2010 Aston Martin DBS Volante
For 2010, Aston's hard-core, 007-approved DBS coupe gets in touch with its hard-core, 007-approved feminine side. The breezy DBS Volante convertible is more than 250 pounds heavier than the coupe and packs the same 510-hp V-12 and aft-mounted six-speed manual or six-speed manu-matic. The 191-mph convertible offers two-plus-two or two-plus-cargo seating arrangements beneath its fabric soft top, which stows away in a spry fourteen seconds and at speeds up to 30 mph - perfect for driving alongside the Promenade des Anglais, no?
2012 Aston Martin Lagonda
Lagonda is one of those medieval British automotive nameplates, like Daimler and Wolseley, that when mentioned to all but the most anglophilic American motorhead is pretty much guaranteed to produce a blank stare. Europeans, however, apparently still go all Jell-O-legged over the mothballed, 104-year-old marque, and Aston Martin (which purchased the Lagonda name in 1947) plans to revive it for the 2012 model year with a twenty-first-century SUV based on the Mercedes-Benz GL. Behind a bulldozer front end will rumble some version of the 6.0-liter V-12 in the DB9. ...next page >>