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Funding secured for next generation of Aston Martins to launch by 2016

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Filed under: Aston Martin , Earnings/Financials Few platforms have served as well as Aston Martin ‘s VH architecture. The flexible platform has underpinned everything the automaker has produced (save the bespoke One-77 ) since 2003, but it’s growing a little long in the tooth. Little wonder, then, that Aston is pursuing a new platform, and the company has now confirmed it has obtained the funding to get there. The financial backing comes from a bond issue, bringing in

Report: Danish firm HRH planning mid-engined Aston Martin supercar

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Aston Martin , Design/Style HRH Aston Martin V12 – Click above for high-res image Zagato , it turns out, isn’t the only coachbuilder working on a supercar based on an Aston Martin : a Danish outfit called HBH is reportedly planning to build model based on the V12 Vantage as well, but theirs will be a unique mid-engine design. The company takes its name from its founders: Jesper Hermann, Christian Brandt and Torben Hartvig. Between them, they’ve worked on such small-run supercar projects as the Kleeman GTK , Zenvo ST1 and the Sondergard prototype . Drawing inspiration from the 1979 Aston Martin Bulldog concept and from Lola’s Aston-powered LMP1 racer and the in-house AMR-One that followed, HBH is reportedly working Aston’s 6.0-liter V12 into a bespoke chassis.

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Aston Martin configurator launches with Virage and Cygnet

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Filed under: Performance , Etc. , Aston Martin , UK , Luxury If you’re anything like us, you’ve been waiting to unleash the full might of the Aston Martin customization program on the Toyota iQ Cygnet . What colors, both hideous and delicious, will the pint-sized Aston boast? What kind of leather will coddle the behinds of the overpaid and tasteless

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Barn finds classier in Britain, Aston Martin DB4 convertible heads to Bonhams

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Filed under: Convertible , Auctions , Aston Martin Aston Martin DB4 convertible barn find – Click above for high-res image gallery In the U.S., there are plenty of stories about amazing vehicles found in barns . Tales of rare Cobras, forgotten Corvettes and misplaced muscle cars are the subjects of books and dreams. Now, a long-forgotten treasure has recently been unearthed in the United Kingdom, and somewhere David Brown is smiling. An Aston Martin DB4 convertible , one of only 70 produced, has been recovered and will cross the Bonhams auction block

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Report: 60 out of 77 Aston Martin One-77 supercars already sold – at $1.87M each

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Aston Martin , UK , Luxury Aston Martin One-77 – Click above for high-res image gallery The One-77 is the rarest of all Aston Martin models, with a grand total of 77 units for the rest of forever (well, assuming they decide against a Volante model). Add in a body that is made with copious amounts of carbon fiber, a 750-horsepower V12 and hand-formed aluminum panels and you’re looking at a price tag of $1.87 million . If you’re thinking that that’s more money than you’re likely to make in the next lifetime, we’re on the same wavelength, but not everyone is tuned to the same frequency. Inside Line reports that fully 60 of the 77 One-77s are already spoken for, leaving only 17 copies of the ultra-mega rare English exotic up for grabs.

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Report: 60 out of 77 Aston Martin One-77 supercars already sold – at $1.87M each