Author Archives: Alwin

Aston Martin Magazine now on iPad

If you own an Aston, you are probably familiar with the quarterly Aston Martin Magazine. If you don’t, this is your chance. Because this lifestyle magazine is now available as an iPad app. And it’s free too. Get it in the iTunes store here or just open the App Store on your iPad and search for “aston martin magazine”. The app is a library app which holds all your AM Magazine issues. After installing the app, you can immediately download the first digital issue (#18), also for free.

Virage now officially discontinued?

We already saw this coming from a mile away, but this week, CarsUK.net came with the “official” news that the Virage will be discontinued. Without mentioning any source for the news, they report that “Aston Martin has decided that there are just too few buyers who feel the Virage is enough of a step up from the DB9 to warrant the extra cost.”

Wanna trade? 1 day of iOS programming for a ride in an Aston Martin

This is Raphael Schaad, a software engineer who works on the popular Flipboard app for iPhone and iPad. And he’s got a deal for you: If you can offer his dad a ride in your Aston Martin, he will offer you one day of iOS coding, prototyping or advising. According to his post on Google+, he and his dad used to watch James Bond movies together and his dad always admired the Aston Martin. So Raphael decided that one day he would buy his dad an Aston Martin. However, he does not have that kind of money yet, so he came up with the idea of trading his iOS skills to get his dad a ride in his favorite car.

More DB9 2013 spy shots, taken near the Nürburgring

Last week we already spotted the new Virage DB9 in a parking garage in Mallorca. Today new spy shots appeared that were taken near Aston’s test center at the Nürburgring, again of both a coupe and a Volante. And yes, we’re sure this is the new DB9, even though it looks exactly like a Virage. It’s likely that next year, the Virage model will disappear and this car, basically a facelift of the Virage, will be introduced as the new DB9.

New 2013 Rapide spied again, now without any camouflage

Here it is again, the new Rapide (MY2013), the one we first thought was going to be a new Rapide S model. By now, we’re quite certain this is “just” the new updated and facelifted regular Rapide. It is rumoured to get the new V12 engine from the new Vanquish. So we can expect it to get a considerable power upgrade, taking it from the current 470hp to over 500 hp (but probably staying well below the Vanquish’s 573hp).