{{Infobox Company
| company_name = Aston-Martin Lagonda
| company_logo =[[Image:AstonMartinLogo.svg|250px|Aston Martin Logo]]
| company_type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = 1913
| founder = [[Lionel Martin]]</br>[[Robert Bamford]]
| location_city = [[Gaydon]]
| location_country = [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| key_people = [[Dr. Ulrich Bez]] CEO/Chairman </br>[[David Richards (racing)|David Richards]] Non-Executive Chairman
| industry = [[Automobile|Automotive]]
| products = [[Automobile]]
| slogan = Power, Beauty, Soul
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| owner = {{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Investment Dar]] and [[Adeem Investment]]
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| homepage = http://www.astonmartin.com
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'''Aston Martin Lagonda Limited''' is a British manufacturer of luxury performance cars, whose headquarters are at [[Gaydon]], [[Warwickshire]], [[England]]. The company name is derived from the [[Aston Clinton]] [[hillclimbing|hill climb]] and one of the company's founders, [[Lionel Martin]].

From 1994 until 2007 Aston Martin was part of the [[Premier Automotive Group]], a division of the [[Ford Motor Company]]. On [[12 March]] [[2007]], it was purchased for [[Pound sterling|£]]479 million (US$848 million) <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6442101.stm BBC News Article]</ref>by two [[Kuwaiti]] investment companies in a deal led by [[David Richards (racing)|David Richards]] of [[Prodrive]]. Ford retained a US$77 million stake in Aston Martin, setting the total value of the company at US$925 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adeeminv.com/news4.html|title=Deal worth $925 million; Al DAR investment Kuwaiti company and ADEEM investment company cash for Aston Martin turnaround|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=ADEEM Investment Company}}</ref>

== History==
===Foundation===
Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by [[Singer (car)|Singer]] from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced [[GWK (car)|GWK]] and [[Calthorpe cars|Calthorpe]] vehicles. 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]].<ref>{{cite web
|title=Aston Martin: Car Manufacturer: Great British Design Quest
|url=http://www.designmuseum.org/design/aston-martin
|publisher=Design Museum
}}</ref> They acquired premises at Henniker Place in [[Kensington]] and produced their first car in March 1915. Production could not start because of the outbreak of [[World War I]], and Martin joined the Admiralty and Bamford the Royal Army Service Corps. All machinery was sold to the [[Sopwith Aviation Company]].

[[Image:Aston Martin Mk II 1935.jpg|thumb|Aston Martin Mk II 1935]]
[[Image:Aston Martin 2-Litre 2 4-Seater Sports 1937.jpg|thumb|Aston Martin 2-Litre 2/4-Seater Sports 1937]]

===Inter war years===
After the war the company was refounded at Abingdon Road, Kensington and a new car designed to carry the Aston-Martin name. Bamford left in 1920 and the company was revitalised with funding from [[Count Louis Zborowski]]. In 1922, Bamford & Martin produced cars to compete in the [[French Grand Prix]], and the cars set world speed and endurance records at [[Brooklands]]. Three works Team Cars with 16 valve [[:Image:Bla_5mr.jpg|twin cam engines]] were built for racing and record breaking: chassis number 1914, later developed as the Green Pea; chassis number 1915, the [[Razor Blade]] record car; and chassis number 1916, later developed as the [[Halford Special]]. Approximately 55 cars were built for sale in two configurations, [[:Image:Side_valve.jpg|long chassis]] and short chassis. The company went bankrupt in 1924 and was bought by Lady Charnwood, who put her son John Benson on the board. The company failed again in 1925 and the factory closed in 1926, with Lionel Martin leaving.

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.
Renwick and Bertelli had been in partnership some years and had developed an overhead cam 4 cylinder engine, using Renwick's patented combustion chamber design, and had tested it in an Enfield Allday chassis. It was the only 'Renwick and Bertelli' motor car made. It was known as 'Buzzbox' and survives to this day.

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'. They included the 1 1/2 litre 'T-type', the 'International, the 'Le Mans, the 'MKII' its racing derivative the 'Ulster, and the 2 litre 15/98 and its racing derivative the 'Speed Model'.

Mostly open two seater sports cars and mostly bodied by Bert Bertelli's brother Enrico (Harry)a small number of long chassis four seater tourers, dropheads and saloons were also produced.

Bertelli was very keen to race his cars and he was a very competent driver. One of the very few motor manufacturers to actually sit in and race the cars he designed and built , the competition no doubt 'improved the breed' and the 'LM' team cars were very successful in national and international motor racing including at Le Mans and the Mille Miglia.

Financial problems reappeared in 1932 and the company was rescued by L. Prideaux Brune who funded it for the following year before passing the company on to Sir Arthur Sutherland. In 1936, the company decided to concentrate on road cars. Car production had always been on a small scale and until the advent of [[World War II]] halted work only about 700 had been made. During the war years aircraft components were made.

===The David Brown era===
[[Image:1958-aston-martin-archives.jpg|right|thumb|250px|1958 Aston Martin DB Mark III]]
In 1947, [[David Brown Limited]] bought the company under the leadership of managing director Sir [[David Brown (entrepreneur)|David Brown]] &mdash; its "post-war saviour". David Brown also acquired [[Lagonda]] that year, and both companies shared resources and workshops. In 1955, David Brown bought the [[Tickford]] coachbuilding company and its site at Tickford Street in [[Newport Pagnell]], and that was the beginning of the classic series of cars bearing the initials "DB". In 1950, the company announced the [[Aston Martin DB2|DB2]], followed by the racing [[Aston Martin DB3|DB3]] in 1957 and the Italian-styled 3.7&nbsp;L [[Aston Martin DB4|DB4]] in 1958. All the cars established a good racing pedigree for the firm, but the DB4 was the key to establishing the company's reputation, which was cemented by the famous [[Aston Martin DB5|DB5]] in 1963. The company continued developing the "grand touring" style with the [[Aston Martin DB6|DB6]] (1965&ndash;70), the [[Aston Martin DBS|DBS]], and the [[Aston Martin V8|DBS V8]] (1967&ndash;72).

===1970s - Changing ownership===
Despite the cars' appreciation in value, the company was often financially troubled. In 1972, it was sold to a [[Birmingham]]-based consortium, owned by [[William Willson (MBE)|William Willson]], (MBE), and resold in 1975 to North American businessmen Peter Sprague and George Minden. The new owners pushed the company into modernizing its line, producing the [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1977)|V8 Vantage]] in 1977, the convertible [[Aston Martin V8|Volante]] in 1978, and the one-off [[William Towns]]-styled [[Aston Martin Bulldog|Bulldog]] in 1980. Towns also styled the futuristic new [[Aston Martin Lagonda|Lagonda]] saloon, based on the V8 model.

In 1980 Aston-Martin had plans, which did not materialize, to buy [[MG (car)|MG]], which they would have utilized as a sister marque, probably building smaller sports cars. Ideas were plotted to design a new model and they revealed to the press their approach to an 'updated' '1981' model [[MG MGB|MGB]].

As worldwide sales of Aston Martin shrank to three per week, chairman [[Alan Curtis]] together with fellow shareholders American [[Peter Sprague]] and Canadian [[George Minden]], had almost chosen to shut down the production side of the business and concentrate on service and [[Automotive restoration|restoration]]. Curtis attended the 1980 Pace sponsored [[Stirling Moss]] benefit day at [[Brands Hatch]], and met fellow [[Farnham]] resident [[Victor Gauntlett]].

===1980s - Victor Gauntlett===
Gauntlett bought a 10% stake in Aston Martin for £500,000 via [[Pace Petroleum]] in 1980, with [[Tim Hearley]] of [[CH Industrials]] taking a similar share. Pace and CHI took over as joint 50/50 owners at the beginning of 1981, with Gauntlett as executive chairman. 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 with success the [[Aston Martin Lagonda]] into Persian Gulf states, particularly [[Oman]], [[Kuwait]] and [[Qatar]].<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030409/ai_n12682539</ref>

Understanding it would take some time to develop new Aston Martin products, they bought [[Tickford]] to develop automotive products for other companies. Products included a [[Austin Metro|Tickford Austin Metro]], a [[Ford Capri|Tickford Ford Capri]] and even Tickford train interiors, particularly on the [[Jaguar XJS]].<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030409/ai_n12682539</ref> Pace continued sponsoring racing events, and now sponsored all Aston Martin Owners Club events, taking a Tickford engined Nimrod Group C car owned by AMOC President [[Viscount Downe]], which came third in the Manufacturers Championship in both [[1982]] and [[1983]]. It also finished seventh in the [[1982 24 Hours of Le Mans]] race. However, sales of production cars were now at an all time low of 30 cars produced in 1982.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030409/ai_n12682539</ref>

As trading became tighter in the petroleum market, and Aston Martin was requiring more time and money, Gauntlett agreed to sell Hays/Pace to the [[Kuwait Investment Office]] in September 1983. As Aston Martin required greater investment, he also agreed to sell his share holding to American importer and Greek shipping tycoon [[Peter Livanos]], who invested via his joint venture company with [[Nick Papanicalou|Nick]] and [[John Papanicalou]], ALL Inc. Gauntlett remained chairman of the AML company 55% owned by ALL, with Tickford a 50/50 venture between ALL and CHI. The uneasy relationship was ended when ALL exercised options to buy a larger share in AML; CHI's residual shares were exchanged for CHI's complete ownership of Tickford, which retained development of existing Aston Martin projects. In 1984, Titan the main shipping company of the Papanicolaou’s was in trouble, so Livanos's father George bought out the Papanicolaou's shares in ALL, while Gauntlett again became a shareholder with a 25% holding in AML. The deal valued Aston Martin/AML at £2 million pounds, the year it built its 10,000th car.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030409/ai_n12682539</ref>

Although as a result Aston Martin had to make 60 members of the workforce [[redundant]], Gauntlett bought a stake in Italian styling house [[Zagato]], and resurrected its collaboration with Aston Martin.
[[Image:Aston Martin Volante.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Aston Martin Volante from ''[[The Living Daylights]]'']]
In 1986, Gauntlett negotiated the return of fictional British secret agent [[James Bond]] to Aston Martin. [[Cubby Broccoli]] had chosen to recast the character using actor [[Timothy Dalton]], in an attempt to re-root the Bond-brand back to a more [[Sean Connery]]-like feel. Gauntlett supplied his personal pre-production [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1977)|Vantage]] for use in the filming of "[[The Living Daylights]]," and sold a Volante to Broccoli for use at his home in America. Unfortunately, Gauntlett turned down the role of a [[KGB]] colonel in the film: "I would have loved to have done it but really could not afford the time."<ref>http://www.thegoldengun.co.uk/tld/tldpress.html</ref>

Although the company was doing well, Gauntlett knew it needed extra funds to survive in the long term. In May [[1987]], Gauntlett and [[Prince Michael of Kent]] were staying at the home of Contessa Maggi, the wife of the founder of the original [[Mille Miglia]], while watching the revival event. Another house guest was [[Walter Hayes]], vice-President of [[Ford of Europe]]. Despite problems over the previous acquisition of [[AC Cars]], Hayes saw the potential of the brand and the discussion resulted in [[Ford]] taking a share holding in September [[1987]].<ref>http://www.classicdriver.com/upload/classicinside/archive/CIUK2003-14.htm</ref> In 1988, having produced some 5,000 cars in 20 years, a revived economy and successful sales of limited edition [[Aston Martin Vantage|Vantage]], and 52 [[Aston Martin V8 Zagato|Volante Zagato]] coupes at £86,000 each; the company finally retired the ancient V8 and introduced the [[Aston Martin Virage|Virage]] range - the first new Aston launched in 20 years.

Although Gauntlett was contractually to stay as chairman for two years, his racing interests took Aston back into sports car racing in 1989 with limited European success. However, with engine rule changes for the 1990 season and the launch of the new [[Aston Martin Volante]] model, Ford provided the limited supply of [[Cosworth]] engines to the [[Jaguar cars]] racing team. As the [[Aston Martin DB7|"small Aston" DB7]] would require a large engineering input, Ford agreed to take full control of Aston Martin, and Gauntlett handed over the company chairmanship to Hayes in 1991.<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/13/1050172472030.html</ref> In 1992, the [[Aston Martin Virage#Vantage|Vantage]] version was announced, and the following year the company renewed the DB range by announcing the [[Aston Martin DB7|DB7]].

===The Ford era===
Ford placed Aston in the [[Premier Automotive Group]], substantially invested in new manufacturing and quickly ramped up production. In 1994, Ford opened a new factory at Banbury Road in [[Bloxham]]. In 1995, the company produced a record 700 vehicles. In 1998 the 2,000th DB7 was built, and in 2002 the 6,000th, exceeding production of all previous DB models. The DB7 range was boosted by the addition of [[Aston Martin DB7|V12 Vantage]] models in 1999, and in 2001 the company introduced the V12-engine [[Aston Martin Vanquish#V12 Vantage|Vanquish]].

At the North American International Auto Show in [[Detroit, Michigan]] in 2003, Aston Martin introduced the [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage (2005)|AMV8 Vantage]] concept car. Expected to have few changes before its introduction in 2005, the Vantage brought back the classic V8 engine to allow the company to compete in a larger market. 2003 also saw the opening of the [[Gaydon]] factory, the first purpose-built factory in Aston Martin's history. Also introduced in 2003 was the [[Aston Martin DB9|DB9]] coupé, which replaced the ten-year-old [[Aston Martin DB7|DB7]]. A [[Spyder|convertible]] version of the DB9, the [[DB9 Volante]], was introduced at the 2004 Detroit Auto Show. In 2006, the [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage|V8 Vantage]] sports car entered production at the Gaydon factory, joining the DB9 and DB9 Volante.

In December 2003 Aston Martin announced it would return to motor racing in 2005. A new division was created, called [[Aston Martin Racing]], which became responsible, together with [[Prodrive]], for the design, development, and management of the DBR9 program. The DBR9 competes in the GT class in [[sports car racing|sports car races]], including the world-famous [[24 hours of Le Mans]].

====Sale by Ford====
In light of mounting financial pressure, and after internal review of costs and realisable value on investment, Ford decided to look at selling parts of its Premium Automotive Group. After suggestions of selling [[Jaguar Cars]], [[Land Rover]] or [[Volvo Cars]], Ford appointed [[UBS AG]] to sell Aston Martin by [[auction]]. At the end of August 2006, Ford announced that it would be willing to sell all or part of Aston Martin. Bill Ford said: "As part of our on going strategic review, we have determined that Aston Martin may be an attractive opportunity to raise capital and generate value".<ref>[http://www.motorauthority.com/cars/aston-martin/aston-martin-the-past-the-present-and-tomorrow/ motorauthority.com]</ref>

The first round of the auction closed on [[30 November]], [[2006]]. <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/11/05/cnaston05.xml</ref> One of the four survivors was Syrian-born billionaire [[Simon Halabi]],<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,2769-2496140,00.html</ref> while the Australian bid included [[James Packer]], Australia's second richest man.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/07/cnaston07.xml</ref> The German auto newspaper ''Autobild'' reported on [[2 February]] [[2007]] that the luxury goods conglomerate [[LVMH]] had bought the company for an undisclosed sum. The paper cited "anonymous, but well-placed sources" with the information. It was later reported by Autocar magazine that LVMH had denied the news as "rubbish".

===2007 - Independence again===

On [[12 March]] [[2007]] a consortium led by [[Prodrive]] chairman [[David Richards (racing)|David Richards]] purchased Aston Martin for [[£]]475m/[[USD]]$848m.<ref>http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1254955,00.html</ref> [[Prodrive]] has no financial involvement in the deal.<ref>{{cite press release
|title=David Richards heads consortium to buy Aston Martin
|publisher=Prodrive
|date=[[2007-03-12]]
|url=http://www.prodrive.com/p_releases.html?id=98
}}</ref> Ford will keep a stake in the company (valued at [[Pound sterling|GBP]]&nbsp;40&nbsp;million / [[United States dollar|USD]]&nbsp;70&nbsp;million). The consortium also consisted of John Sinders, an Aston Martin collector; and two [[Kuwait]]i investment companies, Investment Dar and Adeem Investment Co.

On 19 July 2007 the last car, a Vanquish S, was produced at the [[Newport Pagnell]] plant. Nearly 13,000 cars had been made there since 1955. All production was concentrated at Gaydon, with the old premises in Tickford Road remaining in Aston Martin ownership as the restoration and service department.<ref>{{cite magazine
|title=From Newport Pagnell to Gaydon
|publisher=The Automobile
|date=November 2007}}
</ref>

Aston Martin has also boosted its worldwide appeal by opening more dealers in [[Europe]], as well as branches in [[China]] for the first time in its 93 year history in [[Beijing]] and [[Shanghai]]. This has brought their dealership programme to 120 dealers in 28 countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aston Martin News - Aston Martin arrives in China|url=http://www.astonmartin.com/eng/thecompany/news?a=a7e62136-48fa-487b-8065-fe2a12e60af1}}</ref>

== Aston Martins on film and culture ==

Author [[Ian Fleming]] gave his [[James Bond]] hero a DB Mark III in the seventh novel, ''[[Goldfinger (novel)|Goldfinger]]''. A long association between 007 and the marque began on screen with the silver DB5 that appears in ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' (1964) and ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' (1965). This was James Bond's company car, and in ''[[GoldenEye]]'' (1995) and ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997) appeared to have become his private car. In ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (1969) a metallic-green DBS appears at the beginning and end of the movie. After an interlude with [[Lotus (car)|Lotus]], Aston Martins were again used: a charcoal-grey V8 Volante and Vantage in ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' (1987). After switching to [[BMW]] for several films, the Vanquish appeared in ''[[Die Another Day]]'' (2002). A black Aston martin Vanquish appears in ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)]]''. In ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (2006), James Bond drives both the classic DB5 which becomes his personal vehicle after winning a poker game, and the new DBS which is revealed to be his new company car in [[Bond 22]].

In the film ''[[Gorgeous]]'' (1999) Jackie Chan drives an Aston Martin.

[[Rowan Atkinson]]'s own DB7 Vantage was used in ''[[Johnny English]]'' (2003).

In the HBO series ''[[Entourage (TV series) | Entourage]]'' (2006), Vince buys all the guys an Aston Martin DB9 to celebrate the recent success of "Aquaman".

== Models ==
<center><gallery>
image: Aston_Martin_DBS_V8_and_Series_II.jpg|1967 - 1989 DBS and later V8s
Image:2001 Aston Martin DB7.jpg|2001 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
image:aston.db9.coupe.300pix.jpg|2004 Aston Martin DB9 coupé
Image:Aston Martin DB AR1.jpg|DB AR1 roadster
Image:Amvanquish.jpg|V12 Vanquish
image:Zagato_Paris.JPG|2003 DB7 Zagato (coupé) and DB AR1 (roadster)
image:Aston_Martin_DB9_Volante.JPG|2006 Aston Martin DB9 Volante (convertible)
image:Aston-Martin-Showroom-Design-5-lg.jpg|Broughtons Aston Martin Showroom, Cheltenham
</gallery></center>
Aston Martin's model naming can be confusing to the uninitiated. In general, high performance models use the [[Aston Martin Vantage (disambiguation)|Vantage]] name, while convertibles are called Volante.

===Pre-war cars===
* 1921-1925 Aston Martin Standard Sports
* 1927-1932 Aston Martin First Series
* 1929-1932 Aston Martin International
* 1932-1932 Aston Martin International Le Mans
* 1932-1934 [[Aston Martin Le Mans]]
* 1933-1934 Aston Martin 12/50 Standard
* 1934-1936 Aston Martin Mk II
* 1934-1936 Aston Martin Ulster
* 1936-1938 Aston Martin 2 litre Speed
* 1937-1939 Aston Martin 15/98
* 1939-1939 Aston Martin 2 litre C-Type

=== Post-war Sports and GT cars ===
* 1948&ndash;1950 [[Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports|Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports (DB1)]]
* 1950&ndash;1953 [[Aston Martin DB2]]
* 1953&ndash;1957 [[Aston Martin DB2/4]]
* 1957&ndash;1959 [[Aston Martin DB Mark III]]
* 1958&ndash;1963 [[Aston Martin DB4]]
* 1961&ndash;1963 [[Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato]]
* 1963&ndash;1965 [[Aston Martin DB5]]
* 1965&ndash;1969 [[Aston Martin DB6]]
* 1967&ndash;1972 [[Aston Martin DBS]]
* 1969&ndash;1989 [[Aston Martin V8]]
* 1977&ndash;1989 [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1977)|Aston Martin V8 Vantage]]
* 1986&ndash;1990 [[Aston Martin V8 Zagato]]
* 1989&ndash;2000 [[Aston Martin Virage]]
* 1989&ndash;1996 [[Aston Martin Virage|Aston Martin Virage/Virage Volante]]
* 1993&ndash;2000 [[Aston Martin Virage|Aston Martin Vantage]]
* 1996&ndash;2000 [[Aston Martin Virage|Aston Martin V8 Coupe/V8 Volante]]
* 1993&ndash;2003 [[Aston Martin DB7|Aston Martin DB7/DB7 Vantage]]
* 2002&ndash;2004 [[Aston Martin DB AR1]]
* 2001&ndash;2007 [[Aston Martin V12 Vanquish]]
* 2004&ndash;2007 [[Aston Martin V12 Vanquish|Aston Martin V12 Vanquish S]]
* 2004&ndash; [[Aston Martin DB9]]
* 2005&ndash; [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage (2005)|Aston Martin V8 Vantage]]
* 2007&ndash; [[Aston Martin DBS V12|Aston Martin DBS]]

=== Other ===
* 1944 [[Aston Martin Atom]] (concept)
* 1961&ndash;1964 [[Lagonda Rapide]]
* 1976&ndash;1989 [[Aston Martin Lagonda]]
* 1980 [[Aston Martin Bulldog]] (concept)
* 1993 [[Lagonda Vignale]] (concept)
* 2008&ndash; [[Aston Martin Rapide]]
* 2007 [[Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS]] (concept)

=== Current models ===
* [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage (2005)|V8 Vantage & V8 Vantage Roadster]]
* [[Aston Martin DB9]] (with optional Sport Pack)
* [[Aston Martin DB9 Volante]]
* [[Aston Martin DBS V12]]

=== Future models ===
* [[Aston Martin Rapide|Rapide]] - Addition to the range in 2007 - a long, 4-seater Grand Tourer
* A DBX model was mentioned on the call announcing the sale of Aston Martin to the consortium led by David Richards and CEO, Ulrich Bez. No further details were provided. The DBX was later revealed to be a possible new flagship for Aston Martin based on the [[Aston Martin V8 Zagato|Zagato]] and compete against the Mercedes McLaren SLR, with speed over 205&nbsp;mph and a V12 mid engine tuned to produce 700&nbsp;bhp.<ref>[http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/207587/ultimate_aston.html Auto Express: "Aston Martin's Future is now X-rated"].</ref>
*Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS (600bhp) - Annouced at the official opening of Aston Martin's first ever dedicated design centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire, on Tuesday 11 December 2007.

== Race cars ==
:''See also: [[List of Formula One constructors]]''

===Whole race cars (post-war)===
[[Image:DBR1Front.jpg|thumb|right|Aston Martin's [[1959 24 Hours of Le Mans]] winning [[Aston Martin DBR1|DBR1]].]]
[[Image:Nimrod NRAC2.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Group C]] [[Nimrod NRA/C2]] which used Aston Martin's V8 engines in the 1980s.]]
* [[Aston Martin DB3]] (1950-1953)
* [[Aston Martin DB3S]] (1953-1956)
* [[Aston Martin DBR1]] (1956-1959)
* [[Aston Martin DBR2]] (1957-1958)
* [[Aston Martin DBR3]] (1958)
* [[Aston Martin DBR4]] (1959)
* [[Aston Martin DBR5]] (1960)
* [[Aston Martin DP212]] (1962)
* [[Aston Martin DP214]] (1963)
* [[Aston Martin DP215]] (1963)
* [[Aston Martin RHAM/1]] (1976-1979)
* [[Aston Martin AMR1]] (1989)
* [[Aston Martin AMR2]] (never raced)
* [[Aston Martin DBR9]] (2005-)
* [[Aston Martin DBRS9]] (2005-)
* [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24]] (2006-)
* [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT]] (2006-)

===Engine supply only===
* [[Lola T70]]-Aston Martin (1967)
* [[Nimrod NRA/C2]]-Aston Martin (1982-1984)
* [[EMKA Racing|EMKA]] C84/1-Aston Martin (1984-1985)
* Cheetah G604-Aston Martin

==Notes==
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==See also==
* [[Aston Martin Owners Club]]
==External links==
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* [http://www.astonmartin.com Aston Martin] - Official Aston Martin Site
* [http://www.astonmartinracing.com Aston Martin Racing] - Official Company Site
* [http://www.amoc.org Aston Martin Owners Club]- Official Aston Martin Owners Club
* [http://www.astonmartins.com AstonMartins.com] - Tim Cottingham's Aston Martin site
* [http://www.astonmartindb9.net AstonMartinDB9.net] - Aston Martin DB9 models information

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