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Aston Martin DB9 1M designed by Facebook fans

ASTON MARTIN DB9
By Tim Beissmann
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The Aston Martin DB9 1M has been unveiled at the British luxury sports car maker’s Gaydon headquarters to celebrate the marque reaching one million fans on Facebook.

The DB9 1M concept was born in November 2011, when Aston Martin cracked the million mark. Through a series of online polls, the company asked fans to specify a car from its current model line-up, which would be built as a permanent tribute to the online milestone. Fans selected the DB9 as the model, before choosing the interior and exterior options and deciding on the ‘1M’ name.

The unique blue and white exterior ‘Aero’ wrap is teamed with 20-spoke 20-inch diamond-turned alloy wheels, with the interior finished in Obsidian Black/Spicy Red leather upholstery and piano black trim.

The Aston Martin DB9 1M retains the standard car’s 350kW/600Nm 6.0-litre V12 engine, which helps it launch from 0-100km/h in 4.8 seconds and on to a top speed of 300km/h.

Aston Martin’s Facebook page now has more than 1.7 million fans, but at this stage there’s no word if the manufacturer is planning a similar celebration for breaking the two million barrier.

Earlier this year, Ferrari released a video of a 458 Italia doing burnouts to celebrate reaching eight million Facebook fans, while Audi USA gave its fans a similar donut-themed present when it topped five million ‘likes’.

A number of automotive icons have strong followings on the social networking website including BMW (10.3 million fans), Mercedes-Benz (7.6 million), Porsche (4.2 million), and the Ford Mustang (4.1 million).

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  • m1n1s1n

    gay!

  • m1n1s1n

    gay!

    • Bundy

      ^^^and thats putting it nicely….those rear tail lights look so cheap and plastic and that crap that surrounds the grill…yuck

    • Bundy

      ^^^and thats putting it nicely….those rear tail lights look so cheap and plastic and that crap that surrounds the grill…yuck

  • Daniel

    Thats looks so so horrible. The colors, the white air flow decals; so cheap and nasty. What were they thinking? And I didn’t vote at all, but I do have them liked on Facebook and the other options were actually worse if you can believe it.

    • Amlohac

      LOL what like? Steel Rims? Cos thats probably on par with the look of that car.

      • Daniel

        Just different paint jobs, different decals etc. If you go to google you can probably find them.

  • Daniel

    Thats looks so so horrible. The colors, the white air flow decals; so cheap and nasty. What were they thinking? And I didn’t vote at all, but I do have them liked on Facebook and the other options were actually worse if you can believe it.

  • Mikey

    I can’t believe I’m saying this about an AM, but FAIL!

  • Westie

    Failbook people wanted Supercheap add ins, but no more power.
    Wonder how many of them are actually in a position to consider buying an AM to replace their PS3?

  • Amlohac

    Yeaaaaaaah….. no.

  • Amlohac

    Now it actually does look like a whale.

  • Smart US

    since most of Fakebook users are kids under age 18 or tossers w no money at all – when would you have time to fakebook – its more of the philanthropy of the aston – can make sense kids screaming “Dad why dont you drive Audi” but Aston – you cant blame dad for GFC

    • Kj

      Have you had a stroke? WTF are you on about?

  • Not a Fan

    Q. What does the Aston Martin Range and one dozen
    bread-rolls have in common?

    A. They might come in different sizes but they all look the
    same!

    Boring!

  • Peter

    I like it!  It wouldnt be my first choice of colours, but I liked the green and yellow GT3 (?) one that May drove in top gear, I like this one too

  • Alan

    Like driving a Tug Boat on wheels compared to a 458