2003 also saw the opening of the Gaydon factory, the first purpose-built factory in Aston Martin's history.

A Group C Nimrod NRA / C2 which used Aston Martin's V8 engines in the 1980s.

Part of Aston Martin's current racing program, Charouz Racing System competes with sports prototype powered by an Aston Martin V12

The Vanquish uses an updated touchtronic2 transmission, Aston Martin's automatic gearbox, and unlike the DBS is only available as an automatic.

The DB9 is the first model to be built at Aston Martin's Gaydon facility in Warwickshire, England.

The DB9 is the first Aston Martin model to be designed and developed on Ford's aluminium VH ( vertical / horizontal ) platform which also underpins Aston Martin's flagship DBS.

Aston Martin's engineers designed the quad-cam, 48-valve engine for the V12 Vanquish in collaboration with Ford's Research and Vehicle Technology team ( RVT ) and were able to reduce its weight by 11. 8 kg ( 26 lb ) for use in the DB9.

In order to commemorate Aston Martin's victory at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, a special edition of the DB9 was released.

As soon as it was introduced, it drew in hundreds of deposits from potential customers, helping Aston Martin's cash reserves.

For 1982, with the evolved NRA / C2, Nimrod Racing would turn to the IMSA GT Championship in North America due to EMKA Racing taking over Aston Martin's factory-backed efforts in Europe with their own car.

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The VH Platform ( for vertical / horizontal platform ) is Aston Martin's sports car automobile platform.

It is used in all of Aston Martin's current lineup excluding the One-77, which uses carbon architecture and the Cygnet which is based on the Toyota iQ.

In sports car racing, he achieved Aston Martin's first postwar international victory, and also the first successes for Jaguar's XK120 model in both England and America.

In addition to these parish churches, there was St John's chapel of ease at Deritend founded in 1381 ( demolished by 1961 ), which, though only a short stroll from St Martin's, was in the parish of Aston.

In 1921, Davis was invited by S. F. Edge to join Edge's Brooklands AC racing team, in between magazine deadlines, while in 1922 he was part of Aston Martin's effort to break no less than 32 world and class records at Weybridge.

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In April, 1950, an engine with larger carburettors, inlet camshaft the same as the exhaust ( increased duration ) & higher compression ratio pistons ( 8. 16: 1 ) was " offered optionally ", as Aston Martin's first Vantage upgrade.

David Brown had purchased the Works in 1954 and would move all of Aston Martin's operations there with the start of DB4 production.

Aston Martin's customers had been clamouring for an eight-cylinder car for years, so Aston Martin designed a larger two-door saloon for V8 applications.

Under Hughton, Newcastle enjoyed a strong start to the 2010 – 11 season, recording famous wins against Aston Villa, Arsenal and archrivals Sunderland.

More racing ( and winning ) followed in the 1990s, notably in the TVR Tuscans ( narrowly missing the title in 1991 due to political moves ) and also the famous Marsh Plant Aston Martins.

Today, Aston is famous for Aston Villa F. C.

In the late 1950s, Aston was the location of the famous ' Venus Baby ' case of Cynthia Appleton ( 87 Fentham Road ).

In respect of local and industrial history, the tower of the Birmingham HP Sauce factory was a famous landmark alongside the Aston Expressway which was demolished in the summer of 2007.

In one of the most famous moments in the club's modern history, Notts County visited newly crowned champions Aston Villa on the opening day of the season.

Some of the best known and most popular models were of cars made famous in film and television such as the Batmobile, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 – which remains the largest selling toy car ever produced.

The most famous and best selling ( to date ) toy car of all, James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 ( 261 ) from the film Goldfinger, was issued in October 1965 and despite the fact that the casting of the new James Bond car was based heavily on the earlier Aston Martin DB4 model from 1960, it was the special features that marked out this model.

Several famous marques used A-type overdrives, including Jaguar, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Austin-Healey, Jensen, Bristol, AC, Armstrong Siddeley and Triumph's TR sports car range, until the end of TR5 & TR250 production in 1969.

Despite the iconic status of the submersible Lotus however, Bond's Aston Martin DB5 is recognised as the most famous of his vehicles.

Notable entrants included drum and bass legend and James Bond villain, Goldie, in an Aston Martin V8 ; ' It-girl ' Tara Palmer-Tomkinson in a Jaguar XK8 ; Great Train Robber Bruce Reynolds in a Bentley ; the indie band Placebo in a Lagonda ; the Happy Mondays all crammed into a 2 + 2 Jaguar ; and Maximillion Cooper in the famous Bentley Arnage 1WO.

The Aston Martin DB5 is one of the most famous cars in the world thanks to Oscar-winning special effects expert ( also known as ' the Real Q ') John Stears, who created the deadly silver-birch DB5 for use by James Bond in Goldfinger ( 1964 ).

One of his most famous moments while at Liverpool came in September 1992 in a game against Aston Villa, he hit the crossbar of an open goal from close range under no pressure.

Cars include the Aston Martin DB5 made famous in its initial appearance in Goldfinger, the Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only, and the BMW Z8 that briefly appeared in The World is not Enough as well as 7 other automobiles.

Nicknamed " Pongo " after a famous cartoon of the time, Waring is one of Aston Villa's all-time great centre forwards.

Derry City wore Aston Villa Football Club's famous claret and blue jerseys with white shorts for its first season – 1929 – 30.

Maurice Everett Webb ( 1880 – 1939 ) was an English architect of the early 20th century, who started his architectural career working for his famous architect father, Sir Aston Webb, the practice trading as Sir Aston Webb and Son for some years.

Aston wrote a A Brief Supplement to Colley Cibbey, Esq, somewhat in the manner of Colley Cibber's famous work.

Some famous players to have played for the team are Drew Jarvie ( Airdrieonians, Aberdeen, St. Mirren ), William Wallace ( Heart of Midlothian, Celtic ), Frank McGarvey ( St. Mirren, Liverpool, Celtic ), David Stewart ( Leeds United ), Pat McMahon ( Celtic, Aston Villa ), George Mulhall ( Aberdeen, Sunderland ), Jim Storrie ( Airdrieonians, Aberdeen, Leeds United ), Gary McStay ( Falkirk ) plus many more.

In 1998 a famous comedian, Rowan Atkinson, purchased the first right-hand drive car produced, chassis number 20013 and had it converted to Aston Martin Owners Club racing series C2 specification.

The car is most famous for taking two LMGT1 class wins at Le Mans 24 Hours ( 2007 and 2008 ) by the Aston Martin Racing factory team.