Posts tagged aston martin
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Good god. Please tell me there’s more than one. Even if there are only two, I just want to know that there’s more than one out there to be found.
It’s at that link for the next hour, and then somewhere else in the wilds of the intertubes….
But if you’re looking to kick off the 2012 racing season with 24 hours of sports cars (Ferraris, Aston Martins, BMWs, Audis, Camaros, Mustangs, Porsches, Mazdas, other Fords & Vipers) racing on the banking at Daytona, this is the way to do it. Crack a beer & kick back!
There’s something like 50 cars out there (fewer now that we’re a couple of hours in) on a comparatively small track so even now, three and a half hours in, everyone is all bunched up and likely to stay that way until late tonight. There’s always Porsche 911’s dodging speeding prototypes, which keeps it exciting for everyone.
The Command Center. Petit Le Mans, here I come!
Csak stílusosan!
Now I’m a tiny bit bummed I didn’t watch the wedding… But just a little.
Aston Martin rally
It’s all of my favorite things in one photo.
That’s it. We can close down the internet. I believe we’ve found the Most Perfect Photograph Ever.
Dear Speed Channel,
I know a solid 95% of your viewers love Nascar. 3% go crazy for your shitty reality shows and stupid game shows. But could you throw the last 2% of us a bone? We shouldn’t have to accidentally stay up until 3am to see the awesome FIA European GT1 Championship.
To be completely honest, I had no idea you guys even carried this series. I’m thrilled to have made this discovery. However, I’m afraid I’ll almost never get to repeat it. How often am I up at 3am at home? I’ll tell you: not very often. And on the rare occasion that I am awake at such an ungodly hour, I’m usually not sober.
Just one afternoon. Friday afternoons? Saturday afternoons? Late on Sunday after Nascar’s done and the post-race is all wrapped? Surely there must be some time during the week when the Nascar fans have thinned a little. Hell, there’s enough bumping and thumping between these cars to keep them interested. And maybe they’ll learn to pronounce “Maserati” while they’re at it. Shit, just seeing cars go right should be enough to wow them to attention.
If they’re really stubborn, remind them that there are Corvettes and Ford GTs out on track. They’ll perk up.
Just take one hour of “Pinks” off the air. That’s all. Just one hour. Leave the other 50 a week alone; I won’t even care. That’s fine. Just one hour when sane people are conscious, and I’ll be happy.
And come on back over here when you wanna talk to me about the WRC.
Thanks a million Speed,
Martin
PS: Only 77 days until Formula 1 season.
“We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
Winston Churchill
A pair of early Aston Martins, at the Manhassett Concours D’Elegance, 2006
Aston Martin DB5 at the Manhassett Concours D’Elegance on Long Island, 2006.
Hey, Connecticut. Miller Motorcars, if I’m not mistaken. I used to drive by this Ferrari-Maserati dealer whenever I was going to or from the Amtrak station in Stamford. There’s a Bentley-Aston Martin dealer, a Lotus dealer, a Lamborghini dealer, and an Audi-Mercedes-BMW-Land Rover dealer all along this street. It was always the highlight of the trip, and cause for a 45-minute pause.
Aston Martin DB5 (1963)
One very improved DB4. 4 liter engine, producing 282bhp along with three SU carburettors. The Vantage edition added one more carburettor to the line-up and produced 314bhp.
It was also the best Bond car, ever.
Since the DB4, that is, since 1958, Aston have produced 13,000 cars.
On a typical day GM and Ford produce between 10,000 and 20,000 cars. Each.
In 2008 Toyota sold their millionth Prius. In 2009 their two millionth.
The conclusion is obvious. Buy an Aston; save the planet.
Hear, hear!!! What an unusual color as well. Though I guess it would have to be, being on The Brown Car Blog and all…
Vinyl Sunday - Sound geek edition. “This is a journey into sound…”
Featuring an Aston Martin DBR-3 on the cover.
The DBR-3 only took part competitively in one race during its competitive lifespan. Built in 1958 it started the race at Silverstone in England, only to break and not finish the race. It was eventually converted back to DBR-1 specification for the 1959 season, with its engine dropped into a DBR-4 for the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Chris says he’ll try to record the car’s segment off the record and post it. I hope he does. Sharing is caring, buddy.
