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Report: Aston Martin considering custom vehicle program for customers
Filed under: Europe, Aston Martin, Design/Style 
Aston Martin Rapide Silver Blonde - click above image for high-res image gallery
To many of us here gathered around Autoblog's virtual water cooler, the star of the Geneva Motor Show wasn't the electrified Porsche 918 Spyder, but rather the Touring Superleggera Flying Star, better known as the Bentley Continental Shooting Brake. Disagree? We say to each their own.
And according to the UK's AutoExpress, that's what Aston Martin's saying, too. The legendary British car maker will be offering a custom vehicle program to those with the right mixture of imagination and American Express Black Card. According to the article, Aston Martin has gained so much experience building the One-77 as a stationary object (as opposed to on an assembly line) that building whatever it is on earth a customer wants is no problem. Says design director Marek Reichman, "This means that if we need to, we can swap shapes, interiors, engines or wheels without destroying the production process. It offers us infinite possibilities."
To that we say, "Yes!" We also say, to steal a line, "Mommy, why were we born good looking instead of just rich?" Because we could certainly come up with a hot Aston or two. Like how about a 1978 V8 Vantage Oscar India body riding atop the DBS chassis and internals? That would work rather well, we think. Alternatively, a Lagonda wagon body atop the Rapide would work, too. Oooh! What about a Hayabusa-engined Cygnet? That last one might just be the way to save face go. Unless they build us a fully-operational DB5 from Goldfinger. Sigh...
[Source: AutoExpress]
Report: Aston Martin considering custom vehicle program for customers originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments | Video: Aston Martin releases new One-77 testing footage
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, Aston Martin 
Aston Martin One-77 testing footage - Click above to watch the video after the jump
To be blunt, the Aston Martin One-77 is all sorts of awesome. Having recently crested the 220-mph top speed mark in testing, the One-77 will be the fastest, most expensive Aston road car ever produced. But this hypercoupe isn't just about warp speed - it's stylish, elegant, and with only 77 hand-built examples hitting the streets, quite illustrious, as well.
Aston Martin just released a new video of the One-77 testing on the automaker's proving grounds, meaning we get to listen to that 7.3-liter V12 being wrung out to max revs. This car is both an audio and aural delight, and we encourage you to see (and listen) for yourself by watching the video after the jump.
[Source: Aston Martin]Continue reading Video: Aston Martin releases new One-77 testing footage Video: Aston Martin releases new One-77 testing footage originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments | Geneva 2010: Toyota-based Aston Martin Cygnet "intentionally accelerates" onto show floor
Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Hatchback, Aston Martin, Luxury
Aston Martin Cygnet - Click above for high-res image gallery
Remember the day when Aston Martins were two-seat sportscars? Yeah, neither can we because a lot's happened since then. The Rapide four-door. The Lagonda crossover concept. And this, the Cygnet.
News first broke that Aston was working on a city car based on the Toyota iQ back in June, with initial details and photos released half a year later. Now the Cygnet has made its official auto show debut here in Geneva, modestly nestled in between the company's Vantages and DB9s.
The idea is to provide existing Aston owners with an urban tender in which to zip around congested city centers like London. Say what you will of the idea, but the fit and finish on the Cygnet look suitably Aston. Just shrunken down and chopped up. With it, Aston Martin just might end up redefining what an Aston Martin is. But a sportscar, good sir, it most certainly is not. Have a look for yourself in the gallery of live shots below, and the stock shots in the gallery below that, complete with Gulf livery and Bape-aping camouflage.
Photos by Noah Joseph / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.Geneva 2010: Toyota-based Aston Martin Cygnet "intentionally accelerates" onto show floor originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments |
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