Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante: The HandBuilt British Supercar That Refused to Compromise The problem with the Vantage Volante isn't one of speed, or beauty, or ambition it's one of contradiction. Newport Pagn...
In the tumultuous landscape of 1970s automotive design, the Aston Martin V8 Series III emerged as a defiant celebration of handcrafted grandeur. Produced from 1973 to 1978, this model bridged the gap between As...
When Roger Moore's 007 handed back the keys for good, the Aston Martin V8 Volante almost went with him and then Timothy Dalton saved it. Victor Gauntlett, Aston Martin Lagonda's chairman, personally lent his ow...
The Aston Martin DB6 Vantage, produced from 1965 to 1971, stands as a masterpiece of British automotive engineering, blending refined luxury with raw performance. As the successor to the legendary DB5, the DB6...
When the Aston Martin DB4 Series I debuted at the 1958 London Motor Show, it marked a transformative moment for the British marque and the grand touring segment. Emerging from the creative vision of Sir David B...
When sixty sales managers of a Minneapolis greeting card company each pool $200 to buy their boss a Christmas present, and that present turns out to be a oneoftwo coachbuilt Aston Martin designed by Giovanni Mi...
In the realm of grand touring cars, the Aston Martin DB2/4 Coupe by Bertone stands as a distinguished symbol of mid20th century automotive sophistication. Produced from 1953 to 1957, the DB2/4 was a significant...
When the engineers at Newport Pagnell grafted an extra 200 millimetres into the wheelbase of the V8 Volante, they were doing something that felt almost against the grain of Aston Martin's DNA making a car more...
Twentyeight. That is the entire global production run of the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Speedster and every last one was committed to a buyer before a single carbon fibre panel had been laid up, let alone del...
Nineteen. It's a number that follows Zagato around like a phantom, encoded into the very DNA of the Italian carrozzeria. Founded in Milan on 19 April 1919 by Ugo Zagato, the house built only 19 examples of its...
Four hundred and ten brake horsepower, in 1989, from a naturally aspirated engine that first saw light in a gentleman's road car. Pause on that number for a moment, because the engineers at Newport Pagnell arri...
The engine that powered Aston Martin's most exotic and coachbuilt 1980s creation the razoredged, Zagatobodied V8 was also available, quietly and without fanfare, as a factory conversion for the Vantage sitting...
The open car occupied the summit of the DB5 range throughout its production life, offered without the "Volante" designation that name would arrive only with the subsequent Short Chassis Volante of 196566, which...
When a manufacturer puts a guaranteed top speed in writing and stakes its reputation on the promise, the car carrying that claim had better be honest. In 1934, Aston Martin signed its name to exactly that kind...