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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The name Ghia evokes images of high '50s fenders on big gleaming Chryslers, or low rounded noses on Volkswagen's famous collaboration with the Italians. Mile-long Imperials, De Soto Adventurers, rare Dual Ghias, and even rarer European charmers like Ferrari's
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In an automotive world ever more populated by V-6 engines, it'srewarding to experience an honest-to-crankshaft straight-six once in awhile. Jaguar built a fine reputation with its XK twin-cam, and BMWstill relies on this classic layout for performance jewels such as theM3. No nasty second-order vibr
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A more spirited set of wings that's still beautiful -- just more aggressive.
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On the set and behind the scenes with the cars from James Bond's "Die Another Day"
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James Bond is a busy guy behind the wheel. What with baddies chasing him all over creation, rocket launchers to aim, and an exquisite dollybird in the copilot seat to chat up, he just can't mess about with old-fashioned shift levers and declutching. With Aston Martin's equally exquisite Vanquish as
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Mr. Andretti's take on four supreme convertibles - Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volante, BMW Z8, Ferrari 360 Spyder, and Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG
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hink big carmakers can't successfully produce niche-market cars? Aston Martin isn't a big carmaker, but it's owned by one--Ford. Dearborn and Ford's Premier Automotive Group management are supporters of Aston's freedom to dream, the results of which aren't likely to get any more dreamlike than the D
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