Aston Martin Vintage Models Face Selective Secondary-Market Demand at Auction

The Bonhams sale at the Goodwood Revival 2026produced a £370,800 top result post-auction, thanks to a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 Series 3. The sale was at times a challenging one; of the deals completed on the day (September 19), a 1936 Aston Martin 2-Litre Speed Model Competition Two-Seater finished on top at £345,000. It led a varied selection of competition, sporting and collector cars; a 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS followed at £310,500, while a Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM racer and a modified 1971 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 came next at £253,000 apiece. The figures beneath those headline results painted a more mixed picture. Several of the higher-value cars changed hands below their pre-sale estimates once buyer’s premium was stripped from the published totals, while other lots attracted bidding comfortably beyond expectations. Here are some of the key results. The highest-priced car from the Bonhams Goodwood Revival sale was this matching-numbers DB4 Series 3, chassis DB4/718/R, which had an unusual first owner in Castrol Limited. Delivered through C Williams on July 27, 1961, it was originally finished in Snow Shadow Grey with dark blue Connolly leather and equipped with a heated rear window, Marchal foglamps and Motorola radio. Its first registration, 7727 JW, referred to Castrol director John Windridge, with the purchase following a sponsorship agreement between the oil company and Aston Ma

Read the Full Story | View Interior Photos Aston Martin has revealed the DBX GT, a more refined and comfort-focused version of the British automaker’s super-SUV. The DBX GT will features shiny horizontal bars in the grille instead of the sporty-looking mesh found on the DBX S. The GT model also rides on new 22-inch wheels with a Satin Titanium finish, and gets a new polished and satin metal side strake in the front fender. Around back, the quad exhaust setup now orients the pipes side-by-side, and a new tune makes it sound “cleaner [and] richer,” according to Aston Martin. While the DBX GT comes standard on Pirelli Scorpion Zero all-season tires, Pirelli P-Zero summer tires are available. Under the hood lies the same twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 as in the DBX S. That means a total of 717 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque, sent to all four wheels via a nine-speed automatic gearbox. The DBX GT is slowed by carbon-ceramic brakes, featuring 16.5-inch discs up front and 15.4-inch discs at the rear. Aston Martin also says it retuned the suspension, made the throttle pedal feel more precise, and made the shifts feel smoother. Keep going to see more photos of the 2027 Aston Martin DBX GT. View Interior Photos of the New Tesla Roadster View Exterior Photos of the New Tesla Roadster View Photos of the Porsche Mission S Concept View Photos of the 1992 Lamborghini Diablo View Inte

The affordable coupe is rapidly becoming an endangered species , but those lucky enough to be able to afford to shop in the ultraluxury segment are spoiled for choice. The arrival of “S”-badged versions of both the Aston Martin DB12 and Bentley Continental GT has created an obvious rivalry, so we chose to compare the two cars in their British homeland. The pair seem to have been carefully designed as rivals, close on both price and power outputs, both possessing the superstar presence that has to come as standard in this segment. There are also sizable differences, the most obvious being the contrast between Bentley’s plug-in hybrid, all-wheel-drive powertrain and the Aston’s more traditional approach of a big V-8 sending its full fury to the rear wheels. Which should be at the top of your dream list? Sitting above the regular DB12 but below the V-12-powered Vanquish, the DB12 S has an AMG twin-turbo V-8 that’s been given a small bump in power alongside a corresponding set of chassis tweaks. The maximum rises to 690 hp, a 19-hp increase over the standard car, but both variants share the same 590 lb-ft torque peak. Other hardware is shared, too, the S having slightly firmer settings for its adaptive dampers and snappier software for traction management and the eight-speed automatic transaxle. Carbon-ceramic brakes are standard on the S—they are an extra-cost option on the regula