2014 Geneva Motor Show: 2014 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N430

Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA – With no all-new models here in Geneva to debut, Britain’s boutique Aston Martin used the Swiss show to show off a trio of special editions: the Aston Martin V8 Vantage N430 and the Carbon White and Carbon Black editions of its larger DB9.

Top 10 spring fling new cars for 2013

By John LeBlanc It’s just not just the birds and bees that like to procreate when winter subsides. So do drivers. If you and your significant other are looking for an appropriate wind-in-your-hair set of wheels for your 2013 “spring fling,” here are 10 of our favourite rides to help you celebrate the departure of […]

2011 in Review: The best driving experience

By John LeBlanc Over the course of any year’s worth of an auto writer’s work, you’ll find many reports of us driving new, fast cars on closed circuits and race courses. But many of these so-called “track” events are either hampered by a limited number of laps, limited number of cars, or a slower-than-hoped for […]

The Crank: Do racing automaker CEOs help or hinder car sales?

By John LeBlanc Standing up in front of government officials or at auto shows is where we usually find the head of car companies. But Toyota and Aston Martin have released a video of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda and his Aston counterpart Ulrich Bez not in pinstripe suits behind a podium, but wearing Nomex behind […]

Road Trip: 2012 Aston Martin Virage Volante in Spain

RONDA, SPAIN—At the end of yet another long Canadian winter/spring, I found myself in the south of Spain. Better yet, for the first time ever, I found myself behind the wheel of Aston Martin’s new Virage Volante grand touring convertible. As an evolution of the existing DB9, the hardtop Virage and its cloth-top convertible Volante […]

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