sportscar Championship having the DBR1.The car 007 LMP1 came the 3rd in the 1,000 km Autosport at Silverstone, the Le Mans Series final round, while the seven vehicle finished 4th. The 3rd Racing entry Aston Martin finished thirteenth after technical errors that happened at the race start.The last race was completed in five hours and thirty minutes, that is faster than usual. Aston Martin says this was due partly to the fact there weren't safety vehicle periods in a greatly no-incident racing. 'This is ...

    Tags: le-mans, lmp1, winning, le-mans-series, 2009, aston-martin, dbr1, racing

  • Ferrari has the most iconic sports car badge

    Ferrari has the most iconic sports car badgeA poll commissioned by the British company MPH featuring Top Gear Live and run by orange.co.uk/cars on the subject of ``the most iconic performance car badge`` had as results that Ferrari has the most iconic sports car badge. This is not surprising at all and actually comes to show a reality. I think that there is no car owner or fan anywhere around the world that does not know the Prancing Horse badge. The results of the poll came after a total of over 5100 people expressed their opinion in a poll that had ten options, including, alphabetically, Aston Martin, Bugatti, Ferrari, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini, Lotus, ...

    Tags: badge, sports, car, iconic, ferrari
  • january 2007 Aston Martin DB9
  • 3-doors, coupé - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 200 km/h
  • january 2007 Aston Martin DB9 Volante
  • 3-doors, coupé - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 216 km/h
  • january 2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
  • 3-doors, coupé - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 216 km/h
  • march 2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster
  • 3-doors, coupé - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 216 km/h
  • september 2007 Aston Martin DB7
  • 2-doors, cabriolet - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 205 km/h
  • september 2007 Aston Martin DB7 Volante
  • 2-doors, cabriolet - Fuel: bio-ethanol
    Topspeed: 215 km/h
  • september 2007 Aston Martin V12 Vanquish
  • 2-doors, cabriolet - Fuel: bio-ethanol
    Topspeed: 210 km/h
  • september 2008 Aston Martin V8 Coupe
  • 2-doors, cabriolet - Fuel: bio-ethanol
    Topspeed: 215 km/h
  • september 2007 Aston Martin V8 Volante
  • 2-doors, cabriolet - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 220 km/h
  • september 2007 Aston Martin Virage
  • 2-doors, cabriolet - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 215 km/h
  • september 2007 Aston Martin Volante
  • 2-doors, cabriolet - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 220 km/h