Aston Martin’s DB9 is a sexy car, but it’s long in the tooth, having been around in various forms since the 2005 model year. According to Autocar, we’ll have to wait until 2016 for the next-generation model – whatever it ends up being called. (The picture above is the publication’s guess at the looks of […] More »

I can die happy now.  I have finally seen a Pagani Huayra in the metal. At the Dallas Auto Show, I was also able to sit in one.  Did I already die and go to Heaven? No…no…I can feel the heat from my laptop’s battery.  Whew!  Now that that’s settled, allow me to tell you about […] More »

BMW brass has announced there will not be a lightweight CSL version of the new M3 sedan and M4 coupe.  Today is ruined! Wait…  That’s because the German company has already made its new M models CSL-lean?  Whew! Matt Collins, a BMW product manager, confirms it: “We’ve made them as light as possible – they […] 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 »

Aston Martin has reported a £24.9-million ($39.7-million) loss, and it’s blaming the European recession on its poor performance. Here’s an excerpt from Autocar that includes the quote: “According to media reports, in documents filed with Companies House, Aston Martin blames its situation on operating in a market that ‘has been severely affected by recession’.” We […] More »

These two cars are not direct rivals. I doubt that the same people looking at the Mercedes’ little, wannabe, rally car are really considering the 4C. They do, however, have some things in common. For instance, both cars are relatively small for the type of performance they have. Well, the Mercedes is “relatively” small, at least. […] More »

You may have heard of the Isdera Commendatore 112i from Need for Speed II, but have you heard of the Isdera Imperator 108i? We’ll forgive you if you haven’t; only 30 were built from 1984 to 1993. The Isdera brand hails from Eberhard Schulz, a former Mercedes-Benz design engineer who created Isdera in the 1960s. In 1978 Schulz’s […] More »