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Handy online accident sketch site. If you've had an accident in

2010-05-18T15:19:41Z

Handy online accident sketch site. If you've had an accident in your car, your insurance company will want a sketch from you of what happened etc. Rather than draw it out yourself, www.accidentsketch.com allows you to do it online and print it out. You can add pedestrians, cars and notes saying what happened. This is extremely handy and it'll do it better than your own rubbishy picture. Go to www.accidentsketch.com to access it.

ROLLS-ROYCE GHOST DESIGN APP NOW AVAILABLE ON APP STORE

2010-05-05T11:30:00Z

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced today that its first app for iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the App Store. The app allows potential customers and enthusiasts to configure their own Ghost, the new model from Rolls-Royce.

Aston Martin Partners with Nike Basketball

2010-05-18T15:12:50Z

Aston Martin Partners with Nike Basketball to Introduce the Nike Kobe Bryant (Aston Martin Edition) Footwear Pack

Aston Martin V12 Vantage Confirmed for North America

2010-05-18T15:11:41Z

Gaydon, 4 May 2010 - In response to unprecedented customer demand, Aston Martin has confirmed that the V12 Vantage – the most potent production sports car in the marque’s 96-year history - will be made available in North America from later this year.

Morning has broken at Nürburgring 24-hour - Eighteen Hour Update

2010-05-18T15:11:34Z

16 May 2010 – As dawn breaks across the Eifel, all Aston Martins which started the race eighteen hours earlier, remain resilient in this annual endurance epic. The factory-entered cars; V12 Vantage and Rapide, both in near-standard guise, are currently placed 27st and 37th overall (1st and 3rd in class) respectively from a field of nearly 200 starters.

Chassis change among upgrades for Schumacher in Spain

2010-04-27T15:37:41Z

A host of upgrades are set to be added to Michael Schumacher’s car ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix in a bid to kickstart the German’s 2010 Formula One season.The Mercedes GP PETRONAS driver’s best result of the campaign so far was his sixth-place finish at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.In a bid to improve [...]

Rosberg not getting carried away with strong start to Formula One season

2010-04-29T15:37:34Z

Nico Rosberg insists he is taking nothing for granted despite his strong start to the 2010 Formula One season.The 24-year-old has finished on the podium in the last two races to move onto 50 points in the drivers’ standings, which puts him in second spot, ten points off the lead.Meanwhile, he has also out-qualified and [...]

Aston Martin saddened by tragic racing accident at Nürburgring

2010-05-03T03:23:22Z

On lap 22 of the ADAC-ACAS-H&R Cup Race at the Nürburgring on Saturday 24 April an accident occurred resulting in the tragic death of experienced driver 43-year-old (Leo) Carl Friedrich Prinz zu Loewenstein, driver of a Vantage N24.

Brawn sees positives in Schumacher’s performance

2010-04-21T18:08:05Z

Mercedes GP PETRONAS team principle Ross Brawn adopted a glass half full attitude in the wake Michael Schumacher’s travails at the Chinese Grand Prix.While Nico Rosberg secured his second successive podium in Shanghai, his seven-time world champion teammate struggled to adapt to the changing track conditions and ended up a disappointing tenth.However, rather than focus [...]

Shooting Break concept car to feature innovative headlamp technology

2010-04-21T18:08:07Z

The Mercedes-Benz Shooting Break concept car features a new light system due to appear in series production later this year, it has been revealed.Through the use of LED technology and the Intelligent Light System already used in Mercedes models with bi-xenon lamps, the Shooting Break concept car’s headlamps feature the best of both worlds.As a [...]

F430 wins in Valencia

2010-04-19T20:00:00Z

Maranello - Ferrari concluded race 1 with a hat trick and was victorious in race 2 at the Spanish GT Open Championship at this season’s first race held on Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit.

Aston Martin secures third consecutive podium of 2010 at Long Beach

2010-04-22T02:42:04Z

Long Beach, 17 April 2010. Aston Martin took its third consecutive podium of 2010 at the 36th running of the Grand Prix of Long Beach crossing the line in second place. Drivers Adrian Fernández (MX) and Harold Primat (CH) drove on the limit throughout the 100 minute dash, in a race that was plagued with yellow flags and a brush with the tyre wall. Aston Martin Racing, normally conditioned to compete in long endurance epics, ran the 007 car with maximum down-force to cope with the incredibly tight bends at the 1.968 mile tree-lined circuit.

ROLLS-ROYCE GHOST RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS DESIGN AWARD

2010-03-29T15:12:00Z

The new Rolls-Royce Ghost has received the prestigious “red dot: best of the best” award for the very highest level of design. The red dot award recognises unusually high quality and groundbreaking design.

Mercedes GP PETRONAS pick up more points in Australia

2010-03-29T16:01:10Z

Both Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher brought their Mercedes GP PETRONAS race cars home in points positions as the Australian Grand Prix delivered what many Formula 1 fans had been looking forward to before the start of the 2010 season.Albert Park lived up to its reputation of creating a platform for nail-biting competition as rain [...]

Podium for Aston Martin at Sebring

2010-03-29T23:43:48Z

Sebring 20 March 2010. The Aston Martin 007 was the fastest petrol car across the line, finishing third overall in the opening round of the American Le Mans Series: the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Saloon returns to roots through dashboard

2010-02-09T16:05:43Z

Much of the talk about the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class Saloon is that it has returned to its roots and this is especially noticeable when sat inside the vehicle, a review has noted.According to CarPages, the dashboard is the area where there is a return to days gone by, "where the almost regimented lines could look [...]

Brawn feels new Formula One points system offers greater overtaking incentive

2010-02-05T16:05:48Z

Ross Brawn feels that the new points system that will be introduced into Formula One this season is a good thing and will encourage drivers to go all out to win races.The Mercedes GP PETRONAS Team Principal believes that in prior seasons, some drivers were often happy to settle for finishing second as they gained [...]

Heidfeld announced as Mercedes GP PETRONAS test and reserve driver

2010-02-05T16:05:47Z

Nick Heidfeld has been confirmed as the Mercedes GP PETRONAS reserve and test driver for the 2010 Formula One season.The 32-year-old learnt his trade on the Mercedes Young Driver programme in the late 1990s and has since gone on to compete for a host of teams in the last decade, starting 167 races and achieving [...]

Autocar declares Mercedes-Benz E350 CDI betters the new BMW 5-Series

2010-02-04T16:06:02Z

It may have been a long time coming, but for the first time in 23 years, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class has trumped the BMW 5-Series in an in-depth review from Autocar. The Mercedes-Benz E350 CDI went head-to-head with the BMW 530D SE, with the publication’s Andrew Frankel declaring both vehicles to be excellent executive saloons. However, the E-Class [...]

Schumacher focusing on reliability over lap times

2010-02-04T16:06:05Z

Michael Schumacher believes Mercedes GP PETRONAS made significant progress during the three days of Formula One testing that has now concluded in Spain.The seven-time World Champion completed 40 laps as he shared track time with team-mate Nico Rosberg during the opening day of testing in Valencia.However, he was on his own for the final day [...]