This is not an Aston Martin yet is a very important piece of Aston Martin history. This Lola T70 raced during 1967 with a prototype of the AM V8 engine that went on to be used in Aston Martins for the next 30 years.
Having been unable to be at Le Mans in 2010, I missed one of only two possible opertunities to photograph the AMR-One, the LMP1 racecar that was just a little too ahead of it’s time. No worries, thankfully one was displayed in Parc Prive during the Aston Martin Centenary Celebrations in Kensington Palace during July 2013.
After checking through photographs that I took at this years Silverstone Historic Festival, I realised that parked amongst 300 other Astons was the unique one-of-one DB7 V12 Vantage Volante GTS II. The rarest DB7 ever made? Quite possibly.
The page featuring the Bamford and martin race car, Razor Blade, has been totally updated with loads of new photographs. This particular image shows Razor Blade alongside A3 and the head of the 101 car timeline of Aston Martins as part of the Centenary Celebrations.
The programme for the Centenary Celebrations is now available from Aston Martin online. As was a co-writer and contributor to the publication, I can tell you how hard everyone worked to create a wonderful souvenir of the greatest AM event of all time
And yes, I really did go up on a crane to take this image.
The fastest series production Aston Martin, the extreme
V12 Vantage S is featured on a new page today
At long last, I have been able to take pictures of the rare DB7 Dunhill Volante, the first of many special edition DB7’s
Loads of new photos of the CC100 Speedster Concept taken at both the design centre at Gaydon and the Centennary Timeline at Kensington Palace, London
Built 25 years ago but only now has this unique car the V8 Long Wheelbase saloon been seen in public. Now at long last, I can add it to this site.
A real highlight of the Kensington Palace Aston Martin Centenary Timeline, marking the 100 years of the company, was the debut of two unique coachbuilt Zagatos, the DBS Coupe Zagato Centennial and the DB9 Spyder Zagato Centennial. The association between the two companies began over 50 years ago and Aston Zagatos are always outstanding and sometimes a little challenging too.
