Alex Unleashed on Cars

Aston Martin is a company that whilst famous has grappled with financial instability and shifting bosses and chairmen, though since it was taken over by Ford and then later privatised it has remained stable and steady thanks to wise investment and ever increasing brand awareness along with just being plain cool if not the coolest car brand out there. Here's everything you need to know about Aston Martin in one place, from movie stars and F1 cars to a bizarre city car and bankruptcy.  Year Founded: 1913 Founders: Lionel Martin & Robert Bamford Important People: David Brown- Having bought the company and Lagonda in 1947 it was under Brown (a former tractor manufacture owner) that Aston Martin became an instantly famous brand with its racing success in the 50s and early 60s and dealings with the James Bond franchise, it's also where the DB series of cars get their names from. Sean Connery- Whilst he wasn’t an employee, Connery as Bond help cement the association betwee...

  I've talked about Noble before on this blog and I mentioned that in 2007 they closed up shop after Lee Noble left the company. Well, 3 years later they were back and better than ever with today's spotlight. the M600. Straight away, the M600 bears styling ques from both the canned M15 prototype and M14 concept car and it's definitely a handsome car, it's different, notably lacking the M12's rear wing yet still looks like a Noble. But let's talk about the engine, no longer a Ford V6, now it's a 4.4 litre V8 from Volvo tuned by Yamaha (who also tuned the Ford Puma coupe engines) and has the standard Noble twin turbos. What this means is that the M600 produces 650 BHP and 604 Ib/ft of torque, for reference, the Pagani Zonda F (which is no slouch in performance terms) has 602 BHP and 576 Ib/ft of torque, in a straight line, the M600 gets to 60 in just 3 seconds, that trumps the: Ferrari Enzo, Corvette ZR1, Porsche GT2 RS and many more. Flat out, it will hit 225...