First Drive: 2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster

Story and photo by John LeBlanc DALLAS–As stereotypes go, Texans are about as big as the Lone Star state they live in, so a drive in search of the “real Texas” should have been easy pickings. Especially when the locale is the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolis, which, in my mind, should have been about as “Texan” […]

First Drive: 2009 Aston Martin DBS

Story and photos by John LeBlanc DALLAS–Unlike other exotic brands like Ferrari or Porsche that have been consistently in the sports car spotlight for decades, Aston Martin’s long history of fading in and out of insolvency has sometimes meant lapses between new cars. But since the British automaker’s amicable divorce from 20-year steward Ford last […]