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A Look At Our Showroom

Filed under: General by Fergus on March 14th, 2011

We thought we’d give you an update to show you what’s in our showroom right now. Please visit the sales section or contact us if you have any enquiries.

The Peking to Paris Motor Challenge

Filed under: General by Fergus on August 20th, 2010

RSW-Prepared Only Aston Martin On Epic Trip

The Peking To Paris Motor Race was held in 1907 for automobiles travelling between Peking (now Beijing) in China and Paris, France. The gruelling route which travelled through many remote areas of Asia covered a distance of 9,317 miles. » » » Read more

DBR1 Designer Consultation

Filed under: General by Fergus on July 6th, 2010

Race car designer Ted Cutting visits RS Williams

We were extremely honoured to have had a personal visit from Ted Cutting, esteemed race car designer who put pen to paper in the early 1950s to create arguably the most beautiful of racing Aston Martins. With a string of successes in the hands of Tony Brooks, Stirling Moss, Carroll Shelby and Jack Fairman, Aston Martin went on to win Le Mans in 1959 and the 1959 World Sportscar Championship with the DBR1. » » » Read more

James Bond Visits RSW

Filed under: General by Fergus on July 6th, 2010

Only remaining Goldfinger DB5 car returns to The UK

When EON Productions turned Ian Fleming’s famed Goldfinger novel into a film, they commissioned Aston Martin to create two DB5s in Silver Birch for lead character James Bond to drive. DB5 prototype DP216/1 was fitted with the gadgetry and weapons and can be seen when ‘Q’ introduces Bond (Sean Connery) to his new car while DB5/1486/R was used for the road scenes in Goldfinger and later Thunderball, again with Connery at the wheel. » » » Read more