Even if the Aston Martin DB9 is a car that needs no improvements, the German tuner Wheelsandmore revealed a new tuning package for the sporty convertible. Their kit makes modifications to both the exterior and engine performance.
The exterior package includes: side skirts, front and rear aprons, a rear lid spoiler 9.0×20" Kahn RS-V wheels for the front and 11.0×20" Kahn RS-V wheels for the rear. Also the ride has been lowered by 25mm thanks to a H&R springset.
Thanks to a "small" ECU upgrade and the installation of a 200 cells sportcatalysts and a valve controlled, but also a new stainless steel exhaust system the engine’s output has been increased by 60hp and 50lb-ft of torque. The stock was 476hp.
After more than 3 years of speculation, the English coach builder Aston Martin has finally unveiled the Rapide - their first four door sedan in the super car maker’s lineup. Watch out Porsche Panamera owners, because deliveries of the all new super sedan from Gaydon will begin in early 2010.
The Rapide’s engine is the venerable 6.0 Liter V12 lifted directly from the Aston Martin DB9, and will make the exact same 470 HP and 443 lb-ft of torque as the coupe. The fat four door will be able to go from 0 to 60 MPH in just 5.1 seconds and reach a top speed to be estimated at 188 MPH.
The Rapide’s power plant is mated to a six speed Touchtronic 2 automatic transmission, which offers the ease of a traditional automatic via the push buttons mounted on the dash or a much sportier manual transmission mode with the wheel mounted paddle shifters.
According to the automaker: "There is a real sense of proportion with this car, akin to a tailored suit; the new double grill gives more presence on the road while the iconic signature side strake has been lengthened through to the rear doors to enhance its lateral proportions in a subtle, yet elegant way. The car’s purity makes it look right from every angle."
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The English automaker Aston Martin showed off their familiar
DBS Volante, a model that we have seen earlier on this year. Marek Reichman, Aston Martin’s Director of Design, was kind enough to
tell us a little bit about the new car earlier on when they made the $300,000 V12 powered drop top’s
exclusive debut and even elaborated on the
Jaeger-LeCoultre timepiece that completes the 007 experience. Also in attendance were a pair of
V8 Vantage hard top and
roadster models, showing the hand crafted super car maker’s game plan of offering two distinct automobiles as opposed to a compromised hard top convertible.
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If you have an extra $147,780 burning a hole in your pocket and an over the top Aston Martin is what you crave, then this might just be the perfect car for you. The Boss Edition V8 Vantage takes the classic hand built English sports car and upgrades the Aston’s appearance with a wild body kit and an even more out there finish. Available in either chrome or matte white with a carbon fiber roof and bonnet. The exterior treatment is then finished off with a set of 3 piece forged alloys measuring 20 inches in diameter and finished in glossy black with chrome accents to highlight the Boss’s reflective finish.
Although almost all of Boss’ work takes place on the outside of the V8 Vantage, they did manage to sneak a high performance Quicksilver exhaust underneath the rear end to turn the screaming V8 into a real banshee. On the inside, the high end luxury theme continues with a full Nappa leather wrapped interior. However if that just isn’t enough to satisfy your modified Aston Martin fantasies, you can let the world know that you are a bona fide lose nut, just like the $24600 number plate says you are.
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Revealed in 2007 at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance , the Aston Martin DBS is by far one of the most beautiful cars out there. With an unique design and pure performance, the supercar was designed to fill the gap between road and track.
According to Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ulrich Bez, said: “The DBS is the ultimate expression of Aston Martin’s engineering and technical ability. It offers pure performance without compromise.
Featuring flowing curves, complex surfaces and an unrivaled sculptural beauty, the DBS is a classic Aston Martin in its every inch, but in the same time its aerodynamic excellence and impressive performances are the characteristics of a modern sports car.
When creating the DBS, Aston Martin focused on achieving the right balance between strength and mass, reason why, like DB9 and the DBR9 and DBRS9 race cars it is built on the VH (Vertical Horizontal) architecture. Thanks to this structure, the weight is being kept to a minimum, and with the front-mid mounted engine and rear-mid mounted transaxle the company obtained a near perfect weight distribution: 85%.
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While the current economic crisis has resulted in a few interesting partnership with a number of unlikely automobile manufacturers and other manufacturers weary of risky high priced ventures, the man from Prodrive feels that his super car company can sell premium compact city car for the not so unheard of asking price of $32,000; after all it is an Aston Martin. As part of the English coach builder’s plans to unroll a few new vehicles in order to recuperate some profits the powers at be behind Toyota and Aston Martin have joined forces to create a fashionable compact city car for the crowded narrow streets of densely populated European urban environments. What they ended up with is the upscale Aston Martin Cygnet based on the economical Toyota i.Q.
The venture actually sounds like another English sport/luxury hybrid when Mini commissioned the design team at Rolls Royce to produce a series of extremely extravagant small cars. The car’s foundation will be built at Toyota’s factory in Japan and then shipped to the Aston Martin factory in Gaydon where the team of hand built super car interiors will have a go at restyling the lowly Toyota’s interior bringing it up to super car status. Obviously the Cygnet should also wear some unique body work like an Aston Martin style twin vented hood, some flared arches and plenty of winged emblems.
This is a very bold move for the English automaker, attempting to sell a car smaller than a Smart for a little over $30,000. The German luxury automaker Audi has recently admitted to having a hard time justifying a premium hatchback for the U.S. market, dooming whatever chances we might have had for an RS3 stateside. The Vantage should be happy because it can now pass on the title of being the baby Aston; if they can keep production limited and watch the demand skyrocket, they should have no problem selling out of their Cygnet inventory. After all, who would pass up on the chance to buy a brand new Aston Martin for the price of a Nissan Maxima.
2010 is poised to become a big year for Aston Martin as it tries to regain some ground it lost after stumbling through the global financial crisis. The British automakers are scheduled to release three cars for the next calendar year with one of them being the highly-anticipated One-77.
Unveiled at the Monterey Car Week a few months ago, the One-77
supercar, which carries over 740 horsepower on a 7.3-liter V12 engine, will be sold for around $2 million where only 77 (hence, the name) will be produced. Production of the One-77 will begin at the tail-end of the year so you can expect sales to commence sometime in 2010.
In addition to the One-77, Aston Martin will also roll out its all-new flagship four-door sedan, the Rapide. While not as expensive as the One-77 – the Rapide sells for $230,000 – the new sedan is expected to hit American soil sometime in the spring of 2010.
Without question, the most surprising of three new Aston releases is the Toyota IQ-inspired Cygnet. It’s surprising not only because out of the three, it’s the only that doesn’t at least carry a six-digit price tag, but also because it kind of veers away from Aston Martin’s reputation for releasing exclusive sports cars.
Nevertheless, the Cygnet is going to be sold exclusively in Europe at a rather pedestrian price of only $32,000, a far cry from the selling price of the Rapide and the One-77.
The tuning firm Mansory have just realeased a new creation based on the Aston Martin DB9, when the all new carbon fiber clad Mansory Cyrus made its world debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The modified Aston Martin os the perfect solution for the sports car shopper who got in line a little too late to reserve a limited edition One-77 super car. For an additional $560,000 to spend in order to transform your $200,000 DB9 into a $1.4 Million dollar look alike, despite the rediculousness of spending almost three times as much money modifying a car as you do purchasing it the math does work out, that even leaves some money left over to pick up a Jaeger-LeCoultre.
Mansory has upgraded the DB9’s suspension with a set of adjustable coil overs and a rather large set of rims to house wider rubber. The exterior of the Mansory Cyrus is both powerful and aerodynamic incorporating flared fenders, side skirts as well as a lightweight hood with larger vents and a One-77 inspired front bumper while the rear skirt is upgraded with an integrated diffuser and four stainless steel tail pipes.
The exhaust system amongst a few other tricks has raised the DB9’s output by 28 HP, bringing it up to almost 500 while the interior gets extra helping of racy lightweight materials like aluminum and carbon fiber.
The English coach built Aston Martin V8 Vantage is already a car that needs no upgrades as it is pretty much perfect straight from the factory. However there are a few individuals that might disagree, for instance the tuners at MWDesign are a good start. They have just revealed an upgrade package for the Prodrive owned super car that improves both the Aston’s aerodynamics and performance.
On the outside, the sculptors at MWDesign have added a few new bold body pieces that only act to accentuate what the guys from Gaydon already created. MWDesign adds new front and rear fascias as well as plenty of other body panels made from lightweight carbon fiber as well a set of 20 inch mesh wheels and a set of massive Brembo brake calipers painted in Frost White to match the car’s matte white finish.
The power upgrades come in the form of the RSC Vantage-C Powerkit that consists of a brand new beautifully polished sport tuned exhaust that is fed by a pair of high flowing catalytic converters and a reprogrammed ECU to take advantage of the Vantage’s potent power plant that is increased to a maximum output of 445 HP.
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Last week we brought you the innovative forward thinking design of the young English automotive design student James Trim with his hydrogen fuel cell powered Aston Martin inspired creation. This week we bring you an even further look into the future with these latest renderings of what the students at the Istituto Europeo Di Design in Turin, Italy feel the hand built super car builder’s will be producing in the year 2025.
The Italian pupils were restricted to coming up with designs whose technologies will be feasible within the next 5 years. Whereas James came up with a three dimensional scale model, these are still renderings on paper. However that doesn’t mean that these are any less significant than the Volare, the finalists in the Italian automotive concept competition include quite a few traditional four wheeled designs, while there was one particularly interesting three wheeled machine.
However our favorite photo is the British Racing Green coupe sticking its oversized Bangle butt in our faces wearing a set of enormous flat five spoke rims that live up to the sporty design, performance and elegance enstilled in an Aston Martin super car. We can definitely see this futuristic innovative design being the equivalent of today’s Aston Martin’s One-77 in the year 2025.
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