Aston Martin have just announced their much admired DB11 has been voted “Most Beautiful Car 2017” winning the esteemed and much sought after Golden Steering Wheel award from Axel at the awards ceremony held at their headquarters in Berlin. Voted for by an esteemed panel of designers, racers, engineers, celebrities and journalists from across Europe, […]
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The Return of the Unmistakable Aston Martin DB11 Convertible
Like most of the car industry, we have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the DB11 Volante. Joining the equally elegant DB11 Coupe, the Volante Aston Martin raises the bar in terms of performance, innovation, engineering and style to create the definitive open-top Sports GT. Aston Martin’s new Convertible is powered by a new 4.0-litre […]
The Latest Car Industry News
At Signature Car Hire we like to keep up to date with the latest car industry news. Here’s a summary of news from some of our favourite Marques. Lamborghini Lamborghini have taken a fresh look at one of our most popular options for car hire, the Aventador and improved upon it to create the Aventador […]
Aston Martin Sells for £17.5 million!
If you have a cool £17 and a half million hanging around, then you could have been the very lucky owner of Britain’s most expensive car in history, the 1596 Aston Martin DBR1. Sotheby’s listed it as “the most correct example of what is arguably the most important Aston Martin ever produced.” What’s so special […]
The Impressive Vanquish Quartet
The abiding innovative partnerships in the automotive industry reached another landmark this week. Starting with the global debut of the Vanquish Zagato Volante, closely followed by confirmation that the Vanquish Zagato Speedster that will enter production along with the stunning Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake. The four Vanquish Zagato models will output 325 cars in total. […]
Boys with (very expensive) toys
Never let it be said that Aston Martin don’t have a sense of humour. To celebrate their new factory at St Athan in Wales, which will start production in 2019, the marque has released a special – and we think utterly fantastic – video. In the seven minute clip, two Aston Martin racing drivers and […]
Goodwood Festival of Speed Round-Up
There really is too much going on at the Festival of Speed to summarise in less than 10,000 words, so we’ve simply picked a few of our highlights from this year’s event, things that were either unique for 2017 or that we feel will have a lasting impact in years to come. Overall this year’s […]
Aston Martin Confirm Production for first Electric Model
Aston Martin has at last confirmed that their all-electric RapidE will enter production in 2019. They have confirmed a limited production run of 155 models which spearheads development of Aston’s low- and zero-emission vehicle strategy laid out by President and CEO, Dr Andy Palmer. The RapidE is part of a continuation of work with Williams […]
Aston Martin confirms that it WILL build the Vanquish Zagato Speedster
Critics are pretty confident that the Aston Martin Vanquish is set to be taken off the shelves in the near future. This will partly be, undoubtedly, because unlike the fast-selling DB11 it has a naturally aspirated engine, something which is quickly becoming scarce in this new turbocharged world. Before its retirement, however, the car has […]
Geneva Motor Show Round-Up
Some of the brilliant new cars launched at this year’s Geneva Motor Show: Lamborghini Huracán Performante Just when you think the Huracán couldn’t get any better, along comes one that can lap the infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife in just 6:52.01 minutes. This new car, the Performante, brings further innovations to the already stunning Huracan model. Designed […]