Limited Edition Aston Martin Super Sport

British car manufacturer Aston Martin has been collaborating with Star Electric Cars France to create a new project dubbed Aston Martin Super Sport. The new model will be produced in a limited run of only 8 units, each priced at a whooping €7,500,000 (around $9,600,000 at the current exchange rates).

The Super Sport will be powered by a twin-turbocharged 5.4 liter V-8 engine producing up to 950 horsepower, this awesome engine is mated to a six-speed manual transaxle synchronized with an integral, torque sensing limited-slip differential. The exhaust system is powder coated. The brake kit includes Brembo or AP carbon ceramic brakes.

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Monterey has seen its share of debuts and this year stays true to form. Here’s the most interesting North American debut.

Zagato Perana Z One Sports/GT

Zagato Perana Z One Sports/GT

It’s beautiful. And the build quality is exquisite. The panel gaps put all the high-priced Italian vehicles surrounding it to shame. The styling is definitely that of a European GT, a shape that holds its own in the company of an Alfa Romeo 8C, Aston Martin or a Ferrari 599. With that Corvette engine under its long nose, however, it’s reminiscent of classic Italian/Amercan collaborative sports car efforts from companies like DeTomaso, Iso and Bizzarrini.

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Sultan of Brunei’s Garage

Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei’s name regularly appears when the phrase the world’s most is used. Whether it relates to his overall wealth, his palaces, or his investments, the Sultan never comes up short. As is the case with his car collection. He is the proud owner of the world’s most unique car collection. Total price of the collection containing 7,000 high performance cars is $5,000,000,000.

Where do you keep 7000 of the world’s rarest cars? Well, he doesn’t have a 7000 door garage, instead he stores most of them in five ultra-secret aircraft hangars,where specialist teams from the various manufacturers maintain it.

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Gensler has just revealed the design for a museum housing the world’s largest collection of vehicles used in James Bond films, backed by the prestigiously named Ian Fleming Foundation. But it’s not in London, Monte Carlo, or even Russia (with love), it’s in tiny Momence, Illinois, located 50 miles outside of Chicago.

Museum of Bond Vehicles + Espionage

Slated to open in 2012—the 50th anniversary year of the first James Bond movie, ‘Dr. No’, the museum will house the collection of the Ian Fleming Foundation, including the world’s largest stockpile of vehicles used in the 23 Bond films. Its cache includes the Lotus Submarine Car used in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’, the Aston Martin Volante seen in ‘The Living Daylights’, the BMW R 1200 C Motorcycle used in ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’, and the Bomabardier Rev 800 MXZ Ski-Doos from ‘Die Another Day’.

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Earlier we told you about James Bond’s 1964 Aston Martin being put up for sale by RM Auctions in London for $5 million-plus. That car will no doubt disappear into some private collection, never to be seen again. It’s twin however has just gone on display at the brand new Louwman Museum in The Hague, Netherlands, showcasing one of the world’s largest and most famous collections of historic automobiles.

Louwman Museum - World’s Largest Collection of Automotive Art

The new Louwman Museum has been opened by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix. On display are historic cars and a large collection of automotive art, including paintings, sculptures and posters. The collection includes more than two hundred and thirty antique and classic cars. Connoisseurs consider the collection, assembled by two generations of the family Louwman as one of the finest in the world.

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Aston Martin loves doing special-editions of its lineup but only if they make sense and have a good reason behind it. The Gaydon automaker has just unveiled the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage N420, which is a successor to the V8 Vantage N400 from 2007. While the N420 continues the N400′s place in the Aston Martin lineup as a special edition coupe with cues taken from Aston Martin’s racing program, it receives significant powerplant, chassis, and cosmetic changes.

Special Edition Aston Martin V8 Vantage N420

The biggest news between the N400 and N420 is under the skin, where the V8 Vantage’s 4.7-liter V-8, making 420 horsepower good for 180 mph, has displaced the N400′s older 4.3-liter V-8 engine. The lower and stiffer Sport Pack suspension sharpens the N420’s responses, while a sports exhaust emits an even more inspiring note than normal. The Aston Martin V8 Vantage N420 is 60 pounds (27kg) lighter than the standard version as it has some of its standard parts replaced with carbon fiber ones. The V8 Vantage N420 comes with a carbon fiber front splitter, side strakes and diffuser. The car sits on new 10-spoke diamond turned alloy wheels.

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One of the luxury brands that have a very busy future in the coming years is Aston Martin. British supercar manufacturer will launch six new models over the next six years, including replacements to the DB9, Vantage and Rapide, as well as new models including the Lagonda and Cygnet.

2013 Aston Martin DB9

The first Aston Martin to arrive will be the Cygnet, a city car that leaves no one indifferent and has been a source of controversy among conservative customers of the brand. It is a Toyota iQ to which they give the finish and the distinctive appearance of Aston Martin, which has a record for the brand emissions of 115g/km and will reach European dealers in 2011.

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