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2009 aston martin v8 vantage
2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Reviewed
The lucky buggers over at Popular Mechanics recently got their hands on the revised 2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage. With a larger 4.8-liter, 420 HP engine and modified suspension, they find the $119,500 British sports car to be more refined, more focused, faster, and a welcome antidote to the "stuffy" DB9...if still not quite up there with the Porsche 911. Should you have the means, they highly recommend picking one up, as long as it comes with the optional Sport Pack.
[Popular Mechanics]
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2010 jaguar xf-r
2010 Jaguar XF-R Spotted Testing In Death Valley, Sporting Vantage Power?
When we last checked in with the 2010 Jaguar XF-R it looked as though there might be a powerful 5.0-liter V8 lurking under the hood. We've seen a lot of the XF-R, as seen below, but the actual motivation has been a point of contention. It is our good fortune then that a Fast Lane Daily source happened to spot a fleet of XF-R engine mules, posing as S-Types, doing some harsh weather testing in Death Valley, California. Witnesses suggested the mules emitted a sound similar to the V8 found in the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. That's not an insane suggestion given that Aston and Jag were under the same roof around the time this vehicle probably began development.
[Fast Lane Daily]
2:20 PM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Matt Hardigree
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New Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Now With A Little More V8
The Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a gorgeous car, but anyone who's ever driven one has always been left with a feeling that the V8's bark was bigger than it's bite. It's more of a show dog than a hunting dog. Sure you could send the Vantage off to Prodrive for some performance tuning, or if you didn't mind sitting around for awhile, you could wait for the mighty V12-powered Vantage RS to come out. But nobody with a need for more speed wants to wait. So now, the old 4.3-liter V8 is being enlarged to a bigger 4.7-liter V8. More » -
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A Garage Fit For a King: The Best Of The Sultan Of Brunei's Amazing Car Collection
Ferrari wagon-izations and hypercars bathed in magnetizing yellow are just a couple hints the Sultan of Brunei is perhaps the most Jalopnik head of state in the whole world. Like us, he seems to have a maddening obsession with odd cars. However, what sets him apart is his seemingly unending pot of money with which to manifest his wildest automotive fantasies. Although word on the streets of Bandar Seri Begawan is his fiscal fortunes have depleted as of late, before he sold off some of his assets, he and his family created what may be the most impressive car collection the world has ever seen. Although we already knew this, it wasn't until we were surfing the pages of our fave super car photo site that we realized the sheer height of awesome the collection truly achieved. Not only did they gather production cars, they commissioned the creation of entirely new models from manufacturers like Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Bentley. Hit the jump as we walk you through the crème de' le' crème of the massive collection of automotive exotica found in the garage of the Sultan of Brunei.
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12:30 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Mark Arnold
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Aston Martin Turns Mom To MILF, Who Knew?
Aston Martin decided to take a classy route with its latest print advertising campaign for the V8 Vantage. I've been known to be a connoisseur of all things mom, MILF and cougar-like, so I naturally give this advertisement a bold thumbs-up. But I have a feeling those parent-y types out there may have a problem with little Timmy being exposed to advertisements that so blatantly throw around the MILF acronym. Click below to see the advertisement in its full size.
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New Aston Martin V8 Vantage -- Maybe?
Our West Coast team snapped themselves some of the first shots of James Bond's Aston Martin this weekend, but in all the hoopla, we almost forgot it's not the only sled in the newly ProDrive-purchased brand. There's also the question of what's going on with the littlest Aston — the V8 Vantage? Jalopnik bilingual reader and occasional tipster Ard-Jan dropped us an e-mail this morning with a link to something he's found over at AUTOGESPOT — pictures of what they think could be the next V8 Vantage not sporting any camouflage. Although it looks very similar to the Mansory Vantage tuner, the rear taillights, grille, and sides look different enough that maybe it could be the next baby Aston. And hey, considering the 2005 Frankfurt show was where they released the last one — wouldn't this year's Frankfurt Auto Show be a great place to drop the new V8 Vantage? Just sayin'...
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