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Desmond J. Smail DB5 takes auction record – but it's short-lived as Aston values continue to soar

Mon 12 Dec 2011

Back in September the seemingly inexorable rise of classic Aston Martins was amply demonstrated when a 1964 DB5, beautifully restored by marque specialist Desmond J. Smail and once owned by Shane Filan of pop group Westlife, sold for a record auction price of £348,000 – against an estimate of £250,000-£300,000. Notwithstanding…

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Works Lola-Aston Martin sixth in final Intercontinental Le Mans Cup race in China

Fri 18 Nov 2011

Given its strong performance of third place in the penultimate round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in America last month, Aston Martin Racing was hopeful of a similar result in China for the final race. Despite having qualified only third fastest of the petrol-fuelled LMP1 sports-prototypes, and seventh overall, for…

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Hexis AMR crowned GT1 World Teams Champion, Young Driver AMR loses out on drivers’ title

Wed 09 Nov 2011

While the Young Driver AMR pairing of Darren Turner and Stefan Mucke went into the penultimate round of the FIA GT1 World Championship second in the drivers’ title standings and leaders in the teams’ rankings, an accident in qualifying cruelly precluded their DBR9’s further participation. With the distance to Argentina’s…

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Yacht designer reveals stunning Aston Martin-inspired speedboat

Fri 28 Oct 2011

An American yacht designer has produced a striking concept speedboat that draws its visual inspiration from current Aston Martin models. Conceived as a tribute to and with the approval of the British marque, Luiz de De Basto’s design is his vision of what could result should Aston Martin decide to…

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Works Service makeover and new sales outlet to create 'Centre of Excellence'

Fri 14 Oct 2011

In recent years, particularly during Ford ownership prior to its March 2007 takeover by a David Richards-led consortium, unwelcome rumours had sporadically emerged from Aston Martin Lagonda that its famous Newport Pagnell facility would close. Now the future of the home of Aston Martin production for half a century, which…

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Aston Martin voted UK’s Coolest Brand for fifth time in six years

Tue 04 Oct 2011

Fending off some of the world’s leading international creators of design-motivated products, the prestigious title of ‘UK’s Coolest Brand’ has once again been awarded to Aston Martin. Not only was this for an unprecedented fifth time in six years since the award was established in 2001, but the company was…

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Second podium finish for Aston Martin Racing in American Le Mans Series

Mon 03 Oct 2011

Aston Martin Racing clinched third place in the 1,000 mile/10 hour Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta on October the 1st, the final round of the American Le Mans Series and penultimate round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. In qualifying the Lola-Aston Martin B09/60, retrospectively…

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Works Lola-Aston Martin wins at Laguna Seca but Muscle Milk misses ALMS title

Wed 21 Sep 2011

Following its somewhat disappointing ninth place in Silverstone’s Autosport 6 Hours in early September Aston Martin Racing returned to winning ways in America with victory in the penultimate round of the American Le Mans Series at Laguna Seca. It provided a much needed fillip for the team after its disastrous…

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Young Driver AMR team leads GT1 World Championship into last round

Fri 16 Sep 2011

After their dominant double victories in both qualifying and championship races at Beijing in September, Young Driver AMR leads the teams’ rankings in the FIA GT1 World Championship in what has become a very closely fought title contest. In very wet conditions, the DBR9 of Tomas Enge/Alex Muller took the qualifying…

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Sir Roger Moore reunited with DBS for The Persuaders! 40th anniversary DVD collection

Tue 13 Sep 2011

Four decades since the first episode of the ever popular The Persuaders! appeared on television, an enhanced DVD collection of the two series made has been released. To mark the occasion, Sir Roger Moore, who played Lord Brett Sinclair alongside the late Tony Curtis as Danny Wilde, was reunited on…

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Splendid Chelsea AutoLegends draws in large London crowd

Thu 08 Sep 2011

Now in its second year, the expanded Chelsea AutoLegends attracted an enthusiastic 8,000-plus visitors – 50 per cent up on 2010 – to its home in the palatial grounds of the Royal Hospital on the 4th of September. Just a stone’s throw away from London’s Kings Road, a centrepiece of…

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Hat trick for Muscle Milk after Lola-Aston Martin wins at Road America in closest ever ALMS race – but gremlins strike at Baltimore

Mon 05 Sep 2011

For the third successive race in a row the Muscle Milk Lola-Aston Martin B08/62 has triumphed, winning at Road America over August 18th/20th and notching up its four victory of the season in the American Le Mans Series. At the previous round at Mid-Ohio, over August 5th/6th, the regular driver…

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Limited edition V12 Zagato gets production go-ahead and Frankfurt debut

Sat 27 Aug 2011

After strong customer feedback following its award-winning Villa D’Este public debut at May’s Concours D’Elegance in Italy, and a strong performance in June’s Nurburgring 24 Hours, the new V12 Zagato is to go into production next year. The road version, to be shown for the first time at a mainstream…

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Specification of new V12 Vantage GT3 contender confirmed

Thu 25 Aug 2011

Aston Martin has released a detailed specification of its latest FIA GT3 racing class contender. Successor to the hugely accomplished DBRS9, the V12 Vantage GT3 will encompass up to the minute technology to ensure it has every chance of competing successfully against the latest generation racers from rival marques. Given…

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AMR-One on hold as Factory reverts to Lola-Aston Martin for rest of racing season

Thu 04 Aug 2011

Immediately after the French endurance classic Aston Martin began an in-depth and lengthy technical evaluation of its AMR-One, including bringing in two unnamed engineering consultancies to provide additional input. In the early stages of the evaluation AML chairman David Richards had confidently predicted that a brace of AMR-Ones would be…

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Classic Aston Martin auction prices continue upward spiral

Fri 29 Jul 2011

By now everyone is used to the traditionally top end prices paid at Bonhams annual May auction at Aston Martin Works Service. Prime examples this year were £254,000 paid for a DB4 Series 1, £227,000 for a DB2/4 Mark II Drop-head Coupe, £430,500 for one of 12 Harold Radford-converted DB5…

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Muscle Milk Lola-Aston Martin takes second American Le Mans Series victory at Mosport

Tue 26 Jul 2011

After dominating all the practice sessions and securing pole position in qualifying for the American Le Mans Series round at Mosport over the weekend of July 24th/ 25th, the California-based Muscle Milk Lola B08/62-Aston Martin of Lucas Luhr/Klaus Graf mirrored its performance at the Canadian track last year by again…

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Last gasp victory for DB4GT Lightweight in RAC Tourist Trophy for Historic Cars at Silverstone Classic

Mon 25 Jul 2011

First awarded last year, the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy for Historic Cars – not to be confused with the original RAC Tourist Trophy which has been continuously awarded to current race cars since 1905 – was won in dramatic style by the Aston Martin DB4GT of race legends Richard…

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Sir Stirling Moss surprises Lady Susie with Aston Martin Cygnet

Wed 13 Jul 2011

A surprise birthday present for his wife, Lady Susie, Sir Stirling Moss took delivery of one of the first Aston Martin Cygnets at the Royal Automobile Club on July 12th. The result of six months of secret planning between Britain’s most famous racing driver and Aston Martin Lagonda, the car…

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V12 Vantage Zagatos and V8 Vantages overcome problems to finish tough Nurburgring 24 Hours

Mon 27 Jun 2011

Aston Martin’s three factory entries in this year’s Nurburgring 24 Hours have successfully completed the demanding race, albeit after early promise of possible podium positions was thwarted by problems. Held on the infamous 16.1 mile Nordschliefe circuit in late June, two of the new and as yet unavailable V12 Vantage…

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AMR-One prototypes sidelined in Le Mans 24 Hours

Tue 14 Jun 2011

Although Aston Martin Racing was openly treating last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours race as purely another test session for its new AMR-One sports-prototype, fate cruelly intervened to deny the team even that. After running without problems in the final qualifying sessions on the Thursday before the race, both sports-prototypes suffered…

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...... and V8 Vantages but Lola-Aston Martin takes seventh in French classic

Tue 14 Jun 2011

Following the premature demise of the works AMR-Ones, more woe ensued for the two production Aston Martins at Le Mans. After climbing as high as fifth in the 18 car strong and highly competitive LM GTE-Professional class, the Jota Sport AMR V8 Vantage GT2 of Sam Hancock/Simon Dolan/Chris Buncombe suffered…

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Rapide production to move to England in 2012

Tue 07 Jun 2011

Production of the four door Rapide is to be transferred from Austria to England by the middle of next year. Since the first pre-production cars emerged from a dedicated facility at Magna Steyr’s factory in late 2009, all examples have been assembled in Austria due to the then limitations of…

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Aston DBR9 just misses win in thrilling Tourist Trophy

Sun 05 Jun 2011

Marking the first time Silverstone’s impressive new pit and paddock complex had been used, the RAC Tourist Trophy race for GT1 cars over June 4th/5th was hotly contested. After Aston Martin and Nissan had proved to be the main protagonists in Saturday’s one hour qualifying race, when the Young Driver…

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V12 Vantage Zagato makes race debut after top award

Sat 28 May 2011

Aston Martin has marked the fiftieth anniversary of the DB4GT Zagato by once again renewing its association with the famous Italian coachbuilder. Following on from the V8 Vantage Zagato of 1988 and the DB7GT Zagato fourteen years later, the V12 Vantage Zagato made its public debut at the Villa d’Este…

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