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Fall 2009 was supposed to be the next golden age of the racing game, with the genre’s two heavy hitters – Forza Motorsport 3 and Gran Turismo 5 – scheduled for release. While Xbox 360 owners were rewarded with an incredibly good Forza 3, several [...]
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We love us a nice Aston Martin here at Autoblog. But if the British purveyor of the grandest of grand touring cars has a counterpart in the watchmaking industry, it’s surely Jaeger-LeCoultre. Good thing the two of them just signed a three-year renewal of [...]
With Ferrari raking in cash hand over fist from Prancing Horse-branded merchandise, it was only a matter of time before its rivals began to catch on. And catch on they have, with several exotic automakers simultaneously cashing in on their image and promoting it with their own lines of branded merchandise. Stuttgart knows the game [...]
Investment Dar, the Kuwaiti firm that owns part of Aston Martin, has reportedly defaulted on payment for a $100 million Islamic bond that was due on April 27. In the process, Bloomberg says it has become the first Persian Gulf company to default on an Islamic bond.
In December of last year, Dar was considering [...]
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Aston Martin’s range-topping GT, the Vanquish S, is nearing the end of its run as the British marque’s top dog, and to give it a proper sendoff, a special edition will be built. The Vanquish S Ultimate Edition, limited to just 40 cars, will be finished in a model-specific Ultimate Black paint. [...]
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It was not so many years ago that Aston Martin celebrated the production of their 10,000th car. Ever! It took more than five decades for the company to build it’s first 10,000 cars. Now Aston is making plans [...]
Motor Trend is disputing yesterday’s published reports that Brit luxury/sports car manufacturer Aston Martin will be sold to Louis Vuitton. According to MT, which cites “well-placed” UK sources, Aston’s bags are packed and ready to leave Ford, but they do not have that iconic “LV” logo on them. Apparently the buyer is a group of [...]
All the bids are in and the winning bidder has been revealed: Aston Martin is being bought by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the French luxury goods consortium that produces upper-crust products ranging from leather trunks and wallets to champagne and cognac…and now exotic luxury sports cars, too.
In placing the highest bid, Louis Vuitton [...]
Did you get your bid in Hope you didn’t put it off to the last minute and let it slip by. After all, this IS one of the coolest car companies on the planet. Just think of yourself being able to say, “I liked the car so much, I bought the company!” And even better [...]
Aston Martin rocks. Remember back in June when they won their class at the Nuuml;rburgring 24 Hours with pretty much a showroom stock V8 Vantage The one that finished 24th overall out of a field of 220 entrants, most of which were pure race cars Well, Aston Martin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ulrich [...]
The Sunday Telegraph is reporting that Mr. James Packer, a multi-millionaire, media-mogul and financial wiz, is part of a consortium of Australian bidders vying to purchase the storied British marque.
It’s been reported that Jac Nasser, former chief executive of Ford, didn’t make the cut, so a select few have been left in the running. We [...]
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Every manufacturer present at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) has to draw attention to their booth by any means possible. In the case of Aston Martin, it’s partnered with Reneacute; Staud, one of the most prolific automobile photographers of the last two decades, to cover the automaker’s installation with shots [...]
More developments are underway as to what marque within Ford’s Premier Auto Group (PAG) will be unloaded and to whom. The recent news is that more than 30 would-be investors began a bidding war for Aston Martin recently and when the dust settled, four were left standing.
Some of the investors knocked out during the process [...]
One of the cool things about the Automobile Magazine All-Stars is that they don’t confine themselves to categories, just good cars and trucks. The picks are subjective and not really defined by any set of rules – they’re more or less just everyone’s favorite cars that year.
This year, Automobile has added one more feature that [...]
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Late last month, VIPs got a sneak peek, and today Aston Martin officially pulled the wraps off its new V8 Vantage Roadster for the rest of us to enjoy. The subject of innumerable spy photos and fanboy drooling, the beautiful baby Aston’s looks are made even better when its triple-layer top is neatly [...]
