At Bowers & Wilkins, we want listeners to feel inspired by the sounds we can create. We want them to feel connected to music and emotionally moved by it. Try these great tracks on any of the bespoke Bowers & Wilkins sound systems we have developed with Aston Martin, and the listening experience is sure …
Author Archives: Harriet Hirshcler
AHEAD OF
There’s something inherently twisty about chicanes – beyond the obvious, that is. They may be installed to safely slow down drivers and reduce accidents, but these clever curves also demand certain skills of racers, challenging their reaction times and presenting a danger greater than speed to outmanoeuvre. Due to their twist-and-turn, trial-and-error nature, many of …
CALIFORNIA
As you drive down into Newport Beach, you start thinking you might never want to leave. California might be a haven of coastal paradises, but some are more paradisiacal than others; and Newport Beach certainly takes some beating. They say the good life comes calling from sunrise to sunset here, and you only have to …
GAME
Driving games emerged in arcades in the mid-1970s before transitioning to home entertainment systems in landmark releases like 1987’s Outrun, Super Monaco GP and the iconic Gran Turismo series. Generations of gamers have loved driving supercars which looked (and hopefully felt) as much like the real thing as possible. It’s no surprise that the DB9 …
SONIC
There are drives that simply get you from one place to another, and then there are drives that stay with you. Over a few days in Snowdonia National Park, I discovered what happens when two icons of British design, Aston Martin and Bowers & Wilkins, unite around a shared and deep-rooted obsession with quality, performance …
Racing
“My mum always said I was obsessed with cars… I used to get super excited about cars in general – whatever shape or form,” says James Brackenbury, Senior Certification Engineer at Aston Martin, whose day job involves testing the marque’s latest products for certification and homologation purposes. And it turns out working with cars – …
ROAD TO
They’re already waiting for us. It’s late at night when we roll into the first petrol station on French soil. The shop is shuttered, it’s pay-at-pump only, but the scantly lit forecourt is full of carspotters wielding phones, cameras and gimbals, eager for a closer look at the Aston Martin Valkyrie. Perhaps someone on the …
The Alternative
The pace is snail-slow, the antithesis to the frenetic excitement of the high-octane motorsports synonymous with the city of Le Mans. Exploring the timeless, historic and gastronomic charm of Le Mans and its less-travelled Sarthe landscape, scattered with villages of infinite charms, offers a very different kind of thrill of discovery. Previously, I hadn’t even …
A WINNING
The Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar entered the world with a licence plate attached, yet it was designed from the get-go to be a world-beating endurance racer. Every element, from the ingenious aerodynamics to the bestial power and the engineering team’s most obsessive precision, was exacted in order to achieve speed and dominance. Now it’s being …
POWER TO
Since the inception of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) has released posters that share the thrill of the event with audiences worldwide. The first sets the stage for what would become a race for the ages: a car speeding through the night, competitors following in pursuit in the …