Aston Martin are coming home!

[Anark]

Yep, you heard me.

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

[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.

[expat]

Ironic, the only profitably part of Ford and they sell it off  :-/

Matt

[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.

[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?

[Chris_F]

Glad to see ProDrive as the buyer!  I guess that secures Aston's LeMans effort!

[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