A week ago Mahindra & Mahindra, along with Investindustrial, were in a bidding war to take over the keys to Aston Martin. Now it’s come to light that Mahindra has [...]
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Aston Martin Moving Closer To New Ownership
Two weeks ago it was reported that Aston Martin’s biggest shareholder (64 percent), Investment Dar, were shopping for a potential buyer. Faced with an Islamic bond of R42-billion and no [...]
Aston Martin Looking For A Potential Buyer
Without the backing of an automotive giant, Aston Martin has been soldiering on relatively well over the past few years when one considers its moddest production volumes and the increasingly [...]
2013 Aston Martin DB9
The Aston Martin DB9 was first introduced in 2004 and has remained largely unchanged since, making it essentially 8-years old. To Aston’s credit, this ‘new’ 2013 DB9 has been given [...]
Aston Martin To Drop Virage
Aston Martin undoubtedly make cars that stir emotion by virtue of their evocative design and soundtrack. The problem is, there are only two engines and essentially only two cars, namely [...]
Aston Martin DB9 1M For Facebook Fans
It’s now the ‘in thing’ for brands to thank and acknowledge their Facebook fans with celebratory videos or, in Aston Martin’s case, a unique one-off production car. The company’s fans [...]
Aston Martin: Where Change Isn’t The Only Constant
Unlike Bentley, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Rolls-Royce – who are owned by highly successful mainstream brands Volkswagen, Audi, Fiat and BMW respectively – specialist manufacturers such as Aston Martin have a [...]
Spied: Aston Martin DB9 Replacement
These are the first shots of the 2013 Aston Martin DB9 super tourer. Caught in competitive testing with Ferrari’s 599 and Mercedes-Benz’s SLS AMG, it’s clear Aston is taking the [...]
Road Test: Aston Martin Rapide
The Aston Martin Rapide is the first vehicle from the Warkwickshire-based manufacturer that I’ve had the privilege to pilot. I say ‘privilege’, because despite there being faster and more expensive [...]
Panamera-Based Porsche GT Could Be In Development
Rumours suggest Porsche will produce at least one other model based on the Panamera platform, to spread the cost of research and development in that area. For a while it [...]
