Aston Martin could be in a James Bond-like amount of danger soon. That depends on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s reaction to a petition drafted by James Walker, the chairman of the British automaker’s U.S. dealer advisory panel. It asks that two of the manufacturer’s vehicles be exempt from a regulation known as FMVSS […] More »

Owners of low-production hypercars with stratospherically high horsepower ratings must always feel as if they’re in a spy movie.  “I’m being tailed… Again.”  Luckily, the person in pursuit in the video below is only armed with a video camera. We, as viewers, are also fortunate.  Youtuber DLMphotos brings us surveillance footage of an Aston Martin […] More »

You’ve got to hand it to counterfeiters.  They’ve been able to clone money, Louis Vuitton handbags and Rolex watches.  Now, they’ve found a way to produce knock-off plastics used in genuinely bad-ass cars.  Seventeen thousand five-hundred and ninety of them, to be exact. Aston Martin is recalling “all of its left-hand-drive models built since November […] More »

Kids can be expensive.  Food, medical care, school supplies, $27,000 miniature Aston Martins.  You know, the usual. London dealership Nicholas Mee & Co. is offering the DB Junior, a pint-sized convertible (Volante?) with a 110cc four-stroke engine, Brembo disc brake hardware and a 3-speed semi-automatic transmission.  It even features functional headlamps and indicators.  A variety […] More »

Well, folks, after becoming engaged by signing a letter of intent in July to enter a technical partnership, one of the big three German automakers and the official car company of James Bond are now, in the mechanical sense, wed. Thursday, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd and Daimler AG announced the signing of an agreement under […] More »