Aston Martin: Power, Beauty and Soul

Aston Martin is a name known the world over: it stands for fine, civilized, high performance sports cars, designed and produced by skilled craftsmen.

Aston Martin: Power, Beauty and Soul uncovers the stories behind some of the world's most desirable motor cars. Photographs of each of the more than fifty models constructed since the 1987 Ford acquisition are shown, including concept cars, special edition models and never-seen-before special orders.

Each chapter details an individual model's fascinating history and development and includes accurate and comprehensive specifications. This book also shares insights into the talented people behind the scenes who brought these magnificent vehicles to life; their stories are intertwined with those of the cars.

A lavishly illustrated book reflecting the passion of Aston Martin makers and owners!

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End of an era ... start of a new one, 2008-03-07
This book chronicles all models produced from about 1986 to 2006, with the greatest focus on the hand crafted V-series cars of 1990-2000 (Virage and all its decedents). In many ways the book shows how the company has made the transition from a ultra-low volume maker of coach built cars into a maker of expensive semi-mass produced sports cars (like an English Ferrari). Personally I have mixed feelings about this transformation, but the book does a magnificent job paying homage to both eras.

Each chapter details one model, or one special run of cars. In some cases the "run" describes production quantities in single digits...in a few cases it even represents a single unique car. The book itself contains amazing photographers, and was obviously produced with great attention to detail and love of the cars/company.

One funny aspect of the book... Many places in the text "well known far east customer" is mentioned, but his name is never actually given. This is obviously the Sultan of Brunei. It is well known he was a major Aston Martin customer during this period, and commissioned many of the highly custom cars in the book. Since these cars are locked far away, this book is the only way to experience these works of art.

I only have one minor complaint. I really wish they included more photos inside of the Newport-Pagnell factory itself. Since this book chronicles the last chapter of hand-made cars, it would have been nice to see more details of this lost art.

Worth every penny.


1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Must Buy for anyone interested in Aston Martin, 2007-11-23
Very comprehensive of the modern cars. Including many, many one off and unique Astons AND Lagondas also.
An incredible resource.
Hence my "Must Buy" title as above.

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