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Aston Martin Lagonda Limited can be a British manufacturer of luxurious sports cars and lavish tourers. It was founded with 1913 by Lionel Martin in addition to Robert Bamford.The firm became regarding luxury grand touring cars from the 1950s and 1960s, and with the fictional character James Bond following his use of a DB5 model inside the 1964 film Goldfinger.The company has had a chequered credit history, including bankruptcy in the actual 1970s, but has also enjoyed long periods of success and stableness, including under the ownership of David Brown, from 1947 to 1972 and of the Ford Motor Company from 1994 to 2007.In March 2007, a consortium of shareholders, led by David Richards, purchased 92% of Aston Martin with regard to £479 million, with Ford retaining a new £40 million stake. David Richards became chairman regarding Aston Martin. In December 2012, the Italian private equity fund Investindustrialsigned a deal to purchase 37. 5% of Aston Martin, investing £150 million as being a capital increase.

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FoundingAston Martin was started in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The two had registered forces as Bamford & Martin the prior year to sell cars manufactured by Singer from premises throughout Callow Street, London where they likewise serviced GWK and Calthorpe automobiles. Martin raced specials on Aston Hill near Aston Clinton, and the pair made a decision to make their own automobiles. The first car being named Aston Martin was made by Martin by fitting a four-cylinder Coventry-Simplex engine towards chassis of a 1908 Isotta-Fraschini.They acquired premises at Henniker Mews in Kensington in addition to produced their first vehicle in March 1915. Production could not start with the outbreak of World War I, and Martin joined this Admiralty and Bamford the particular Royal Army Service Corps. All machinery was sold for the Sopwith Aviation Company.Inter war yearsAfter the war, the company was refounded in Abingdon Road, Kensington and a new car meant to carry the Aston-Martin identify. Bamford left in 1920 and the company was revitalised having funding from Count Louis Zborowski. In 1922, Bamford & Martin developed cars to compete inside the French Grand Prix, which went on to set world speed and staying power records at Brooklands. Three works Team Vehicles with 16-valve twin cam engines were built for racing and record bursting: chassis number 1914, later developed as this Green Pea; chassis number 1915, the Razor Blade report car; and chassis number 1916, later developed as this Halford Special.

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Somewhere around 55 cars were built accessible in two configurations, long chassis and quick chassis. The company went insolvent in 1924 and was bought by Lady Charnwood, who put her son John Benson for the board. The company failed again in 1925 as well as the factory closed in 1926, with Lionel Martin leaving.Later that year, Bill Renwick, Augustus (Bert) Bertelli and investors including Lady Charnwood took control of the company. They renamed it Aston Martin Generators and moved it towards the former Whitehead Aircraft Minimal works in Feltham. Renwick and Bertelli was in partnership some decades and had developed a overhead-cam four-cylinder engine using Renwick's patented combustion appropriate slot design, which they had tested within the Enfield-Allday chassis. The only "Renwick in addition to Bertelli" motor car manufactured, it was known as "Buzzbox" and still survives.The pair had planned to trade their engine to engine manufacturers, but having heard which the Aston Martin was no more in production realised they might capitalise on its standing to jump start the production of the completely new car.Between 1926 and 1937 Bertelli had been both technical director and designer of all new Aston Martins, since known as "Bertelli cars". They included the 1½-litre "T-type", "International", "Le Mans", "MKII" and its racing derivative, the "Ulster", and the 2-litre 15/98 as well as racing derivative, the "Speed Model". Most were open two-seater sporting activities cars bodied by Bert Bertelli's pal Enrico (Harry), with a small number of long-chassis four-seater tourers, dropheads and saloons also produced.Bertelli was a capable driver keen to race his cars, one of few owner/manufacturer/drivers. The "LM" team autos were very successful within national and international engine racing including at Le Mans as well as the Mille Miglia.

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Economic problems reappeared in 1932. The company was rescued for the year by L. Prideaux Brune before passing it onto Sir Arthur Sutherland. In 1936, Aston Martin decided to focus on road cars, producing just 700 right up until World War II ceased work. Production shifted to aircraft components through the war.David Brown era1958 Aston Martin DB Tag IIIIn 1947, tractor manufacturer David Brown Limited bought the company under the leadership associated with managing director Sir David Brown-its "post-war saviour". The company also acquired Lagonda that year to its 2. 6-litre W. O. Bentley-designed engine. Both companies shared sources and workshops, leading to the classic "DB" combination of cars. In 1950, the company announced this DB2, followed by the DB2/4 throughout 1953, the DB2/4 MkII within 1955, the DB Mark III in 1957 and also the Italian-styled 3. 7 L DB4 in 1958.While these models helped Aston Martin establish a good racing pedigree, the DB4 stood away and yielded the famous DB5 in 1963. The company stayed accurate to its emerging "grand touring" style with the DB6 (1965-70), and DBS (1967-1972).The six-cylinder engines of these cars from 1954 nearly 1965 were designed by means of Tadek Marek.

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