Aston Martin sells one model every two days in Brazil

The Brazilian market for luxury goods is better than the English Aston Martin expected. With the official start of sales in August in a single store in Sao Paulo, the brand adds 16 units in 30 days. The cheapest model is the coupe version of the V8 Vantage, sold for $ 600,000.

Even before the official opening, a unit of the DB9 model had already been sold for $ 850,000. The most expensive car in the shop is the DBS, which starts from $ 1.23 million.

The estimate of the SHC group, which represents the brand is selling 50-60 units per year. "We have not increased our estimate of sales, because that initial demand is always higher, but the number is quite impressive and if it continues, we will revise our projections," said the G1 to general manager of Aston Martin in Brazil, Helena Farah

Aston Martin's new weapon in the LMP1

The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) is the umbrella organization of the Le Mans series. Their goal this season for the diesels and naftjes closer together. This would also marks other than Audi and Peugeot have made their move to strike in the LMP1 class.

Aston Martin made its arms already known, a brand new LMP1 racer that goes for some victories as it depends on them. This racer is the first fully developed by Aston Martin itself in the last fifty years. An open cockpit, a monocoque single seater and a new V8 petrol unit behind the driver. There are of course not (yet) released figures from the car.

A total of six venues to be built, the first test runs were planned in early 2011. The major sponsor Gulf again, you probably already saw the colors. The last time that Aston Martin won dates back to 1959, when a DBR1 with Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby at the wheel.