Blogs Posts in Aston Martin category; 9 blog posts

Ulrich Bez steers Aston Martin past trouble

It had been an extremely bad week for Aston Martin, the once-failing British sports car maker that went through a miraculous make-over to re-establish itself as an iconic marque - and to return to profit. Aston Martin V12 R [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Aston Martin DBS Goes Volante!

The spy shooters at KGP look like they've caught a former secret agent man going topless in Sweden. That's right, it's the new Aston Martin DBS -- but wait, what's this, since when has there been a convertible version -- a Volante? Appare [...]

Posted On : Jan, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS: Pure power

Looking almost identical to the V8 Vantage coupé on which it is based, this is Aston Martin's latest high-powered concept, the V12 Vantage RS.Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS Vantage points: Aston Martin V12 Vantage RSThe output is impres [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 2007 | Comments : 0

Aston Martin comes to China

Aston Martin yesterday openned its first dealer in China in Shanghai's Xin Tian Di District, according to a Chinese newspaper, citing the company's press release.The Shanghai Aston Martin Retail Center, franchised by GruppeM, extends Asto [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Aston Martin considering GT2 V8 Vantage

Aston Martin's 2008 GT1-class racing plan still is not finalized, but it might battle Chevrolet in GT2. Prodrive, which runs Aston's racing programs, has a test car up and running.Prodrive's test mule is based on the V8 Vantage. The car wou [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2007 | Comments : 0

Aston Martin DB9 LM & V8 Vantage N400

Aston Martin will take two special models to Frankfurt. The V8 Vantage N400 draws its inspiration from the V8 Vantage N24 production race car that won its class in the Nurburgring 24 hour race. Compared to the standard V8 Vantage, the N40 [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

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zFord has received a massive $931 million for the sale of Aston Martin, they sold this UK GT maker earlier this year many believed that Ford had actually wanted $965 million for the company, but Ford later said that they revised this price [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2007 | Comments : 0

Ford sells Aston Martin

Sean Connery as James Bond and his DB5 Ford’s President said, “The sale of Aston Martin supports the key objectives of the company, to restructure to operate profitably at lower volumes and changed mod [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2007 | Comments : 2

Ford sells out Aston Martin to a Motorsport Consortium

The consortium headed by Dave Richards, the owner of motorsport specialist Prodrive, is to buy Aston Martin from its parent company Ford. The deal is worth £479 million to Ford and guarantees around 1,800 jobs in the UK. Building more [...]