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Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire^[2]

From 1994 until 2007 Aston Martin was part of the Ford Motor Company, becoming part of the company's Premier Automotive Group in 2000. On 12 March 2007, it was purchased for £479 million (US$848 million) by a joint venture company, co-owned by Investment Dar and Adeem Investment of Kuwait and English businessman John Sinders.^[3] Ford retained a US$77 million stake in Aston Martin, valuing the company at US$925 million.^[4]

For the lovers of grace, space and pace, Aston Martin has unveiled a Carbon Black makeover package for its popular DBS and V12 Vantage. The special edition will undergo more than 50 man-hours of painting each with a bespoke Carbon Black metallic paint to lend exclusivity and individuality to the owners. The pricing, however, will be released next month, but it is available on pre-order and is expected to be 5% over base.

Designed and produced by skilled craftsmen, Aston Martin has always stood for high performance sports cars with its understated elegance and youthful agility. The pleasure of being associated with a rare breed 1963, Aston Martin DB4 GT is on the offer at RM Auction. Priced between $950,000-$1,000,000, it was among the 75 built between 1959 and 1963, and underwent a restoration during 1994-95 with upgrades like Dunlop racing tires, Dayton wire wheels and a four-point roll bar. It was perfectly restored by a respected collector who has maintained the car in a climate-controlled storage ever since and it has all the things that you will hear when talking about any Aston Martin.