The Jaguar XJ41 /42 project was intended to be the replacement for the E-Type. The production car would be named F-Type and would be a more focused sports car than the comfy “grand tourer” XJS. Taking cues from the 1978 Pininfarina...
Aston Martin CEO DR.Ulrich Bez wanted to return to motorsport to further develop the brand of the luxury sports car maker. The glamorous world of sports car racing was the ideal category to show off related road cars, and sell racing...
Tadek Marek was a Polish engineer that joined Aston Martin from Austin in 1954. His work at Aston Martin culminated in the alloy inline six cylinder used on the Aston Martin DBR2, the straight six used by Lagonda and the famous...
Aston Martin had considerable success on the sportscar scene during the 1950s, including victory at Le Mans with the Shelby and the DBRI in 1959. When Victor Gauntlett joined Aston Martin as Chairman in 1981, he was keen to see the...
The Aston Martin Vanquish is the top of the range model from Aston Martin. Built to replace the aging Virage range, the Vanquish was the first Aston Martin to make use of modern production techniques and the last to be built...