Aston Martin showed the most extreme Vantage

"Volcano" is the most extreme car in the whole 102-year history of Aston Martin. Differences from conventional GT3 Coupe Vantage are very visible: the whole new body kit, including bumpers, front splitter, skirts, diffuser and wing are highlighted in a bright contrasting color. Sports car will be released in a limited edition of 100 examples. Despite the active struggle with the extra kilos, the manufacturer decided to leave the information and entertainment system with navigation. Inside the Vantage GT3 there is central console which is different from carbon fiber, as well as the upgraded multimedia system and sport seats. The vehicle is made of carbon fiber. 

The car received a further V12 naturally aspirated 6 liter with the of 600 "horses" engine (in standard 573 horsepower), which works with seven level "robot" Graziano. The top speed is 297 km/h in 3,7 seconds. Sports car got an adaptive suspension with upgraded springs and shock absorbers. 

The world premiere of a new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 will take place at the Geneva Motor Show in March of 2015.

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Aston Martin is recalling more than 7000 cars

Aston Martin Company announced the recall campaign. Almost all representatives of British companies in the past eight years, found a defect in the heating system of the front seats, the heating elements can't be switched off in time. Moreover, they can literally heat the driver and the passengers and even arrange a small fire with smoke in the cabin. So far we are talking about a relatively small number of cars: 7256. The mentioned problem exist at the variety of models such as : DB9 with DBS, and Virage, and Vantage with both engines-V8 and V12... Only the owners of Rapide model, Vanquish, rare One-77 and already withdrawn from the production Cygnet can stay on the safe side. For others it is suggested to look into documents of the car, and if your "Aston" was released between July 3, 2006 and November 5, 2014 turn off the heat. Better frostbitten than fry of ... However, Aston Martin says that working with electrical wiring will be simple and will not take a lot of time.

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The "greatest American muscle car" will be presented in Los Angeles

The former designer of Aston Martin and the owner of his own company producing hybrid cars 2010-Fisker-Henrik will show in November at Los Angeles motor show its new development. The car is labeled by the creators as "the greatest American muscle car."

New product is developed together with tuning company Galpin Auto Sports (GAS), which participated in the famous TV show "Pimp My Ride". So far only a teaser of this car was published, it was called Galpin Fisker Rocket. 

The GAS company last year introduced its own supercar, based on the Ford GT coupe car which has hand-made aluminum body (for an extra fee, you can order a carbon fiber body panels), led lights, Brembo brakes. The first "hundred kilometer per hour" the supercar can dial for three seconds, and 160 kilometers per hour in six seconds. «The maximum speed» is 362kilometres per hour.

The company of Fisker-Henrik “Fisker Automotive” was declared bankrupt last year. Prior to that it produced a model with two electric motors Karma with total capacity of 403 and a 2-liter gasoline engine, it was able to recharge the batteries while driving.

Now the company Fisker is owned by Chinese Wanxiang group, which is going to establish the production of three models.

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Virtual car of Alpine brand

The first car of the forthcoming revival of the brand Alpine will be the sports car racing simulator developed for Gran Turismo 6 on the base of the PlayStation console. The image of a virtual machine was published in the official Twitter page of the French brand. Previously their virtual racing prototypes for Gran Turismo 6 were prepared by Nissan, Aston Martin, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, Lexus, Honda and Red Bull.

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