There’s no hiding it. We LOVE shooting brakes. I think it stems from our love of wagons, specifically the more powerful kind like the Audi RS4/6 and BMW M5s. Shooting brakes blend this idea with a sports car silhouette, and what better car to transition into a shooting brake than a new Aston Martin Vantage. … Read more
So it’s after midnight, in Melbourne, Australia. A 27 year-old man has allowed a girl he doesn’t know to give his Aston Martin Vanquish a test drive. One can’t imagine how this might go wrong. Before trying to impress a girl with a spin in your $300,000 V12 GT, check her ID. In this instance, … Read more
Sometimes you need to take out your inner spy, and there is no better way then driving around in the iconic Aston Martin DB5, which James Bond drives in Goldfinger. Unfortunately Aston Martin only made about 900 DB5s in before shutting the production down in 1965. That was, until now. Aston has teamed up with … Read more
What is the most expensive car in the world? Well, we’ve put together a list of the top 20 most expensive new cars ever made. It includes a variety of brands, but we weren’t surprised to see Bugatti and Pagani here both several times. There are no rules for how these vehicles qualify, other than … Read more
Following on from our recent piece covering the BMW i8 Station Wagon render, we come to you with an all-new Aston Martin design – which much like the i8 we featured, looks absolutely great – thanks to the extremely talented Rain Prisk. These will always divide opinions but here at Grand Tour Nation, we’re loving … Read more
Meredes-AMG has confirmed the end of their twin-turbo V8 engine, and while this makes us extremely sad for the future of the German brand, we’re even more worried about Aston Martin who relies on Mercedes for their V8s in the DB11 and DBX. Aston has confirmed that they will be looking at an electrified V6 … Read more
Speedsters have become all the rage recently, and now Aston Martin has added to this new line of rare and high-performance vehicles. This is the V12 Speedster, and via a limited run of only 88, it melds the design ideas of the Vantage and the DBS Superleggera thanks to the Q branch. There’s no roof … Read more
James Bond: No Time To Die sees the return of the iconic Aston Martin DB5. Yep, it’s the one you can see in the trailer with the hidden machine guns behind the headlights. What you don’t see in the trailer is what’s hidden underneath the bonnet… The car is actually a replica of an original … Read more
