Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England.

The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Clinton Hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire.

From 1994 until 2007, Aston Martin was part of the Ford Motor Company, becoming part of the company's Premier Automotive Group in 2000.

Ford retained a US $ 77 million ( or 12. 1 %) stake in Aston Martin, valuing the company at $ 925 million.

Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford.

Martin raced specials at Aston Hill near Aston Clinton, and the pair decided to make their own vehicles.

The first car to be named Aston Martin was created by Martin by fitting a four-cylinder Coventry-Simplex engine to the chassis of a 1908 Isotta-Fraschini.

Later that year, Bill Renwick, Augustus ( Bert ) Bertelli and a number of rich investors, including Lady Charnwood, took control of the company and renamed it Aston Martin Motors, and moved it to the former Whitehead Aircraft Limited works in Feltham.

They had planned to sell this engine to motor manufacturers, but having heard that the Aston Martin car was no longer in production they realised that they could capitalise on the reputation of the Aston Martin name ( what we would now call the brand ) to give themselves a head start in the production of a completely new car.

Between the years 1926 and 1937 Bertelli was the technical director of Aston Martin, and the designer of all subsequent Aston Martin cars during this period, these being known as the " Bertelli cars ".

1958 Aston Martin DB Mark III

The company was badly hit by the economic contraction of the early 1980s as worldwide sales of Aston Martin shrank to three per week and chairman Alan Curtis together with fellow shareholders American Peter Sprague and Canadian George Minden came close to shutting down the production side of the business, to concentrate on service and restoration.

Gauntlett bought a 12. 5 % stake in Aston Martin for £ 500, 000 via Pace Petroleum in 1980, with Tim Hearley of CH Industrials taking a similar share.

Gauntlett also led the sales team, and after some development and a lot of publicity when it became the world ’ s fastest 4-seater production car, was able to sell the Aston Martin Lagonda in Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar.

* 1948 – 1950 Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports ( DB1 )

The Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports was a sports car sold by Aston Martin from 1948 to 1950.

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The deal valued Aston Martin / AML at £ 2 million, the year it built its 10, 000th car.

On 4 March 2008, in announcing a partnership with Magna Steyr to outsource manufacture of over 2, 000 cars annually at Graz, Austria, the company stated " The continuing growth and success of the company is based upon Gaydon as the focal point and heart of the business, with the design and engineering of all Aston Martin products continuing to be carried out there.

Aston Martin DBR1 | DBR1 / 2 at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009

In 2010, Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 2 – 1 at Wembley to retain the League Cup, its first successful defence of a knockout cup competition.

They reached the final again in 1887, but lost 2 – 0 to Aston Villa.

On July 2, 2012, Karim El Ahmadi completed his transfer from Feyenoord to Premier League club Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of € 2, 600, 000.

* Chris Nixon, " Racing With The David Brown Aston Martins ", 2 vols.

An 1836 School Building on Valleybrook Road and Llewellyn Road was, in its day, rented by its owners to Aston for $ 2 a month for use as the school for this area.

Aston Villa were the inaugural winners in 1960 – 61 defeating Rotherham United 3 – 2 in the final over two legs.

During the late 19th century, they were declared the " Team of All Talents " by William McGregor, the founder of the league, after a 7 – 2 win against Aston Villa.

* FA Cup final – Aston Villa 2 – 0 Newcastle United at Crystal Palace, London.

In their first home game, Stoke managed to beat Aston Villa 3 – 2, and wins also came against Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion.

On 28 February 2010, Owen scored United's first goal in their 2 – 1 victory over Aston Villa in the 2010 Football League Cup Final, but had to be substituted after pulling up on 42 minutes.

* FA Cup final – Aston Villa 2 – 0 West Bromwich Albion at The Oval

* FA Cup final – Aston Villa 3 – 2 Everton at Crystal Palace, London.

Ford acquired Aston Martin for an undisclosed sum in September 1987 and Jaguar for US $ 2. 38 billion in November 1989.

* British History Online – Victoria County History of Buckinghamshire Volume 2 – Aston Clinton

On 2 January 2003, gunmen shot at three innocent teenage girls who were celebrating the New Year in the Lozells area of Aston.

The Aston ExpresswayA total 99 % of the residents lived in households, above the city average of 98. 3 % and the national average of 98. 2 %.

There was a total of 9, 939 occupied households in Aston at the time of the census resulting in an average of 2. 8 people per household, above the city average of 2. 5 and the national average of 2. 4.

* FA Cup final – Newcastle United 2 – 0 Aston Villa at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London