Aston Martin are to run a Rapide in the Nürburgring 24-hour race in May together with a V12 Vantage. The Rapide will be driven by Aston boss Dr Ulrich Bez. It may be a four door saloon car. It may designed to ferry privileged families in supercar style. It may – on the face of it – […]
Aston Martin Cygnet – what’s going on?
Aston Martin now appears to be targeting the Aston Martin Cygnet at young, trendy wannabees instead of as a City Car for existing AM owners. Aston Martin first rolled the Aston Martin Cygnet in to view back in June last year. It seemed as if they were trying to judge just what flack they would […]
Aston Martin One-77 – Testing video
The Aston Martin One-77 has been out final testing before customer cars are delivered and we have a video of the One-77 on track. You can tell the Aston Martin One-77 is getting close to fruition. We’ve run stories about the One-77 out testing in December and we’ve also had the story about the one […]
Aston Martin DBS UB 2010 – the ‘Bez’ Special
Aston Martin has created a special edition DBS – the Aston Martin DBS UB 2010 – to commemorate 10 years of Dr Ulrich Bez’s leadership. Special edition cars are used by car makers as a way to shift some extra metal by seemingly offering either something not normally available, or at a discount from list price if […]
Bridgestone Potenza S001 – standard on 458 Italia & Rapide +video
A bit of VT of the latest tyre from Bridgestone – the Bridgestone Potenza S001 – as fitted to the Aston Martin Rapide and the Ferrari 458 Italia. I think it must be a petrol-head thing, but we love tyres. Anything from a cross-ply to the latest high-performance job is a source of fascination. Our […]
Aston Martin Rapide – Official Valencia video
We have the official Aston Martin Rapide video from the recent AM bash in Valencia to show the Rapide to the world’s media. Back at the start of February Aston Martin flew the world’s media to Valencia to party with the new Aston Martin Rapide. Even though Cars UK didn’t get an invite we decided to shove […]
Aston Martin One-77 – Ten cars sold to one buyer
Cars UK has discovered that one Middle East customer has bought ten Aston Martin One-77s in a deal worth £15,000,000 The Aston Martin One-77 is a wonderful creation (being built for Aston Martin by CPP) which is getting very close to finding its way in to customer’s hands. Aston Martin have been doing final shakedowns […]
Aston Martin Rapide – the Configurator
Aston Martin has launched an online configurator for the new Aston Martin Rapide where you can build your very own Rapide. Now that the Aston Martin Rapide is finally hitting the roads – and Rapide Reviews are being published – Aston Martin are moving from ‘It’s coming’ promotions to ‘It’s here – come and buy […]
Aston Martin Rapide Review – the video
We have video of the Aston Martin Rapide in the foothills of Valencia, where the world’s motoring press have been reviewing and road testing Aston Martin’s new 4-door saloon. Last week we ran a report on our Aston Martin Rapide Review. As you’ll know if you read it – despite it being a review – […]
Aston Martin Rapide Review – Valencia
Aston Martin are having a press launch of the Rapide this month in Valencia, giving the first opportunities to road test the new AM and offer up an Aston Martin Rapide Review. This month Aston Martin are partying in Spain. Valencia, to be exact. They’ve moved a whole platoon of Aston Martin employees to Spain […]