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04-04-2008, 07:09 PM
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Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
Very interesting
http://www.leftlanenews.com/mercedes...on-martin.html
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04-04-2008, 07:11 PM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
Wow! That was unexpected, to say the least!
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04-04-2008, 07:15 PM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
 Well, it's certainly unexpected. And Ford still has a 10% stake in Aston. And Aston doesn't really compete with anything in the Mercedes/Maybach lineup. It would be interesting.
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04-04-2008, 08:28 PM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
Well assuming MB doesn't do with AM what it did with Chrysler the deal has potential in platform sharing at least.
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04-04-2008, 08:31 PM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
Not at all dumb, I see it as a natural fit. Aston will need a source of motors once divorced from Ford, few people make better V8s and V12s than Merc,
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04-04-2008, 09:14 PM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
Autoblog made it sound more like a partnership, not so much an all out buy. A partnership seems more likely than MB buying them up.
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04-04-2008, 10:26 PM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
Why didn't they make a play for Jaguar and Land Rover?
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04-04-2008, 11:04 PM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
MB to own Aston??? Seems kinda odd, but Aston needs a proverbial shot in the arm IMO. Aston makes wonderful cars, but they always lag behind in their segment! This could really some awesome in Aston. I hope they wouldnt do alot of chassis sharing though, one of the main reasons Astons are so cool is their unique, exclusivness!
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04-04-2008, 11:20 PM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
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04-05-2008, 02:06 AM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
Definitely interesting! I don't see why it couldn't work. MB gets it's own higher end British company, like VW and BMW do.
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04-05-2008, 07:44 AM
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Re: Mercedes to buy Aston Martin???
Sounds like a merger of equals, I assume they'll change the name of the company to Daimler/Aston. Use the profits to fund M&B new designs. Fire all the designers and engineers. Move all RD to Germany. Reduce reliability, make some of the ugliest cars Aston has ever built and then call them a dog and then drop the shell of the company when things turn really bad.
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04-05-2008, 10:14 AM
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