The British Have Arrived

Last week we talked about one of my favorite cars we have researched so far, mainly because it is an electric engine sports car.  But this week, we are going to talk about our first sports car based out of Britain.  This British-Luxury designed car is absolutely beautiful, being one of the top foreign luxury sports cars in the world.  I will now be presenting the one and only Aston Martin Car Company.  Literally, the British are coming but in a lean, mean British engineering mechanical beast.  Let’s take a look at the history of the company for a brief moment.

Reading the official website of Aston Martin itself, the original creator of the first model was Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin.  The first model was established in the year 1913 and got noticed when Lionel won the Aston Hill Climb in Buckinghamshire, England.  Not long after that showing, the company went from zero to a hundred miles an hour, moving their company to Kensington within the first five years of the first model’s appearance. 

There are four models on the line for Aston Martin this year, and no doubt, all of them are gorgeous and fast.  However, we will be focusing on my top two and then talking about my favorite of the two.  The first model is the Vantage, coming in at around $200,000 dollars.  That is the first model, and we already would have to open our piggy banks and deeply.  The other model is the Aston Martin Vanquish for the pretty price of almost $280,000, and is the car we will look further into.  As you can tell by the pictures below, the car is a very nice luxury sports car, and the specs are worth the look as well.  

Engine-5.9L V12 Engine

Horsepower-565 hp

Max RPM-6750 RPM’s

0-60 mph-4.2 mph

Overall, this Aston Martin British engineering is something spectacular for sure.  The look of the car is more luxurious than sports, but hey, whatever floats your boat.  I really like the look, though very different than most “sports” cars.  The engine is a V12, so honestly there is not much not to like about the engine.  If I had to rank this car, I would have to rank it about in the middle of all the cars we have done thus far.  It is a nice car, but not really comparable to some of the greats we have researched.

Tesla Tesla

After two weeks of not writing, I’m finally back to tell you about your very next dream car!  I understand that this blog is about fast sports cars, but this week I decided I would change things up.  This week, we will be talking about the future.  I’m talking battery-operated, autopilot stuff that will blow your minds.  The car that I am talking about is not the Delorean from “Back to the Future” crazy, but even crazier.  The Tesla Model S is now on the market and there are some pretty jaw-dropping features about this car.  But before the specs, the history is much needed. 

The car company Tesla was named after its developer, Nikola Tesla.  He imagined this company to be the car company that brought the future to us, making cars that could run purely and only on sustainable energy.  His engineers designed the first Tesla model in the year 1888, built with an AC induction motor.  It went from 0-60 miles per hour in a mere 3.7 seconds and could travel almost 250 miles on its electric battery.  This model sold over 2400 models and was truly the future emerging. 

Now that we know what the goal of the company was from the very beginning, let us see how they are doing with that goal, shall we?  We will be looking at the Tesla Model S P85D, which is of course, the most expensive model.  The model costs up to $105,000 dollars and is a mega pack of awesome.  The car is all battery operated and truly is bringing the future to us.  It has a very nice design, not really a battery-operated car design, but more like a Maserati type of look to it.  Look at the pictures below and come up with your own opinion on the look, and take a gander at the specs:

-0-60 mph-3.1 miles per hour

-Top speed-155 miles per hour

-with Ludicrous speed upgrade feature-0-60 mph in 2.8

-Horsepower-with ludicrous feature-532 hp.

The Tesla model S is honestly one of the most genius cars ever to be made.  The fact that all of these specs compare to some of the sports cars we have talked about is crazy.  Why?  Because let’s not forget, this is an electric car.  Hats off to the makers of the Tesla models, for it is truly a beautiful creation.