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Typically when an automaker releases a new car, we see it in a press release (whether embargoed for later release or not) before it pops up on their public-domain website. But not this time.
The car in question is the
Aston Martin DBS Ultimate, a vehicle whose arrival we were
anticipating. Like the Ultimate edition of the Vanquish that came before it, the
DBS Ultimate is a harbinger of the vehicle's departure from the catalog. A new model is expected to arrive in celebration of the company's centenary next year, but before it does, the last few customers will have the privilege of owning one of the few Ultimate editions of the DBS that will ever be produced.
We've yet to receive word on just how many those will be, or what they will cost, but we can tell you that each car will be individually numbered. They will also feature special badging, a painted rear deck-lid spoiler, carbon-fiber wing mirror caps, a darkened grille, smoked tail-lamps, Zircotec-coated tail pipes and a choice of yellow, black or red brake calipers.
The interior is decked out in diamond-quilted stitching on the leather seats and Alcantara headliner in either red or silver thread. Buyers will also be able to choose between three exterior paint finishes - Carbon Black II, Quantum Silver or Silver Fox - and order theirs in either coupe or Volante convertible body-styles and with either a manual or automatic transmission.
We'll have to wait for that press release to come out to bring you more information - particularly on pricing and availability - by which time they'll all likely to have been spoken for. But you can check it out now on the company's
website or in the screen caps we've assembled for you in the gallery above.
Aston Martin reveals DBS Ultimate online originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 08 May 2012 19:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 8th, 2012
When you think of James bond and Aston Martins, no doubt the iconic and gadget-laden DB5 comes to mind. Truth be told, when Ian Fleming wrote the novel
Goldfinger, he drove a DB Mark III, just like today's
Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender. But the question is, will this one's price make it easy to bond with?
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May 4th, 2012
When you think of James bond and Aston Martins, no doubt the iconic and gadget-laden DB5 comes to mind. Truth be told, when Ian Fleming first debuted 007 in the novel
Casino Royale, he drove a DB Mark III, just like today's
Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender. But the question is, will this one's price make it easy to bond with?
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May 4th, 2012
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Europe, Aston Martin, UK, Luxury
Aston Martin is rapidly approaching its 100th anniversary, and the company is reportedly hard at work on an all-new model to mark the occasion. According to
Auto Express, CEO
Ulrich Bez says the new creation will be an all-new mainstream model. That means we can count out any special-edition version of the
DB9 or a super-limited production vehicle like the One-77. As you may recall, our spy photographers recently laid their glass on what we originally thought was a
successor to the DB9 throne. It's entirely possible the machine was actually the new model Bez spoke of in his interview.
Either way, a 6.0-liter V12 will likely shuttle a full 550 horsepower or so to the rear wheels.
Auto Express says the two-door ought to yield a 0-62 mph time of around four seconds flat. Sounds like an Aston Martin to us. With 2013 right around the corner, it's only a matter of time before we see this all-new model in the light of day.
Aston Martin working on all-new Centenary model to celebrate anniversary originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 02 May 2012 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 2nd, 2012
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Aston Martin
In the earlier part of the last decade, the king of the
Aston Martin hill was a model called the
Vanquish. More muscular than the DB7 it superseded, the Vanquish was offered first with a 450-horsepower V12, and then as the Vanquish S with 514 hp on tap. The flagship model from Newport Pagnell was replaced in 2007 by the
DBS, but before it went the way of the proverbial dodo, Aston offered a final run of 40 examples called the
Vanquish S Ultimate Edition. And now that its successor is itself due for replacement, sources expect Aston to offer a DBS Ultimate Edition, as well.
What separated the Vanquish S Ultimate Edition from its penultimate basis were a special black paint job, an enhanced interior and - most significantly - a conventional manual gearbox to replace the maligned sequential transmission in the regular model. What the DBS Ultimate Edition might comprise remains to be seen, but sources don't expect a manual gearbox to factor into the mix.
The Ultimate Edition, then, may boil down to something largely similar to the above-pictured
Carbon Black edition that, like the Vanquish special, also featured a special black paint job and unique wheels, but little in the way of powertrain or suspension upgrades. Whatever the Ultimate Edition does encompass, though, is expected to cost nearly $300,000 and limited in production to just 100 units, of which only 30 are expected to make it to American dealerships.
Aston Martin to offer Ultimate Edition before replacing the DBS originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 27th, 2012
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Aston Martin, Luxury
We last saw the
Aston Martin V12 Zagato on the floor at the
Geneva Motor Show in March. It was hardly an opportune moment to relish the automaker's stunning new two-seater, however, as we were forced to dodge the crowds while shooting images for our
live gallery. Wanting to get a closer second look at the exceedingly rare exotic and shoot a more detailed photo montage, we visited Galpin Aston Martin in Southern California for a private viewing (astute readers may recall that several years ago we
visted Galpin's exclusive "vault room" to check out the Aston Martin One-77).
Beneath this example's glossy Diavolo Red paint, mounted within the all-alloy aluminum monocoque platform, is the powerful running gear of a
V12 Vantage (a car we called "an intoxicating machine masterfully engineered to gratify every emotion in a car enthusiast's soul" in our
V12 Vantage review). In a nutshell, the rear-wheel drive V12 Zagato features a naturally-aspirated 6.0-liter V12 (rated at 510 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque), a rear mid-mounted transaxle and a traditional six-speed manual gearbox. Ever so slightly lighter than the V12 Vantage, the V12 Zagato will crack the 60 mph benchmark in about four seconds and not run out of steam until about 190 mph.
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Private showing gives us a closer look at the Aston Martin V12 Zagato originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 20th, 2012
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