I'm driving the luscious Aston Martin V8 Vantage from L.A. to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, just loping along, not really paying attention as I click off miles. Cresting a rise, I spot a black-and-white in the hollow below, facing me with a radar gun visible in t
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Sexiest cars built in recent memory? Have to include the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9-Coupe or Volante-and Aston's new V8 Vantage. All were designed by the steady eye of Henrik Fisker, our Dane on the left coast. Now Fisker Coachbuild in Newport Beach, Calif., exists and he's the boss.
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You know your mother will tell you it isn't safe and then she'll worry endlessly; your accountant will probably just quit, flat-out refusing to watch you blow all your money each season; your priest will confide that he'll be praying for you in the hushed voice of imminent doom; your kids' eyes will
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Three numerals place the 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage in context. Not horsepower, speed, or price. These three: 911.
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Top Drawer: We'll spare you the "topless" cliches--Aston Martin's elegant V-12-powered DB9 Volante convertible will help create a few new ones.
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Basketball teams don't need a guy like Shaq down in the paint--but brandishing a seven-foot one-inch, 300-plus-pound center makes a certain point.
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My bum hurts. It's been sitting on a narrow, medium-frame seat for more than 500 miles, and it feels baboon-red at the end of day two. My brain has switched to overload, vexed by at least six dozen radar traps and three unmarked police cars. But my eyes still
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Grab a pint of Guinness and relive our tour through the English heartland with this Aston Martin V8 Vantage photo gallery.
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In the past, a plaque on the doorsill of an Aston Martin that advertised "Handbuilt in England" would have been a warning. But now that Aston has moved from its traditional home in Newport Pagnell to its high-tech factory at Gaydon in the English Midlands, per
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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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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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