To understand why Bombardier’s new business jet, the Global 8000 aircraft, is so game-changing, one must journey back to the triumphs of its predecessor, business aviation’s pioneering flagship, the Global 7500 aircraft. Since its inaugural flight in 2016, the Global 7500 jet has been rewriting the playbook of business aviation. It not only pushed its …
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TITANIUM HYPERCAR
They’re calling it “a titanium hypercar on two wheels”. The new innovative road bicycle from Aston Martin, developed in collaboration with British titanium bicycle leader J.Laverack, delivers the ultimate in both performance and aesthetics. Called the J.Laverack Aston Martin .1R, it made its public debut in London in early November 2023. The two brands, who …
THE CAR SHOWROOM
Welsh fashion designer Jayne Pierson – who has created outfits for the likes of Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and several of the Kardashians – feels a close affinity to Aston Martin. After all, her design studio is in Carmarthenshire, in South Wales, not far from the British marque’s DBX facility in St Athan. Because of …
THE ACCIDENTAL
Larry and Nanci Kahn never planned to become Aston Martin collectors. But in the 2000s, after they purchased their first car – a Beverly Hills limited edition DB7 Volante – they instantly fell in love with the British marque. Over the next decade or so this Californian couple bought two more identical convertibles in the …
SCOTLAND’S STORIED STAY
Nestled on the rugged east Fife coast, Old Course Hotel offers an unparalleled five-star experience in the historic town of St Andrews, Scotland. Beyond its famed position at the 17th hole of golf’s most famous course, Old Course, where linksmen converge year-round, discover the charms that transform this coastal haven into the ultimate Scottish getaway …
ASTON MARTIN LIGHTS UP
It was Aston Martin’s most ambitious Formula 1 marketing venture to date. In the run-up to the Las Vegas Grand Prix, on November 15th, the British ultra-luxury marque lit up the Las Vegas skyline with huge immersive advertising on the exterior screen of the city’s new globe-shaped entertainment arena, Sphere – the largest LED screen …
DBX 707
Lake Como is an idyllic setting in northern Italy where the affluent have come for respite for centuries. It was absorbed into the Roman empire shortly after the Second Punic War when Italy was invaded by Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who famously crossed the Italian Alps with a contingent of war elephants. As they marched …
ICON(S)
BORN
For the past century, the 24 Hours of Le Mans has served as an arena for automotive innovation and a battleground for motorsport supremacy. And no other race has delivered such enduring success for Aston Martin, a marque born on the racetrack. Since its debut, five years after the race’s inaugural run in 1923, Aston …
ES DEVLIN
Game”, so the saying goes, “recognise game”. And when it comes to the multi-hyphenate and genre-defying artist Es Devlin’s astounding work over the last three decades this streetoriginating aphorism is entirely apt. Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who worked with the London-based artist and the physicist Carlo Rovelli on an immersive installation inspired by the latter’s fascinating …