Aston Martin Concept Cars: In-Depth Model Guides

We take a look a detailed look at all the Aston Martin concept cars we have admired over the decades.

With development of its 2nd generation of ‘DB’ six-cylinder sports cars nearing its end, Aston Martin turned to the Italian Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, creator of the original DB4 of 1959, for the next model. Touring built a pair of two-seater prototypes, one right- and one left-hand drive (‘266/1/R’ and...
2015 Aston Martin DB10 4 December 2014, Gaydon: Aston Martin together with EON Productions, the producers of the James Bond film franchise, unveiled Bond’s stunning new car, the Aston Martin DB10, on the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios. The luxury British sports car brand is delighted to confirm that James...
2014 Aston Martin DP-100 Aston Martin will reveal an exceptional new addition to the hugely popular Sony PS3 game Gran Turismo® 6 in the shape of the stunning Design Prototype 100 at 09:30 BST on Friday 27 June at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Developed in-house by the Design team...
2014 Aston Martin DB9 Carbon Black Edition The Aston Martin DB9 family grows at Geneva with the arrival of the DB9 Carbon Black and Carbon White special editions. Style and visual drama are the special editions hallmarks as they perfectly emphasise the timeless GT’s sporting nature. The new Carbon Black...
2013 Aston Martin Rapide Bertone A dream sports car to celebrate a double historical anniversary. At the International Car Show of Geneva, Bertone celebrates the Aston Martin centenary and Sixty years of cooperation between the Italian Company and the prestigious English Brand presenting an interpreta tion of the Aston Martin...
2013 Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept Aston Martin is celebrating its centenary in world-class style with the debut today (19 May) of the exceptional CC100 Speedster Concept. Created as a stunning celebration of the great British brand’s 100 years of sports car excellence the one-off CC100 looks both to the...
2012 Aston Martin Project AM 310 At the 2012 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Aston Martin brought out a new concept which successfully synthesizes the One-77 design cues with the rest of the DB9, DBS, Virage line. Story by Supercars.net In Detail submitted by Richard Owen type Concept / Prototype Car...
2011 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Zagato Prototype Following the release of the V12 Vantage in 2009, Zagato of Milan worked in cooperation with Aston Martin to make a new bespoke race car on the V12 platform. One year later Aston Martin officially took over the car and released a production...
2009 Lagonda Concept LUV In 2008, AML announced that it was their intention to re-launch the Lagonda marque just in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the company commencing the building of motorcars. The very first day of the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, when Marek Reichman, Aston Martin’s Director...
2009 Aston Martin One-77 Prototype The One-77 is Aston Martin’s definitive sports car, one that epitomises everything Aston Martin from technology, the hand-craftsmanship of the hand rolled aluminium panels to the attention to detail. A culmination of all the marque’s know-how, the One-77 delivers effortless beauty guaranteed to stir the...
2007 Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS Concept At the official opening of Aston Martin’s first ever dedicated design centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire, on Tuesday 11 December, Dr Ulrich Bez, Chief Executive Officer, thrilled an audience of more than seven hundred VIP guests with a surprise unveiling of a stunning new...
2006 Aston Martin Rapide Concept To upset the Maserati Quattroporte, the upcoming Porsche Panamerica and other ultra-luxury four dour sedans, Aston Martin have prepared a four dour version of their DB9 supercar for the 2006 North American International Auto Show. Like the old DB4-based Rapide the new contemporary version is...
2003 Aston Martin AMV8 Vantage Concept Previously codenamed AM305, the Aston Martin AMV8 Vantage is the basis for a smaller third Aston Martin model, due to be launched in 2005, and will sit alongside the DB7 and the flagship Vanquish. The AMV8 Vantage will be hand-assembled at Aston Martins state-of-the-art...
2001 Aston Martin Twenty Twenty In Detail submitted by Richard Owen type Series Production Car body stylist Giorgetto Giugiaro coachbuilder Italdesign production 1 engine V12 position Front Longitudinal displacement 5935 cc / 362.18 in³ power 372.9 kw / 500 bhp @ 6000 rpm specific output 84.25 bhp per litre body...
1998 Aston Martin Project Vantage Concept Unveiled at the 1998 North Amercian International Auto Show. In Detail submitted by Richard Owen price $ $ Prototype engine V12 valvetrain DOHC 4 Valves / Cyl displacement 5972 cc / 364.4 in³ bore 89.0 mm / 3.5 in stroke 80.0 mm / 3.15...
1980 Aston Martin Bulldog Concept In the 1970s, Aston Martin decided to build its first hypercar ever. It was time for it. Other automakers were making wild wedge-shaped cars, and Aston wanted a hand in the mix. So, the company came together and designed one of the wildest wedge hypercars of the decade:...
1964 Aston Martin DB5 ‘James Bond’ After Aston Martin’s departure from racing, they needed a new marketing strategy and James Bond was their next best thing. When Ian Fleming’s novel Goldfinger was adapted for the big screen in 1964, 007’s ride became a Silver Birch DB5 equipped with all the...
1949 Aston Martin DB2 Prototype Before the DB2 went into production, four prototypes were made and they laid the foundation for David Brown’s first successful sports car. His purchase of Aston Martin was still fairly recent and he built upon all the available resources. The first three cars registered UMC64,...
Aston Martin Atom 1939 – 1944 Although stylistically unlike both previous or future Aston Martins, the chassis and method of construction was very much the basis for the post war Feltham cars starting with the 2 litre sports (DB1) right up to the DB Mark III in 1957. It might look a bit awkward to our eyes today...