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News: Aston launches new Rapide saloon. Drool.

Posted by Alex Bale Tuesday, January 29, 2013




Bought a Lotto ticket this week? Good, then read on... The stunning new Aston Martin Rapide S is making its debut with yet more luxury and yet more power on offer in its quintessentially elegant four-door silhouette.


The iconic British car maker’s new luxury GT has been sympathetically redesigned andpainstakingly re-engineered to reassert its position as the world’s most beautiful, and beautifully balanced, four-seat sports car.

Aside from the extensive design and engineering improvements, the luxurious new Rapide S – which replaces the outgoing Rapide in markets worldwide – is now even more refined thanks to a range of additions to the four-seater’s sumptuous interior.

Still instantly recognisable as an Aston Martin, of course, the new Rapide S now boasts an imposing and assertive new ‘face’, created by virtue of the impressive and striking new full grille.

Imbuing the new car with an even more sporting, forceful demeanour, the revised front end design is matched at the back by a striking new rear deck profile which includes a more pronounced boot lid ‘flip’. The aerodynamic and aesthetic upgrades both reinforce the sporting nature of new Rapide S and work to counteract lift at higher speeds.

Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ulrich Bez said: “The Rapide S is to me, without doubt, the most beautiful four-door sports car on the market today. This is, very clearly, the power of luxury in action.

“The car’s stunning visual appeal is now matched by a much more powerful and yet more efficient engine – our exceptional new AM11 V12 – which increases massively both the excitement and performance potential of the Rapide S.

“It is a four-door sports car that uniquely combines luxury, style and sporting excitement in Aston Martin’s most flexible and accommodating silhouette. Purity of proportion and exceptional elegance are mixed with truly sensational dynamic performance – this is the four-door sports car in its most versatile form and I am sure our customers around the world are going to love it!”
















News: Aston Martin to be bought by Indian truck maker?

Posted by Alex Bale Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Rumours are swirling this week over the future ownership of Aston Martin. The famed sports car brand was sold off by Ford almost a decade ago to a consortium of Middle East investors, fronted by Prodrive boss David Richards, since when the company has flourished under current boss Ulrich Bez.

Cars like the beautiful DB9, V8 and V12 Vantage, DBS and the new Vanquish have cemented Aston’s reputation as a maker of fast, gorgeous, expensive GT cars, while the rekindled on-screen association with James Bond (007 star Daniel Craig drives a DBS in Casino Royale and a classic DB5 in the current smash-hit, Skyfall) has seen Aston’s star rise to heights not seen since its sixties heyday.

But now it seems that the firm is up for sale again, and the most likely new owner looks like being Indian car and truck maker Mahindra, while southern-European venture capitalists Invesdustrial are also thought to be tabling a bid. The problem, for Aston Martin, is that it needs to develop a whole new range of cars and engines in the next few years, and that is a massive and expensive undertaking. A proposed tie-up with Mercedes-Benz, which would have seen Aston using Mercedes engines and chassis in future models, fell through earlier this year. It would be hard, if not impossible, for a company the size of Aston Martin to fund that kind of development (which costs into the billions) by itself, hence the need to link up with a larger car maker as a partner. There was some possibility of Toyota swooping in as a white knight for Aston (Aston and Toyota already have a relationship, with Aston building a high-end, bespoke version of Toyota’s iQ city car, badged the Cygnet, and Aston boss Bez and Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda are known to be friends) but that too seems to have cooled off.

The Mahindra bid is especially interesting as that company was one of the bidders for Jaguar and Land Rover, back in 2008, but lost out to Indian rivals Tata. Seeing the boost that Jaguar Land Rover has made to Tata's profits in recent years, one wonders if there's a bit of unfinished business in the high-end British sports car world for Mahindra.

2013 Aston Martin AM 310 Vanquish Spesification

Posted by Alex Bale Sunday, September 16, 2012
Aston Martin AM 310 Vanquish is a brand new Aston Martin featuring the next generation in the renowned VH architecture in addition to a significantly upgraded 6.0-litre V12 engine that is considerably more potent than just before.
2013 Aston Martin AM 310 Vanquish Spesification
The new 2013 Aston Martin AM 310 Vanquish, that replaced the first-generation Vanquish. That automotive premiered in 2001 as the brand’s top-of-the-line model-a rare and expensive automotive hand-assembled in 2013 Aston Martin AM 310 Vanquish previous Newport Pagnell production web site. Resurrecting the Vanquish nameplate highlights the new car’s standing at the greatest of the brand’s lineup, whilst distancing it through the DBS, that was too close to the DB9 not solely in name, however but also in execution.

The structure represents the latest handle Aston Martin’s iconic visual vocabulary. Vanquish unquestionably sees the manufacturer continue its alluring tradition of producing some of the most beautiful sports automobiles in the world. Styling tips such as the elegant brand-new waist, elongated aspect strakes and LED back light blades are derived from the One-77 supercar.
2013 Aston Martin AM310 Vanquish Revealed
Powered by a significantly revised naturally aspirated Half a dozen.0-litre V12 petrol engine mated towards the proven Touchtronic 2 six-speed programmed gearbox, the new automobile offers suitably amazing performance figures. Your V12's power peak regarding 565 bhp (573 PS) makes it Aston Martin’s most potent production model yet, outmuscled only by the totally limited edition £1.2m One-77 supercar.

The natural statistics speak by themselves: 573 PS at Some,750 rpm, 620 Nm of torque at A few,500 rpm, 0-62 miles-per-hour in 4.A single seconds and a prime speed of 183 mile per hour place the Aston Martin Vanquish firmly straight into supercar territory. Yet the brand’s staff of engineers happen to be working towards economic system and emissions enhancements, too.

The latest design methods, innovative technologies and typically understated basic British design come together to make the muscular new Vanquish a true super GT. For instance, each system panel on the vehicle is constructed from carbon fibre because of its high strength-to-weight ratio and flexibility of form. On the other hand torsional rigidity is improved simply by more than 25%.
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2013 aston martin am310 vanquish price - Priced through £189,995 RRP first deliveries of the new sports car are required to begin in the UK as well as Continental Europe past due in 2012.

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