Aston Martin News

If you had to select just one, what do you think is the coolest brand? Not the coolest car or the coolest mobile phone or the coolest fashion. What is the coolest brand?A survey done of style experts, designers, and commentators throughout Britain tried to find the answer. Now there ...    Read more

A new James Bond novel is coming out and fans need to be ready as they read that James is not driving an Aston Martin. What? Well, Sebastian Faulks, author of the new Bond book, claims that Bond's first choice of car was a Bentley. A Bentley? While we research ...    Read more

We showed you the production ready Aston DBS a few weeks ago. And you thought that was the only trick the gang formerly from Newport Pagnell had up their sleeves! Motor Trend reports Aston Martin will show two new special edition models this week at Frankfurt. First up is ...    Read more

So maybe it won't come standard with a defibrillator in the glovebox, but with a tux, a Walther PPK and a blindingly beautiful companion, the new Aston Martin DBS could very well complete the look of those with obsessive James Bond fixations.Or it could just be the newest wicked machine ...    Read more

Just think, buy an Aston Martin, get SIRIUS Satellite Radio for life. That's right! Well, partially. The offer applies right now to two Aston Martin models -- the V8 Vantage and the DB9. Both are scheduled to arrive in the U.S. in August of this year. If you don't plan ...    Read more

Excuse us, but didn't Ford just sell Aston Martin?The trouble automaker did: specifically, to a consortium of Kuwaiti financing companies back in March. Well, that consortium didn?t let any grass grow under its feet. According to ArabianBusiness , the new owners are are looking to be selling parts of ...    Read more

Turning a quick profit seems to be behind Investment Dar Company's involvement in the purchase of Aston Martin.The investment company, along with two other Kuwaiti companies, UK auto racing champion David Richards, and US banker John Sinders, purchased Aston Martin from Ford Motor Co.Now Investment Dar is looking to receive ...    Read more

Now that its ties with Ford have been broken, perhaps it is time for Aston Martin to become more of a risk-taker and start challenging its peers. Well, the new owners are contemplating doing just that. According to the Canadian Auto Press (via Carpages ), talk is that the ...    Read more

Well, talk about going Aston Martin going its own direction.The exotic sportscar automakers, states CARSguide , has said it will remain true to its sportscar tradition and will not will not produce four-wheel drive vehicles. The British brand, which has just been freed by Ford and is now again ...    Read more

It has not even been a full month since Ford Motor Co. sold Aston Martin, and yet Prodrive, Aston Martin's new owner, and the Kuwaiti-backed consortium that helped finance the deal, are already feeling the pain. According to the Birmingham Post, the Transport & General ...    Read more

Aston Martin, under new owner Prodrive, has announced it has given the green light to a production version of the concept. The Rapide first debuted at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last year. The Rapide sedan, whose full name is the Lagonde Rapide, was developed by ...    Read more

It's over.According to an article on PR News Wire (via Auto News), U.K. motorsports Prodrive and a consortium of interested groups have acquired the exotic luxury brand from Ford Motor Co. at a cost of $1.2 billion.Details are still coming in as to what the proud new owners ...    Read more

Earlier last week we jokingly reported, based on some articles, that Aston Martin would be sold by week's end. Well, imagine our surprise when, shortly afterwards, Aston Martin owner Ford Motor Co. officially announced that it is in the final process of selling the exotic luxury brand to ...    Read more

The sale of Aston Martin has been avidly pursued by the automotive industry like the paparazzi and Britney Spears. Unlike the latter pairing, it looks like the Aston's saga will be coming to a close.Reuters (via the Daily Times) reports that sale of Ford's most prestigious of its ...    Read more

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 ...    Read more

Ah, the Brits. Despite their “oh-so-proper” attitude, their gents gave us Benny Hill and FHM. So we’re not totally surprised that Men and Motors reported a survey asking men if they preferred driving their cars versus spending “quality” time with their significant others.According to Discovery Turbo, over ...    Read more

I remember as I was growing up and visiting such sites as the Ford and General Motors pavilions at the New York’s World Fair and at other world expos. There, I was told how cars will some day fly, drive themselves, and do all sorts of neat things. Well, the ...    Read more

We just had a chance--finally--to check outthe latest James Bond flick, Casino Royale. There, we watched as three, count ‘em THREE, Aston Martins were totaled, destroyed, devastated, demolished, and annihilated. Note that each car is valued at $300,000!! And they aren’t just the plain Aston Martin models. They’re the DBS ...    Read more

According to Reuters, Louis Vuitton, the maker of all things luxurious, denies recent reports that it has purchased exotic car maker Aston Martin.A spokesperson for Louis Vuitton, in an interview with Autocar, stated that the company had been eyeing Ford Motor *** ultra-lux marque. However, it lost interest when bidding ...    Read more

German car weekly magazine Autobild reported that French luxury goods company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vultton SA is set to purchase the Aston Martin Company from Ford Motor Co. According to the report, Ford will keep 15 percent of the brand. LVMH has been mum.Our take? Check out Motor Trend ...    Read more

Strong competition in the bidding to purchase Aston Martin has pushed the acquisition price above 500 million pounds (aproximately $980 million) last month, according to the British newspaper, The Observer. Still in the fight for the company are a consortium led by James Packer, Australia’s richest man; Permira; and Doughty ...    Read more

Ford Motor has signed up Skadden Arps Slate Meager & Flom to advise it concerning the sale of Aston Martin. Meanwhile, private equity companies Permira and Doughty Hanson, and others including Magna International, and Syrian-born billionaire Simon Halabi are said to be on the short list of companies seeking to ...    Read more

“A decision will be made this year.”Those were the words quoted by reporters at a recent luncheon when they asked Ford CEO Alan Mulally about the Aston Martin brand. Last year, the troubled automaker announced plans to sell the ultra-lux marque as part of its restructuring plans. The announcement had ...    Read more

In the not too distant future, James Bond may have a Syrian accent. Ford announced in August 2006 that it was considering selling the luxury brand. Now Syrian-born Simon Halabi may soon buy the car company that makes James Bond's favorite car, Aston Martin, for more than $1 billion. A ...    Read more

Ford Motor Co.’s ultra-lux brand Aston Martin will start the second 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show with a bang as it shows off its new V8 Vantage Roadster.The Roadster is the fourth and newest to join Aston Martin’s lineup which includes the Vanquish S and V8 Vantage Coupe. The soft-top ...    Read more