I found a pic. Image Unavailable, Please Login They ended up building around 13000~ cars at the Newport Pagnell factory which closed in 2007.
It depends which ownership you are taking about. Since WWII, Aston had several successive owners, David Brown, Victor Gauntlett, Livanos, Ford, Prodrive, and until recently a Middle-East consortium.
More information here: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/lawrence-stroll-take-bigger-stake-aston-martin Looks like the deal is still on but the terms have changed with Stroll buying MORE of the company.
Another reason why Racing Point were able to copy/paste Mercedes? https://www.planetf1.com/news/toto-wolff-mercedes-3/
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc said it may need to tap into high-interest notes it was trying to avoid drawing down, even after a 536 milion-pound ($663 million) capital infusion from a group led by billionaire Lawrence Stroll. Available $100 million note would exact a high interest rate Image Unavailable, Please Login Aston Martin’s DBX SUV Photographer: Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images The U.K. luxury carmaker doesn’t have sufficient working capital based on European Securities and Markets Authority rules, because the coronavirus has created “increased and unquantifiable uncertainty” in its business, Aston Martin said in a statement. That’s made it impossible to come up with a model for a “reasonable worse case downside,” it said.
Aston Martin’s return to F1 as works Team is officially confirmed for 2021. Will be named Aston Martin F1 Team.HQ will be in Silverstone(RP) Image Unavailable, Please Login
I wish them good luck, but I am glad it's not my money. Investing in an ailing luxury brand just when a possible worldwide recession is looming seems incredibly risky to me.
1. A part of me wishes it was Lotus getting back in the game instead of Aston, but I’ll take it and appreciate the effort. 2. How long will it last beyond Lance’s departure from F1 ?
Lotus is in good hands now, part of Geely. If Lawrence Stroll really wants his F1 team to get some results, he will have recruit better drivers than Perez and Lance.