Starting from Scratch: A bright future and a huge salary; Henrik Fisker gives it up to pursue an even bigger dream.
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Even with upscale ragtops such as the Ferrari F430 Spider and the Porsche 911 Cabriolet, the Aston Martin DB9 Volante tops the heartbreaker charts, looking equally addictive with the top up or down. Check out these wallpaper photos.
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We had never seen so many twelve-cylinder cars in our history. And should we encounter the police, well, there would definitely be no tomorrow.
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We're here to spy on Aston Martin, riding shotgun with the company's engineers as they put the AMV8--the company's newest model--through the final stages of its hot-weather testing. It's all very hush-hush: The car is a good six months away from its production debut, and there's still fine-tuning an
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Cars like the Aston Martin Vanquish S are the reason I do this job. They may not be perfect-it really isn't difficult to pick fault with the Vanquish-but they provoke a very basic, guttural and emotive reaction that's impossible to dispel. As a reader of this magazine, I suspect you know what I mean
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The Aston Martin DB9 has the rich, the famous and the motoring press collectively salivating like Pavlov's dogs in a bell factory. But we already know it will have less power than the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, Mercedes E55 AMG and even the new M5. And losing out in the inevitable game of boardroom tru
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To wander into the Aston Martin headquarters in Gaydon, Oxfordshire, is to witness a specialist car manufacturer at the cutting edge. There are dedicated customer booths, complete with plasma screens and leather sofas, and a vast atrium showcasing the company's finest hour, the DB9. It is a vision q
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Aston Martin DBR9A Car That Looks Fast, Is FastAston Martin has unveiled the car that will take the famous marque back to Le Mans next year. The DBR9 is based on the DB9 coupe and was developed in conjunction with motorsport specialists Prodrive, who are best known for engineering the Subaru in whic
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The curvaceous roads of soutern France in an Aston Martin DB9.
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Cars like the Aston Martin Vanquish S are the reason I do this job. They may not be perfect--it really isn't difficult to pick fault with the Vanquish--but they provoke a very basic, guttural and emotive reaction that's impossible to dispel. As a reader of thi
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Top lensman Richard Newton captures Aston's upcoming sub-$100k sports car testing in Dubai.
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Aston separates the Vanquish from the newer, smaller DB9 with a much enjoyed 60 horsepower boost. But is it enough to warrant the $80,000 premium?
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Henrik Fisker (1963- ) has led a charmed life as a car designer. Born in Denmark, he went to university in Switzerland and then graduated from the Art Center College of Design. Fisker went to work in the advanced design studio at BMW in 1989, when designers were being hired in droves to support boom
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The DB9 tries to transform Aston Martin into a serious Porsche and Ferrari competitor.
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Aston Martin Racing Reveals More: Aston Martin Racing has revealed further details of its all-new DBR9 that signals the marque's return to international motor racing in 2005. This new GT racing car, which is based on the latest Aston Martin production sports car, DB9, is being prepared by Aston Mart
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The proof is on the office wall.
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Aston Martin's concept AM V8 Vantage, on display at the 2004 Detroit auto show, was a hoped-for indication that there would be a production version in the near future-and there will be. An undisguised prototype of the new model was caught on film during current high-speed testing at the Nrburgring.
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The Italian Graziano six-speed manual transmission and the ZF six-speed automatic are mounted at the rear, driven by a carbon-fiber driveshaft running at crankshaft speed and mounted inside a huge cast-aluminum torque tube that serves as the structural spine of the car. The ZF is a second-generation
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As if the DB9 weren't already sexy as all get-out, Aston Martin is rolling out a topless version this fall.
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Some cars are most at home on the race tracks or when being driven as though in competition. Pushing them to their limits is the only way the speed and handling they offer can be appreciated in full measure. Others do best in the congested centers of big citie
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In Germany's deep south, the rolling hills are interrupted only by chocolate-box houses and drivers hammering down the unrestricted roads as they test the latest hellbent creation to blast through the doors of such grand factories as Ruf, TechArt, Abt, Gemball
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Rinspeed "Splash" The unofficial prize for the most adventurous car at the Geneva show went to the Rinspeed "Splash." The tuning company best known for its Porsche conversions has created an amphibious concept that is part sports car, part boat and part hydro
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A comedy routine by Billy Crystal revolved around a Fernando Lamas-like character who pursued perfection through vanity.
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A comedy routine by Billy Crystal revolved around a Fernando Lamas-like character who pursued perfection through vanity.
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One observation was made over and over again at the 2003 North American International Auto Show: The Japanese manufacturers are going all out with a swarm of new trucks and SUVs, and the Big Three in Detroit are finally rediscovering cars. European automakers,
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