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Video: Vanquish vs Vanquish, old vs new

Autocar.co.uk just published a great video on YouTube, comparing the new Vanquish with its’ ancestor.

Pink Corsa crashes into black DBS!

Ouch, this hurts! Today an ugly old pink Vauxhall Corsa crashes into a beautiful black DBS at a garage in Kingshill, Swindon in the UK. Appararently, the Corsa lost control on the round-about, then crashed into the DBS that was parked in the petrol station.

Did Daniel Craig buy this Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster?

Did Daniel Craig buy a V12 Vantage Roadster? I am not sure, but he did take delivery of one. Yesterday, Driving.co.uk published this photo and reports that Daniel Craig “was handed the keys to the bright red V12 Vantage convertible”. Now which one of the 101 V12 Roadsters is this? Judging from the picture, the “bright red” could either be Flame Orange or Red Lion. Looking at my V12 Vantage Roadster Register, there’s only two V12VR’s in Flame Orange (one the AML demo, the other recently for sale, and two UK cars in Red Lion (the first also a demo, the other unknown). So has Daniel Craig been lent one of the demos or did he really buy one?

Geneva 2013 – Cygnet in Selene Bronze

By now, I have covered almost all cars that were on display at the Aston stand in Geneva. Almost, because there’s one left, a small one, the one you have all been waiting for … Here it is, your favorite Aston Martin: the Cygnet!

Bilstein livery for the V12 Vantage GT3

Aston Martin has been fitting Bilstein dampers as standard on all Aston Martin road cars for quite a while. But now Bilstein has also become a primary technical partner for Aston Martin Racing’s competition programme at the Nürburgring. And this partnership has resulted in cool new livery for the V12 Vantage GT3:

Geneva 2013 – Aston Martin Vanquish Centenary Edition

To celebrate the 100-year anniversary Aston Martin will create 400 Centenary Edition cars, 100 of the Vanquish, 100 of the DB9, 100 of the Rapide and 100 of the V8 Vantage. At the Geneva Motorshow, this Centenary Edition Vanquish is prominently displayed at the Aston Martin stand.

Coming soon: Aston Martin CC100

The centenary celebrations continue. In May, at the Nürburgring 24-hour race, Aston Martin will reveal a new V12 Vantage based car: the CC100. Almost no information is available at the moment, but this is what we do know about the CC100: Based on the V12 Vantage. Styling influenced by the DBR1 racer. Two seats. Open top. That is, no top at all. No doors. Only two will be built. Pricing between V12 Zagato and One-77. Very interesting. Looks I will have to go to the Nürburgring 24-hour race in May 🙂 Source: Autocar.co.uk.

Geneva 2013: V12 Vantage by Q

On their stand at the Geneva Motorshow, Aston Martin is showing several examples of cars created by their bespoke design service ‘Q by Aston Martin’. One of the Q examples is this aggressive looking V12 Vantage in Satin Black.

Geneva 2013: the Aston Martin Rapide S

Aston Martin has chosen the Geneva Motorshow to show their new Rapide S for the first time, bringing two beautiful examples, one in Selene Bronze and one in Volcano Red. A quick recap on the Rapide S: It is Aston’s new version of the Rapide, which will replace the current Rapide (contrary to what they did with the Vantage and Vantage S).

Vanquish S (2004) manual in Toro Red

A Vanquish S, yes the “old” Vanquish, has been on my wish list for a long time. And today I came across this beauty, for sale at Nicholas Mee in the UK.