Four automotive apprentices win once-in-a-lifetime experience to drive 1904 Thornycroft Tourer in the world’s longest-running motoring event. Competition launched by SMMT and British Motor Museum to celebrate industry’s apprenticeship talent, with winners from Aston Martin Works, Bentley, Caterpillar and JLR. Competition reflects how far automotive skills and technology have travelled in past century, from early petrol… Continue reading Four automotive apprentices win once-in-a-lifetime driving experience with 1905 car
Tag: Aston Martin
Classic Aston Martin DBS reinvented as 805bhp hot rod
The classic Aston Martin DBS has been reinvented as a hot rod, fitted with a Ford Mustang V8. Courtesy of American restomod and performance parts firm Ringbrothers, the GT now draws power from a 5.0-litre Coyote engine that has been overhauled and fitted with a 2.65-litre supercharger to put out 805bhp. To cope with the… Continue reading Classic Aston Martin DBS reinvented as 805bhp hot rod
Reserve Cup Heads to Marbella: Puente Romano Hotel to Host the Next Chapter in the 2025 Reserve Cup Series, September 18-20, 2025
Reserve Cup Marbella Marks the First-Ever International Expansion of Reserve Padel’s Elite Tournament MARBELLA, Spain, Aug. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Reserve Padel’s flagship tournament, the Reserve Cup, is heading to Spain’s Costa del Sol with its next stop: Reserve Cup Marbella. From September 18–20, 2025, the legendary luxury beach resort, Puente Romano Hotel, will transform… Continue reading Reserve Cup Heads to Marbella: Puente Romano Hotel to Host the Next Chapter in the 2025 Reserve Cup Series, September 18-20, 2025
What’s going on at JLR and Lotus?
This latest episode of My Week In Cars finds Steve Cropley and Matt Prior discussing new bosses at both JLR and Lotus, and what it might mean for the companies. Meanwhile Prior gets behind the wheel of the new Aston Martin Valhalla, plus a restomod, the Kamm 912 C (based on a Porsche 912). There’s also… Continue reading What’s going on at JLR and Lotus?
WATCH: Aston Martin Valhalla! | Prototype hypercar reviewed
[embedded content] Aston Martin Valhalla! | Prototype hypercar reviewed This is the new Aston Martin Valhalla, Aston’s new supercar – or hypercar, if you think that 1064bhp pushes it from one bracket to the next. It’s reviewed here still in prototype form at Aston’s discreet development facility inside Silverstone. Aston Martin says that the Valhalla’s… Continue reading WATCH: Aston Martin Valhalla! | Prototype hypercar reviewed
Aston Martin Valhalla
The Valhalla’s major mechanical piece, its engine, takes Mercedes-AMG’s 4.0-litre V8 as a starting point. But rather than the usual Aston cross-plane-crank kind, it’s the AMG GT Black Series flat-plane version. Such V8s have 180deg planes and fires on alternate cylinder banks for more even gas flow and smoother primary balance than cross-plane ones – although they can suffer secondary… Continue reading Aston Martin Valhalla
Can a garage-find Aston Martin win the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance?
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Next week sees the opening of the 74th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California, with hundreds of the world’s finest pre- and post-war classic cars competing to be crowned best in show. Among them will… Continue reading Can a garage-find Aston Martin win the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance?
@VW Group: Audi customer team with big lead in Italy010490
In the long-distance discipline of the Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo, the Tresor Attempo Racing team has built up a comfortable lead in the overall standings ahead of the final race. South of the Alps, Audi’s touring car customers are also providing plenty of excitement in TCR Italy. Numerous other successes in overall and class standings… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi customer team with big lead in Italy010490
German FAZ: Last chance for the big Formula 1 talent009760
The ghost has evaporated. A speculation had been speculated for three quarters. Does he go to Mercedes? Who has to go for him? Can he go away from Red Bull at all? The last question has been clarified since the Grand Prix of Belgium last weekend. Because Max Verstappen ends July as the third in… Continue reading German FAZ: Last chance for the big Formula 1 talent009760
Mercedes-Benz and Porsche flag €800m in combined costs from Trump tariffs – business live
03.01 EDT Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Aston Martin count steep cost of US tariffs Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of business, economics and financial markets. Car companies around the world are laying out the cost of Donald Trump’s trade war, with Mercedes-Benz saying tariffs will cost it €362m (£313m) while German sportscar maker Porsche… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz and Porsche flag €800m in combined costs from Trump tariffs – business live