Ford is reportedly considering the sale of Aston Martin. I think a bunch of us should get together and buy it! I could put a few thou into it. That ought to be worth what, 10, 20 percent?

whats 50.00 get me?

But the question is, who the **** can afford to buy it? Only thing I can think of is DaimlerChrysler.



Seppuku- That will give you the 02 sensor out of the parts deparment. That has been sitting for 20 years.

maybe a few bolts that hold the fender on?

No, not Daimler-Chrysler. A consortium of savvy investors from nopistons.com! Did you not read my post? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683561.gif

"There is also the new Rapide, which Aston Martin plans to launch within three years, priced at about 200,000 pounds. The car comes with silk carpets, hand-knotted in Tibet."



I think my MPV has those same carpets!



https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif

BRILLIANT!

Do you know how many billions of dollars it would take to buy the Aston Martin car company? Consider the price of their CHEAPEST car...

you just dont get it do you?



its a JOKE



Honda cars are alot cheaper but it would cost you a helluva lot more to buy them

Of course it's a damned joke...just telling you...even if it wasn't a joke, you're an idiot. haha

I had a comment, but you just might take me up on it

Attempting to ruffle my feathers with some homo-bashing remark won't do anything. Feel free to try, though. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif

In all seriousness, I really don't think Aston Martin is worth more than $300 million. Lots of people out there that can pull that many nickels out of their sofa cushions.

Ehh, maybe you are right. We should all combine our monies and see how much of the company we can buy. Hopefully all of it!!!! Bahaha!



Oh yeah, QuackDamnYou, don't **** with Rob, I did it before, and he pretty much set me straight. Trust me, you are ******* with veterans.

I'll bet that huge enginebay could easily house a 26B. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

I didn't **** with him, he fucked with me, and I told him his attempts to do so wouldn't bring him any joy.

I got a grand I'll throw down. I call dibs on the first rotary-powered Vantage, though.

it doesnt matter how much their cheapest car costs, it matters about the volume of cars sold.



last i checked it took some serious searching to find them, at least in america.



anywho, i think rob just got called old. i thought banzai was the only old one here>?



kevin.

im old, what of it!

old people smell funny https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif

That would be like the best car ever...

British made/wired chassis + Japan's most unreliable internal combustion engine = WIN!!!

My god man you're onto something! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif

Okay, I'm big enough to admit I made a mistake. That number was based on an assumed sales volume of around 2000 units. Turns out they sold like 4500 last year. So I'd be inclined to put the right price around $700 million. Some people are saying that it could be worth over a billion, but those people are obviously high.

hmmmm....banzai is the only old one here. he remembers reading the headline of hitler being killed. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

There's an Aston shop about 10 blocks south of my house, you want me to stop in and pick one up for you? Save you the searching? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

You can do the research that we need to put together a proposal. Go take one for a test drive. We want to know that we're buying a company that is turning out a good product. We will need a thorough assessment. Please provide the following data:



A) Overall impression of fit and finish.

B) 1/4-mile time. Be sure to do lots of burnouts since the factory tires will have way too much tread on them.

C) Top speed. Allow the salesman to get out at this point, particularly if he is a father. Choose an appropriate location, i.e. the parking lot at Wal-Mart.

D) Roadholding capability. Find tight exit ramps and see if you can triple the posted speed.

E) Babe-magnet factor. Do women start peeling their clothes off the minute they see you roll up?



Be sure to include pictures and video, if possible!

If at any time the salesman objects, inform him politely but firmly that you are representing a consortium of potential investors and that you are a fully-qualified professional conducting official business on their behalf.

I'm in!

I'd like to get my hands on before China does.

my god look who it is!

Now we need to outbid these guys! 1.25 Billion!!! Sheesh!





Report: 2 mull bid for Aston Martin



1 hour, 48 minutes ago



LONDON - Billionaires Bernard Arnault and Albert Frere are considering a bid for Aston Martin, the luxury automaker that Ford has put up for sale, the Financial Times reported Friday.



The two announced this week that they would form an investment fund of up to 1 billion euros ($1.25 billion) and that they are "looking at Aston Martin," the Financial Times quoted a person "close to the pair" as saying.



Aston Martin makes about 5,000 cars a year, which cost upward of $100,000 each. The company has its headquarters, research and production facilities in Gaydon, England.



Ford Motor Co. bought a controlling stake in Aston Martin in 1987 and acquired full ownership in 1994. But Ford recently announced that it was prepared to sell out as part of a broader restructuring of the struggling company.



Arnault's own fund, Groupe Arnault, and Frere's Compagnie Nationale a Portefeuille, said they planned to invest mainly in European companies.



Neither company had an immediate comment Friday.



Arnault is chairman, chief executive and controlling shareholder of luxury goods retailer LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA; its brands include Louis Vuitton and Fendi.



Frere is chairman of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, a Belgian investment company.

theres one that does like laps of the block on the weekends, mein gott in himmel! it sounds good

I say we just blackmail ford, start with lawsuits and what not, for unsafe vehicles and if they just give us Aston Martin, we will settle and if not we will go public. Ford cant afford any **** ike this they will have no other choice

Truth... I'm praying for MG right now.

thank god ford did something good for aston while they owned them



put tons and tons of money so that aston could do some proper cars w/ nice chassis' etc.



ill even look aside the jaguar partsbin whoring.

SOLD! For $848 million!



Ford keeps a $77 million share.



http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070312/ford_...rtin.html?.v=9

Dearborn-based Ford, which lost $12.7 billion last year and expects losses to continue until 2009, put Aston Martin up for sale last August



thats a lot of billions!

mere pocket change

I would have bid, but i seemed to have misplaced my checkbook.

damn, i mised the sale? i was still digging in the sofa, not many nickels, lots of hairy looking popcorn,though...