In the April 9 issue of its print magazine, Autocar reports that there’s a spot of trouble brewing for future owners of the sexy Aston Martin DBS.

Customers who’ve put orders in for the Bond car are going to have to wait about three months longer than Aston had originally intended, to take delivery of the super coupe. Shortages of some of the car’s one-off parts are the source of the hold- up, causing otherwise complete cars to remain unfinished.

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Jaeger LeCoultre’s latest watch from its AMVOX collection is the AMVOX 3 Tourbillon GMT, the AMVOX collection is a collaboration between both Jaeger LeCoultre and Aston Martin. The watch features the automatic JLC caliber 988 tourbillon movement which displays whether it is AM or PM and has a power reserve of forty eight hours. The case is ceramic with eighteen karat rose gold highlights with double sapphire crystals, the Jaeger LeCoultre AMVOX 3 Tourbillon GMT is a limited edition with only 300 being made.

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Two stuntmen filming a scene for the new James Bond movie were recovering Friday after they were involved in an accident on the shores of Italy's Lake Garda, a spokeswoman for the production company said.

Aris Comninos, 40, is in serious but stable condition after the accident Wedneday in an Alfa Romeo, said a spokeswoman for Eon Productions in London, who asked that her name not be used. Stuntman Bruno Verdirosi, whose age was not given, suffered minor injuries in the crash.
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Aston Martin’s chief executive Dr. Ulrich Bez said in an interview with the Financial Times of 2nd May that the European Commission’s proposed 130 g/km CO2 limit should measure manufacturers on the CO2 their cars emit per year rather than per kilometre, though if Aston Martins travelled on average around half the annual distance of most lower-emitting cars, they would still exceed an annual output equivalent to 130 g/km for most cars.

The proposed CO2 per-km per manufacturer limit...
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