Aston Martin News and Rumors

Controlling stake in the British automaker put up for auction.

The main investor and the owner of 64% of Aston Martin, the Kuwaiti company Investment Dar Co attracted buyers to search consulting firm Rotsshild. Work on the sale of a controlling stake is has been going on for several months.

One of the most likely buyers sources called Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Another potential buyer could be Japanese car company Toyota.

The deal is hampered too high price that the owners want to get. Investment Dar intend to sell shares in Aston Martin for $ 800 million, or nearly the same price for which they bought shares in 2007 from a previous owner, the company Ford Motor.

And the reason for sale not in the brand, and in the financial debt that Investment Dar Co should soon pay off. However the funds will be used to reorganize the company's debt of $ 4.9 billion, which appeared after missing payments on Islamic bonds in 2009.

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Toyota hired a month earlier special auditor to conduct financial investigations week to buy a majority stake brand Aston Martin, but his actions did not comment.

Aston Martin - the world's only global luxury brand, beyond which there is a large car manufacturer or association. However, in light of current trends in the industry only large automaker can help the British to stay afloat.

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Corporate website Aston Martin named first among all Internet resources automakers.

For 99-year history is, perhaps, one of the most extraordinary wins despite the development of modern technology, the brand is very kind to its historical heritage, the company says. Therefore it is not surprising that the award ceremony «Best Manufacturer Website» was held in the National Automobile Museum Gaydona.

Aston Martin in the virtual world has hundreds of pages of information about their sports cars, reflecting the high points of the nearly century-old history of the legendary British brand. This is a digital interpretation of luxury and style, embodied in cars Aston Martin, the company says. Corporate site - the first point of dating customers and enthusiasts of the brand with the world of Aston Martin and the launch of the new design has doubled the number of pages viewed, and the total traffic to the site from the beginning of the year increased by 20%.

Peak attendance growth was recorded on June 20-22, when he published the first information about Super-GT Aston Martin Vanquish. For three days the site was visited more than 200,000 users worldwide.

The founder of the competition «Best Manufacturer Website» James Baggott said: "With a bigger budget and the ability to attract the best representatives of the web-industry many automakers create a very large-scale projects, but this is not enough to win and gain the attention of fans of the brand. The main thing that should reflect the site - is the concept of the brand, and, of course, he has to give customers the most accurate information about the subject of their interest. "

Aston Martin DB9 Price Preview, Images, Wallpaper

Recall that in the new DB9 Coupe and Convertible debuted recently at the Paris Motor Show. Named the price for our country - € 237,000. The first customers will receive their cars by the end of this year.

In the base vehicle side airbags, leather interior, sports seats with electric drives and memory, climate control, trip computer, navigation, rearview camera, wheel 20 "and more.