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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 2-Litre 2 / 4-Seater Sports 1937
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.

Aston and V8
In 1988, having produced some 5, 000 cars in 20 years, a revived economy and successful sales of limited edition Vantage, and 52 Volante Zagato coupes at £ 86, 000 each ; the company finally retired the ancient V8 and introduced the Virage range — the first new Aston launched in 20 years.
With capacity to produce up to 5, 000 engines a year by 100 specially trained personnel, like traditional Aston Martin engine production from Newport Pagnell, assembly of each unit is entrusted to a single technician from a pool of 30, with V8 and V12 variants assembled in under 20 hours.
File: Zagato. jpg | 1986 – 1990 Aston Martin V8 Zagato
File: Aston Martin V8 Vantage front 20081129. jpg | 2005 – Aston Martin V8 / V12 Vantage
* 1969 – 1989 Aston Martin V8
* 1977 – 1989 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
* 1986 – 1990 Aston Martin V8 Zagato
* 1996 – 2000 Aston Martin V8 Coupe / V8 Volante
* 2005 – Aston Martin V8 and V12 Vantage
* 2007 – 2008 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N400
A Group C Nimrod NRA / C2 which used Aston Martin's V8 engines in the 1980s.
* Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 ( 2006 –)
* Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT ( 2006 –)
* Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 ( 2008 –)
* Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 ( 2008 –)
Famous and iconic British cars include the Aston Martin DB5, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Bentley 4½ Litre, Jaguar E-Type, Land Rover Defender, Lotus Esprit, McLaren F1, MGB, original two-door Mini, Range Rover and Rolls-Royce Phantom III.
Aston Martin's famous DOHC ( 4 cams ) V8 used a hemispherical chamber during the late 1960s through the late 1980s.
The Aston Martin V8 5. 3 L ( 5340 cc / 325 in < sup > 3 </ sup >) produced 315 hp ( 235 kW ).
Ultimatum ) was used in Series 5, Episode 4, in the first episode of Series 7, when Clarkson reviews the Aston Martin V8 Vantage on the Isle of Man, and in Series 6 Episode 10, Know Your Enemy was played in the BMW 5 Series Diesel vs.

Aston and Vantage
The DB7 range was boosted by the addition of V12 Vantage models in 1999, and in 2001 the company introduced the V12-engined Aston Martin Vanquish.
At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan in 2003, Aston Martin introduced the AMV8 Vantage concept car.
File: 2001DB7. jpg | 1993 – 2003 Aston Martin DB7 / Vantage
* 1993 – 2000 Aston Martin Vantage
* 1993 – 2003 Aston Martin DB7 / DB7 Vantage
* 2007 Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS ( concept )
* 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Carbon Black Edition
* Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
* Aston Martin V12 Vantage

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