The new Aston Martin Vantage is playing a starring role in Formula 1 this season. As the official FIA safety car for the race series, this perfectly tuned and specially equipped version of the high-performance Vantage is often seen at the front of the pack, controlling the pace of the race. Otherwise it is stationed …
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SMASHING THE AUTOMOTIVE
When Anne Stevens became a VP at Ford in the nineties, she was the only woman at her level in the automotive industry. Paving the way for talents such as Mary Barra, chair and CEO of General Motors, she continues to be an advocate for equality and diversity in her role as an Independent NED …
ASTON MARTINS
“We are taking the essence of a real, three-dimensional car in the real world and turning it into a two-dimensional print.” So says British artist Alan Thornton, who has teamed up with Aston Martin to produce limited-edition large-format prints of both the DB5 and the Valkyrie. Using print-making methods pioneered by Andy Warhol and other …
THE ULTIMATE
“Music is so inherently part of the driving experience. In the car is one of the most revered places to listen to music. Often you get better audio systems in cars than you do in the home. And you can really crank the volume up!” Dan Shepherd works at British speaker manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins, …
CHANCING ON ICE
The Octola Lodge, Rovaniemi – a hygge haven, co-owned by F1 megastar Mika Häkkinen and tucked away in the snow-coated wilderness of northern Finland – is not an easy place to tear yourself away from. The band of motoring enthusiasts stepping away from its cosy hearth into sun-kissed minus-22 Celsius temperatures, though, cannot wait to make …
ASTON MARTIN
A new model unveiling is always cause for celebration at Aston Martin. The simultaneous launch of not one, but three cars on the same day? Unprecedented. Yet, the grand reveal of the AMR24 Formula 1® challenger on February 12 2024, alongside the new Vantage and Vantage GT3 race car, conveyed a bold statement of intent. …
VANTAGE
Yet, to reduce this sports car to its 0-60mph or top speed is to overlook its true essence. Delivering maximum thrills and maximum confidence through its 4.0 Twin-Turbo V8 engine with 665PS, as well as intensified handling and exceptional control, it is the most driver-focused machine to bear the Vantage name. Performance in its purest …
TEXAS
The DB12 is the backbone of Aston Martin; an elegant GT designed to extoll all of the brand’s core values, and the natural heir of other DBs, most notably the iconic DB5. The year 1963 was a big one for the marque. That’s when the DB5 tore onto the swinging scene, the same year President …
LAS VEGAS
The greatest show on earth is currently parked on a gigantic lot in Las Vegas, just a small space hop from the city’s famous strip. If you squint, it looks as though it just landed from space, a huge electronic marble the size of a sports arena, an upended sports arena at that. It’s not …
MARYAM EISLER
Few people understand art’s power to conjure and connect like Maryam Eisler. “Art has always inspired me to think and feel more deeply about humanity, in search of ideas that match the moment,” she shares, reflecting on what art offers her personally and the world at large. “It is at the vanguard of creative and …