In the build up to last weekend’s VLN 4 hour race at the Nürburgring Dr Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin CEO, and Akio Toyoda, Toyota President, shared a drive in each other’s cars. The machines in question were ‘Zig’ the Aston Martin V12 Zagato and the Gazoo Racing Lexus LFA. Dr Bez explains, “When I learned [...]

Apologies for such a long break between drinks as far as Nürburgring 24 hour race post mortems go. Sister site AUSmotive has been demanding our attention during the Australian International Motor Show. To help get us back on track here’s a short highlights clip from Aston Martin. Incidentally, they have just announced they will be [...]

This weekend at the Ring you will see ‘Zig’ and ‘Zag’ out there flying the flag for Aston Martin. No, this is not some circus trick, but the latest nicknames Aston has come up with for its Nürburgring 24 hour racecars. The car you see above is otherwise known as the Aston Martin V12 Zagato. [...]

Despite a strong rumour that Aston Martin had pulled out of the Nürburgring industry test pool we can reveal this is not the case. Speaking to AUSringers, Kim Palmer, Aston Martin Product and Motorsport, said, “It’s not the case that Aston Martin has pulled out of the industry test pool days. “Aston Martin is currently [...]

Unconfirmed reports suggest that at least two manufacturers and one tyre company have opted out of the industry pool that use the Nürburgring as a test facility. If true, this would be the first tangible sign that concerns over the controversial plans by the Nürburgring’s private managers to increase costs have come to fruition. In [...]

Aston Martin didn’t manage a class win at the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year. But the big four door Rapide, nicknamed ‘Katie’, did the next best thing by placing second in the SP8 class. ‘Kermit’ the V12 Vantage put in a sterling performance to cross the line third in class after some mechanical issues [...]

Aston Martin is returning with a factory presence at the Nürburgring 24 hour for the fifth race in succession. The V12 Vantage enjoyed a class win at last year’s race and is back with some fancy Meccano on its boot. Making its motor racing debut is the big four-door Rapide. Aston’s CEO Ulrich Bez will [...]

Aston Martin’s new four-door saloon, the Rapide, will be racing at this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race. As usual Aston’s CEO Dr Ulrich Bez will be at the wheel of the Rapide for the race, despite having the choice of the Vantage V12 as well. The Rapide will hit the track as close to production [...]

Aston Martin will be tackling the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year with a new V12 Vantage. Aston claim the V12 racer is as close to the road going model as practicable, with just safety and weight modifications to make it suitable for the event. That means the drivers will have 510bhp and 570Nm at [...]

One of the first articles featured on AUSringers was about Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage N400, so it only seemed right to post up this clip from UK’s Car magazine which I just stumbled across on YouTube. Sadly, it doesn’t feature the N400 at the Nürburgring Nordshcleife, which is a bit of a disappointment. But then, [...]