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Aston Martin Continues To Wait. And Wait.

Posted March 2 2007 09:03 AM by Joel Arellano
Filed under: Exotic Cars, Aston Martin , Luxury

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If something is announced, it still may not happen. That's what we've learned when reading the so-called "news" these days.

The latest to fall within this maze is yet another consortium out to buy Aston Martin. David Richards, founder of Prodrive, seems to be having difficulty in getting the debt financing to close the deal. People in the know claim that he still hasn't assembled the 450 million pounds (over $880 million) as of last week.

Our take? While we love Aston Martin, maybe it's time to let it die. It's had a good life. Besides, Ford could always resurrect the exotic marque by renaming Jaguar, whose new cars already look like Martins.

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Via FT Alphaville

COMMUNITY COMMENTS

ferrarihire (March 6 2007 01:48 PM)

But the Aston Martin DBRS 9 is the most stunning supercar I've seen for a while, and its going to be on sale to the public(at some point!!)

liz
Northern Ferrari Hire
http://www.northernferrarihire.com

joela (March 6 2007 05:27 PM)

ferrarihire,

uh, the post's is talking about the sale of the entire brand.

ferrarihire (June 12 2007 01:05 PM)

I know, but what I am trying to say is that I think Aston is 'on the up' with the DBRS 9 and I don't think it should be left to die!

Joel Arellano (June 12 2007 03:15 PM)

ferrarihire,

didn't AM recently confirm the go ahead to one of its concepts? i forgot which one, though.