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Newswheel staff :: 13 December 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Aston Martin, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Europe & UK
Aston’s new Bond-backed, DB9-based
flagship coupe, the DBS, has taken a critical pounding. By the lofty
standards of Aston’s recent produce, at least. Fortunately, the company
has something altogether tastier cooking in the form of this new V12
Vantage RS. With no less than 600 ponies crammed into the Vantage’s
compact and relatively light body, performance should be more than
adequate. For now, it’s only a concept. But heavy hints from Aston
suggest the car will receive a low-volume production run.
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19 July 2007 :: Filed under Aston Martin
The last Vanquish will roll off the line at Aston’s Newport Pagnell
facility tomorrow, sniffle sniffle. The boutique British brand has been
trickling out handbuilt gentleman’s expresses from the midlands factory
since the misty days of 1954…
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Newswheel staff :: 26 March 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, Aston Martin
Under new ownership and planning a 700bhp uber coupe. This is the future of Aston Martin according to UK rag Auto Express. Codenamed DBX, the new car will be positioned to take on the likes of M-B’s Macca SLR and capable of well over 200mph…
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Newswheel staff :: 09 February 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Aston Martin, Europe & UK, US
Following recent reports and rumours indicating LVHM had snapped up Aston Martin, the French luxury goods outfit has issued a public denial. Best known for hawking pricey nonessential paraphernalia including Louis Vuitton clobber, Moet champers and Tag Hauer watches, LVHM was among 25 companies said to have made enquiries when Ford originally put Aston up for sale. LVHM now claims a formal bid was never made…
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Newswheel staff :: 17 November 2006 :: Filed under Aston Martin, Aston Martin DBS
What to make of the latest Bond flick, Casino Royale, which opened yesterday at cinemas across the UK? With the usual broadsheet, tv-based and online suspects already on record with a largely uniform line of raised thumbs, and with the prospect of plenty of Aston Martin-branded car porn, Newswheel tooled into town with high hopes. Gritty, emotional, gripping, even realistic. 007 for grown ups, in other words, was the pre-show buzz.
Of course, the usual format for a film review typically involves carefully crafted prose, peppered with witty and insightful observations and building inexorably to a subtly argued conclusion. But frankly, this gruesome movie doesn’t deserve that sort of treatment. The high profile critics couldn’t have got it more wrong. Casino Royale is garish, boring, loud, stupid, excessively lengthy, clunky, cheesy, incompetent, crass, disjointed, cynical, mercenary, misguided, amateurish, clichéd and formulaic. And contrary to expectation, it’s recognisably Bond. But for all the wrong reasons. If you must know why, read on…
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Newswheel staff :: 15 November 2006 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Roadster, Aston Martin, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Europe & UK, US
Enjoy the ineffable beauty of the new V8 Vantage Roadster, revealed yesterday, while the honeymoon lasts, folks. For it will soon be a pestilence upon the humble roads of west London – when the Roadster arrives, Aston Martin will surely be beating well-heeled customers out of showrooms with a shitty stick. Well, so long as the boutique British sports car brand survives the process of being defenestrated from the Ford empire…
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Neville Contractor :: 13 October 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Aston Martin, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Europe & UK
In the multi-billion dollar motor industry game of Fordopoly (grab a box set before the Christmas rush…), Aston Martin is little more than a powerless pawn. But that hasn’t prevented the British sports GT specialist from pressing on with a couple of competition-inspired Vantage coupé creations, including a lightweight, road-legal track tool and rally-ready racer…
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Newswheel staff :: 11 September 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Aston Martin, Aston Martin DBS, Europe & UK
We’ll have to wait until November 17th when cinema audiences get their first taste of Casino Royale to find out whether Daniel Craig’s cheese-free and back-to-basics Bond is a goer. For now, may we suggest you supp on the latest, more revealing trailer which includes full footage of unspeakable acts done to an Aston DBS in the name of Queen and country…
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Newswheel staff :: 01 September 2006 :: Filed under Aston Martin, Ford, Europe & UK, US
Ford is planning to offload Aston Martin in an attempt to free up funds for other brands. So says none other than Bill Ford, the Blue Oval’s eponymous head honcho. Ford reckons the money raised will offset the costs of the company’s accelerated Way Forward programme including job cuts and factory closures…
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Newswheel staff :: 04 July 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Aston Martin, Europe & UK, US
For the past 40 years, boutique British sports car maker Aston Martin has been relieving investors of cash. But no longer. The company’s 62-year-old German head honcho, Ulrich Bez (he of 993-vintage Porsche 911 fame amongst other achievements), has revealed that Aston turned a profit in 2005 – the first real return for its owners since the 1960s…
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Newswheel staff :: 08 May 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Aston Martin, Aston Martin DBS, Europe & UK, US,
Better late than never: Aston Martin fired off the first salvo of its DBS marketing assault last week with images of the upcoming Bond-branded coupe. Belatedly, and in the interests of completeness, we present them to you. Just don’t get too excited. The car appears to be a wide-bodied rehash of the existing DB9 model…
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Newswheel staff :: 03 April 2006 :: Filed under Aston Martin, Europe & UK
Can’t afford a new V8 Vantage? Then get your hands on the next best thing, this rather natty all-alloy Nokia 8800 phone with tasteful Aston Martin etching accoutrements. Oh, ok, it’s nowhere near the next best thing to a V8 Vantage. It’s not even the next best thing to a half decent smartphone. And it’s already hit a rather lofty £860 on FleaBay. But the proceeds do go to charity. So, please think of the children!
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Newswheel staff :: 22 February 2006 :: Filed under Front engine sportscar, Aston Martin, Aston Martin DBS, Europe & UK, US
File this one under unconfirmed-but-very-plausible and then batten down the hatches. An image purporting to show the upcoming Aston DBS coupe has leaked onto the great interweb…
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Newswheel staff :: 04 January 2006 :: Filed under Four-door coupe, Aston Martin, Aston Martin Rapide, Europe & UK, US
Merc’s slinky CLS set the ball rolling. Porsche is planning to join the party by the end of the decade. And now Aston Martin has announced its own take on the modern four-door coupe, the Rapide. And this is no mere show car. Production starts just 12 months from now.
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Newswheel staff :: 30 November 2005 :: Filed under Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, Europe & UK, US
Ford’s Premier Automotive Group (PAG), which includes Jaguar, Aston Martin, Volvo and Land Rover, is a money pit. It lost a hilarious $740 million in 2004, and has dumped another $146 million so far in 2005. But the company’s CEO, good old Bill Ford, has sworn that PAG will make money in 2006.
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