As part of Aston Martin’s Centenary celebrations in Dubai, an Aston Martin Vanquish has been helicoptered to the top of the Burj Al Arab hotel. There’s no more extra power on offer from the centenary edition Astons, but they do get a special paint job and interior and come with solid silver enamelled plaques commemorating the centenary, even if Aston Martin seem to have only been able to cobble together a Vanquish Centenary Edition so far. But things have got a bit more spectacular in Dubai, with Aston Martin using a helicopter to stick a Vanquish on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, 1,000 ft up at the top of the iconic sail-shaped building.
Toyota Avensis (2009): the new Avensis has shades of Lexus IS, from this solitary rear three-quarter photo issued today
By Tim Pollard
First Official Pictures
29 August 2008 19:12
Toyota has issued a single photograph of the new Avensis saloon. The new Avensis will arrive officially at the Paris motor show on 2 October 2008 – and this solitary image is all we'll get from Toyota until then. What's new on the third-generation, 2009 Avensis?
Unless there is some sort of major, unforeseen hiccup, the sale of General Motors' assets--creating a new company--is expected to close Friday. The new GM will be 60.8 percent owned by the U.S. Treasury.