Back in 2006, Aston Martin unveiled the Rapide Concept, the first production 4 door Aston Martin since the 15/98 Saloon in 1936. The page featuring the Rapide has been updated with a number of previously unpublished photographs from the 2006 Geneva Motor Show.
The N430 V8 Vantage has just been announced as a new model for 2014 – to be unveiled at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show
The 6 cylinder DBS page has had a makeover this week with loads of new images added. This popular starter ‘classic’ Aston Martin is strongly tipped to be the model to watch following the huge increase in values of the DB4, DB5 and DB6 in recent years.
Can you believe that it was 10 years ago since we first saw the DB9 Volante. I have been digging in my files and have found plenty of previously unseen pictures to fill a revised page on the most popular of the drop-top Aston Martins.
Due to popular demand, the unique and desirable V8 Vantage Zagato Mule page has had a make-over with previously unseen photographs
Back it 2003, AML showed us the future of the marque. The AMV8 Vantage was unveiled to the world at the Detroit Motor Show and as we all know, went on to be developed into the popular V8 Vantage which is still in production today. What many people are still unaware of is that the concept was actually built in India by a specialist company based on a 1999 DB7 Vantage Volante compete with V12 engine. We had no idea that the AMV8 Vantage was actually the first V12 Vantage. I have just scanned my negatives from 2003, many of the images have not been seen before.
For five days only during Centenary week, Aston Martin actively encouraged factory guests to write birthday messages on a DBS V12. Not a brand new car you understand, but a prototype from 2007. The eventual fate of the car is currently unknown.
In 1977, this ageing DBSV8 defied all the odds to compete and finish the greatest endurance racing event, the 24 hours of Le Mans. RHAM/1 was built by Robin Hamilton, a midlands Aston Martin dealer, who went on to develop the 1980’s Nimrod. I have added loads of new images of RHAM/1 today.
No car quite captured my imagination as much as this, the 1976 Aston Martin Lagonda – the Car of the Future. Some say the design is dated, kitsch even, but taken in the context of the cars that filled our roads at that time and even now, the drama of seeing a Lagonda on the road even now is unmatched by any other exotic. If Gerry Anderson had still been making Thunderbirds in 1976, you can bet Geoff Tracy and Lady Penelope would be driving a wedge Lagonda.
Is you thought the DB9 had been around for a while, are you aware of the latest version based using the 4th generation of VH architecture. The ‘new’ DB9 is arguably the most complete car in the range with over 500 bhp from the AM11 V12 engine, Carbon Ceramic brakes and the latest Adapitive Damping System offering the choice of three modes.
