Things are certainly looking up for recently-sold Aston Martin nowadays.
In the news: Aston Martin is reportedly considering building a new range-topping supercar to go head to head with the Mercedes SLR, and, to a lesser extent, the Bugatti Veyron. The report comes from U.K. magazine AutoExpress, which also claims that the high-performance coupe goes by the codename DBX.
According to the reports, the DBX, with its top of the line performance parts, is set to offer a top speed in excess of 205 mph, and a zero to sixty time in the mid-three-second range. Power, speculates industry insiders and watchers, would likely come from a 700 horsepower 6.0-liter V12 engine.
The DBX says the Leftlane news would be a “spiritual successor” to the 1986 Aston Martin Zagato, which was built to hit 300km/h (186mph). The DBX will use a version of Aston's versatile vertical horizontal (VH) aluminum/composite platform, with technology from the new DBS sports car.
And the price? Most probably a nifty $450,000 – at par with the Mercedes SLR.