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Aston Martin
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2010 Aston Martin DBS Volante Road Test Review
Tony Whitney
The Aston Martin DBS Volante I recently put through its paces is the latest in a long line of highly desirable sports cars from this fabled British automaker that goes way bac...
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2010 Aston Martin DBS Buyer's Guide
Canadian Driver
NEW FOR 2010:
- New Volante (convertible) model
For 2010, Aston Martin adds a convertible model, the Volante, to the DBS Coupe that was all-new for 2009.
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2010 Aston Martin DB9 Buyer's Guide
Canadian Driver
NEW FOR 2010:
- New exterior mirror design, revised sports seat head restraint profile, satellite navigation system update, and electrical systems update
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2010 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Buyer's Guide
Canadian Driver
NEW FOR 2010:
- Standard six-bar front grille, xenon headlamps, power-folding mirrors with tip-down in reverse, and auto unlocking feature
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2010 Aston Martin DB9 Road Test Review
Larry Crane
Contrary to popular mythology, arrival can be just as satisfying, even ego gratifying, as the journey. That second element of satisfaction is often accomplished in isolation, ...
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2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Coupe Road Test Review
Trevor Hofmann
An Aston Martin V8 Vantage is never subtle. Beautiful yes, and sophisticated certainly, but when a Vantage drives down the road all eyes turn as quickly as if it were David an...
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2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Convertible Road Test Review
Trevor Hofmann
What's the most beautiful car in the world? The '20s brought us Bugatti's T35, the Mercedes-Benz SSK and Hispano-Suiza H6, plus a bevy of Duesenbergs. In the ‘30s it was the...
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2009 Aston Martin DBS Road Test Review
Noah Joseph
Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous. It would be difficult to make the beautiful, graceful Henrik Fisker inspired lines any more enticing, and yet almost scandalously cutting deep throu...
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2009 Aston Martin DB9 Road Trip Review
Larry Crane
En route through history; east from Le Mans past Chartres, Paris, Reim, the Argonne forest and Verdun to Alsace; millennia of culture, war and sport, all passed at autoroute s...
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2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster Road Test
Larry Crane
Making the departure from the chateau Le Grand-Luce bears the essence of the age of enlightenment. As the great home diminishes in the mirrors a timeless racket of a pea-grave...
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2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Track Test Review
Larry Crane
Cornering hard into the Ford Chicane—second gear—very tight. How do the LMP cars do this? We have entered from a back corner of the paddock and it is a curious place to be...
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2009 Aston Martin DB9 Buyer's Guide
Canadian Driver
NEW FOR 2009: - Unchanged model For 2009, the Aston Martin DB9 Coupe and Volante (convertible) are unchanged. Prices drop considerably from the 2008 levels. Both models use a ...
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2009 Aston Martin DBS Buyer's Guide
Canadian Driver
NEW FOR 2009: All-new model For 2009, Aston Martin introduces the DBS, which replaces the Vanquish in the company's line-up. The company said that it will make 700 of them wor...
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2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Buyer's Guide
Canadian Driver
NEW FOR 2009: - Unchanged model For 2009, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage coupe and roadster are unchanged, although prices drop from their 2008 levels. Both models use a 4.3-litr...
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2008 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster Road Test
Larry Crane
A top-down winter drive through Provence and up to the snow-swept highlands of the Midi Pyrenees in Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage Roadster is a mixed blessing. The roads are smo...
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2009 Aston Martin DBS Road Test
Larry Crane
Not since Aston Martin’s glory days of the 50s and 60s has the old firm built a dual-purpose sports car in the style of the famous DB4GT. Aston’s DBR9 is certainly made fr...
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Aston Martin's Ethanol-Powered GT2 Racer
Justin Couture
Aston Martin’s return to financial stability has resulted in a return to the pursuit of victory on the race track. Since 2005, Aston Martin has shown strong results in FIA G...
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2007 Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS Concept
Dan Heyman
It’s been 8 months now since a messy divorce from Ford, and finally the papers are signed and the future of Aston Martin appears clear. This is thanks in no small part to P...
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2008 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Buyer's Guide
Canadian Driver
NEW FOR 2008: - Redesigned sun visors, vanity mirrors, and centre armrest with cubby box and cupholder - Stereo auxiliary jack - Windshield-mounted radio antenna (optional h...
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2008 Aston Martin DB9 Buyer's Guide
Canadian Driver
NEW FOR 2008: - Redesigned sun visors, vanity mirrors, and centre armrest with cubby box and cupholder - Stereo auxiliary jack - Wheel-mounted audio controls - New Bluetoot...
