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Aston Martin are coming home!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:04 am
by Anark
Yep, you heard me.

[quote]Luxury car firm Aston Martin is heading back into British hands after being sold by Ford for

Re: Aston Martin are coming home!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:22 am
by Craig.
This is actually quite an interesting sale from the F1 point of view too. Dave Richards has an entry for a team in the 2008 F1 championship. Could this mean we see AM on the grid? I hope so.

Re: Aston Martin are coming home!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:28 pm
by expat
Ironic, the only profitably part of Ford and they sell it off  :-/

Matt

Re: Aston Martin are coming home!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:04 pm
by MWISimmer
This is actually quite an interesting sale from the F1 point of view too. Dave Richards has an entry for a team in the 2008 F1 championship. Could this mean we see AM on the grid? I hope so.

I hope so too Craig, however I think they may be branded as Prodrive (with a title sponsor) for the first season at least, as I wouldn't think they'd be that successful... Maybe wait for a better performing car before the AM name is put on the cars....
On the other hand, with the right set-up who knows what Dave Richards has up his sleeve, and Prodrive certainly now how to run a successful racing team.

Re: Aston Martin are coming home!

PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:30 am
by C
This is actually quite an interesting sale from the F1 point of view too. Dave Richards has an entry for a team in the 2008 F1 championship. Could this mean we see AM on the grid? I hope so.

I hope so too Craig, however I think they may be branded as Prodrive (with a title sponsor) for the first season at least, as I wouldn't think they'd be that successful... Maybe wait for a better performing car before the AM name is put on the cars....
On the other hand, with the right set-up who knows what Dave Richards has up his sleeve, and Prodrive certainly now how to run a successful racing team.


Certainly Prodrive will arrive as Prodrive, but DR did mention it could happen in the Future.

Do we know who's providing the engines for Prodrive next year?

Re: Aston Martin are coming home!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:38 pm
by Chris_F
Glad to see ProDrive as the buyer!  I guess that secures Aston's LeMans effort!

Re: Aston Martin are coming home!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:58 pm
by Giteen
Aston Martin is a good company.  From my Motorcity perspective, it's sad to see "them" leave.  (In my opinion, Ford could have grasped a little more than $924 mil for them)



[quote]Ironic, the only profitably part of Ford and they sell it off