VIDEO: New Driving Footage of Aston Martin's One-77 Supercar

Here's a new video clip of Britain's most expensive supercar, the £1.25 million (that's about US$1.9 million or €1.4 million) Aston Martin One-77 undergoing extensive testing in advance of the first customer deliveries scheduled for later this year.

Aston Martin's most exclusive vehicle to date, is also the automaker's fastest having already recorded a top speed of 220.007mph or 354.86 km/h during testing in December at a secret proving ground in southern Europe.

Aston Martin believes that its pride and joy can go even faster as the company had then pointed out that the 220mph velocity was achieved in "dry but windy conditions".

The One-77 is powered by a front-mounted 7.3-liter V12 engine pushing out somewhere around 750 horsepower and is expected to hit 0-60mph (96km/h) in 3.5 seconds.

All in all, Aston Martin plans to build a mere 77 numbered units of the One-77 - hence its name.

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VIDEO: Aston Martin Shows off Rapide on the Roads of Valencia

If our recent gallery with 120 high-res photos of the all-new Aston Martin Rapide sports sedan left you wanting more, then you'll probably get a kick out of this fresh new video of the British firm's Porsche Panamera rival that was filmed during the media presentation in the city of Valencia in Spain earlier this month.

Aston Martin's four-door, high-performance sport saloon is powered solely by a mighty 6.0-liter V12 engine, the same one found in the DB9.

It produces a peak power of 477-horsepower and 443 lb-ft of torque, enough to propel the four-seater Rapide from zero to 60mph in 5.1 seconds and on to a maximum speed of 188mph or 303 km/h. Watch the Rapide in action in the video after the jump.

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VIDEO: Aston Martin goes Viral with Cygnet Mini

To begin with, there's no official information about this short film, but unless someone managed to sneak into Aston Martin's headquarters in Gaydon, we have to assume that the British supercar maker and soon-to-become a re-badger of Japanese minis, created the viral video to ignite some online attention on its controversial Cygnet mini.

The Aston Martin-ized Toyota iQ is shown towards the end of the clip and after a minute or so of some guys practicing the French freestyle/urban sport of Parkour that involves negotiating obstacles using just the human body.

To gear heads like ourselves, this film makes as much sense as Aston Martin's decision to go ahead with the Cygnet project... Video after the break.

Via: Autoblog.com

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VIDEO: Aston Martin DB9 Breaks Tree in Half in Polish Accident!

And the exotic supercar slaughter continues. However in all fairness, unlike the recent Bugatti Veyron and Ferrari California incidents in which their respective drivers were to blame, this crash that allegedly occurred in Warsaw, Poland, and involved an Aston Martin DB9 (or at least it looks like a DB9), may very well have been caused by the rain and slippery road conditions. If you pay attention in the beginning of the video, you'll see a DB9 in the top left corner slipping out of control and smashing into a tree and cutting it in half. Luckily the tree did not fall on the Aston Martin nor on any other car. Watch the video after the break.

Via: Wreckexotics

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New Aston Martin Rapide Video Includes Footage from the Nurburgring

Following the official unveiling of its all-new four-seater Rapide sports saloon at the Frankfurt Show in September, Aston Martin has now released a video with driving footage shot during the final stages of development. The three-minute long clip also includes scenes of the Aston Martin Rapide testing at the famous Nurburgring race track in Germany. You can check out the video right after the jump.

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