Posts Tagged ‘fun facts’

VIDEO: Bond’s DBS extracted from the drink

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
The typical 007 Aston looks phenomenal, goes incredibly fast, and has enough gadgets to single-handedly depose a hostile government. Unfortunately, not all of those attributes apply when it's raining, as Mr. Bond's Euro KITT ended up at the bottom of lake Garda in Italy after a chase scene on the se......

Aston Martin DBS owners have to wait a bit longer to be Bond

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Aston Martin DBS.According to Autocar, the lucky few that have put a deposit down on the new Aston Martin DBS will have to wait an additional three-months to get behind the wheel of the body-kitted Bond car. The problem apparently stems from suppliers who ar......

Aston Martin: Not for sale

Monday, April 7th, 2008
According to Autocar, rumors of Mercedes-Benz purchasing a major stake in Aston Martin don't hold water. Aston's current owners are reportedly not interested in selling all or part of their British sportscar marque to anybody at this time. The possibility still exists that Aston will go public withi......

Ferrari bewildered by its own presence at New York Auto Show

Friday, March 28th, 2008
Click image to enlargeThe gang at eGMCarTech was as puzzled as anyone else regarding the oddly spartan Ferrari display at this year's New York Auto Show. As we joked during the show, it looked as if thieves had run off with everything but the car, a black F430 sitting all by its lonesome. The eGM cr......

Suzuki’s full court press to reach 100,000 in sales

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
Here's some fun facts for a Friday afternoon: from 1989 through 1999 Suzuki couldn't muster even 50,000 in annual sales in the U.S. and through July of this year it's at nearly 65,000. Lots of things had do to go right for Suzuki to enjoy the kind of success it's having, not the least of which is th......