My Car Quest

April 27, 2024

The Aston Martin DB4 GT Continuation

by Mike Gulett - Between 1959 and 1963 Aston Martin made 75 of the fabulous DB4 GT. Now Aston Martin has made 25 DB4 GT Continuation examples which they sold for about $2 million each. I saw two of these Aston Martin DB4 GT Continuation models … [Read more...]

Design Critique: 2020 Aston Martin DBX

by Wallace Wyss - When Aston Martin showed their DBX SUV prototype a year ago, I thought “well, it’s a nice idea but…” Well, now they didn’t consult me. They went ahead and made it. It is not quite as sleek (read coupe-like) as the … [Read more...]

Two Aston Martin Shooting Brakes For Auction In Monterey

by Mike Gulett - For years I have liked shooting brakes, even before I knew what a shooting brake was, maybe because as a kid I spent a lot of time in the back seat of American made station wagons, like the Mercury Colony Park. We had dogs so … [Read more...]

Vantage Magazine – The DB7 Anniversary

by Mike Gulett - In January of this year I was contacted by Peter Tomalin the managing editor of Vantage Magazine, an independent Aston Martin magazine in the U.K. He wanted to use some of my photos from my 2000 trip to the Aston Martin … [Read more...]

1986 Aston Martin Vantage Zagato

When two famous names worked on a car together with less than stirring results. by Wallace Wyss - With the Sixties Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, being one of the most beautiful cars of the Sixties, ya think that any Aston done by Zagato … [Read more...]

Aston Martin Race Car With Italian Coachwork To Cross The Block In Monterey

by Wallace Wyss - When I look over my Big Mistakes in barn finding, I remember visiting a guy in Palos Verdes, California maybe 30 years ago that had an Aston Martin DB4GTZ and it was a stunning car, perfectly restored, with coachwork by … [Read more...]