Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The elite are in trouble. Those exotic carmakers who produce fewer than 10,000 cars a year are looking at future fuel regulations and are realizing they need a plan. Fast.

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The elite are in trouble. Those exotic carmakers who produce fewer than 10,000 cars a year are looking at future fuel regulations and are realizing they need a plan. Fast.

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - November 17, 2009) - John Eagle European will debut the latest models from Aston Martin and Bentley at the San Antonio New Car Show in the city's convention center on Nov. 19-22, 2009. This will be the first time that the dealership has been part of the show and the first time that the two storied British marques have had an official presence in San Antonio in the last ...

The Porsche 911 Turbo and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage send us a message about supercars of the 1970s. | September 23, 2009 | Tom Wood The supercar might have been a child of the 1960s, but it didn't really seize our imagination until the following decade, when glam rock and the Lamborghini Countach were all we cared about.

I am aware that there people in the world who can afford to buy an Aston Martin with about as much thought as they would buy a set of underpants, and I look forward to becoming one of their number in the near future, but for now the idea of any car whose price tag extends way, way into six figures is a slightly intimidating one, so I would expect the DBS Volante to be pretty damn special.