Geely – owners of Volvo, Lotus, Polestar and Lynk & Co – takes a stake in Aston Martin in AML’s latest funding round. Aston Martin wouldn’t be Aston Martin without endless financial problems and changes of direction, with the latest round of Aston Martin angst starting when Lawrence Stroll took the reins. It did look […]
James Bond Aston Martin DB5 replica stunt car sells for £2.9million
A replica Aston Martin DB5 stunt car which featured in No Time To Die fetches £2.9 million at auction in London in aid of charity. Back in July, we reported on a charity auction featuring cars and more from 60 years of James Bond films, with the headline lots undoubtedly Aston Martins. Now parts of […]
Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster RETURNS with 690bhp – and it’s sold out
The new Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster returns for a last hurrah boasting 690bhp, with just 249 cars being built and all sold out. Sticking a big V12 in Aston Martin’s smallest car has always been a special event, and arguably more special when it’s a Roadster. That happened a decade ago when Aston launched […]
Aston Martin DBR22 REVEALED to celebrate a decade of Q by Aston Martin
The Aston Martin DBR22 is revealed at Monterey as a concept heading for limited production to celebrate a decade of Q by Aston Martin. It’s a decade since Q by Aston Martin came into being as a cheesily-named division to offer the ultimate personalisation for AML customers and deliver some one-off specials to boost the […]
Land Rover Defender, Range Rover Sport, Jaguar and Aston Martin JAMES BOND cars up for grabs
Cars from the James Bond No Time to Die, including Land Rovers, a Range Rover, a Jaguar and two Aston Martins are being auctioned off for charity. Any product linked to the James Bond film franchise tends to make exceptional prices, so an auction in September at Christie’s which includes a raft of cars from […]
First Aston Martin DBX707 customer car rolls off the line in Wales
The first customer Aston Martin DBX707 – the new range-topping DBX – rolls off the line in Wales as customer deliveries begin. Despite the arrival of Lawrence Stroll as its new ‘White Knight’, Aston Martin is still embroiled in turmoil and disappointing results, with former AMG boss Tobias Moers now gone as AML tries to […]
More Aston Martin TURMOIL- Mercedes-AMG’s Tobias Moers OUT, Ferrari’s Amedeo Felisa IN
Just two years after joining Aston Martin as CEO, former AMG boss Tobias Moers is out, to be replaced by ex-Ferrari boss Amedeo Felisa. When Aston Martin’s latest ‘White Knight’ – Lawrence Stroll – rocked up to Gaydon, it looked like things could only get better. But now, just two years after he was appointed […]
THIS is the new 690bhp Aston Martin V12 Vantage – but you can’t have one
The new – and last – Aston Martin V12 Vantage is revealed with 690bhp and good for 62mph in 3.4 seconds. And all 333 are already sold. Aston Martin has been fond of sticking its biggest engine in to its smallest car (no, not the Cygnet), so it’s about time the V12 went back in […]
Aston Martin follows Lotus in deal to develop high-performance EV batteries with Britishvolt
Britshvolt has added Aston Martin to its partners, with AML and Britishvolt working together to develop high-performance batteries for its forthcoming electric cars. Back in January, we reported that Britishvolt had secured £1.7 billion in funding to create a new battery Gigafactrory to build high-performance batteries for electric cars, and it seemed likely its first […]
Aston Martin DBX 707 – a 695bhp, £189k DBX REVEALED
Aston Martin has revealed the DBX 707 SUV, a new range-topping DBX delivering 697bhp from its 4.0-litre V8 and costing from £189,000. Last week we saw the first photo of the new Aston Martin DBX SUV, which one and all expected to be the DBX S, but it was just a shadowy image of the […]