Aston Martin Lagonda is a British independent manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers. Its predecessor was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. Steered from 1947 by David Brown, it became associated with expensive grand touring cars in the 1950s and 1960s, and with the fictional character James Bond following his use of a DB5 model in the 1964 film Goldfinger. Their sports cars are regarded as a British cultural icon. Aston Martin has held a Royal Warrant as purveyor of motorcars to the Prince of Wales since 1982,and has over 160 car dealerships in 53 countries, making it a global automobile brand.The company is traded at the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.[6] In 2003 it received the Queen's Award for Enterprise for outstanding contribution to international trade.[7] The company has gone bankrupt seven times in its history.
The headquarters and main production of its sports cars and grand tourers are in a 22-hectare (55-acre) facility in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England on the former site of RAF Gaydon, adjacent to the Jaguar Land Rover Gaydon Centre.[8] The old plant in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire is the present home of the Aston Martin Works classic car department, which focuses on heritage sales, service, spares and restoration operations. The 36-hectare (90-acre) factory in St Athan, Wales features three converted 'super-hangars' from MOD St Athan, and serves as the production site of Aston Martin's first-ever SUV, the DBX.[9] Aston Martin plans on building electric vehicles on both its Gaydon and St Athan factories by 2025.[10][11][12]
Its Formula One team is headquartered in Silverstone, with a new 15,000 square metres (160,000 sq ft) facility set to be operational by 2022.[13][14] The new facility will be based directly opposite the Silverstone circuit on the 29 acres of land at Litchlake Farm.[15][16][17] The Aston Martin brand is increasingly being used, mostly through licensing, on other products including a submarine,[18] real estate development,[19] and aircraft.[20]
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
- 1936–1940 Aston Martin 2-litre Speed Models (23 built) The last 8 were fitted with C-type bodywork
- 1937–1939 Aston Martin 15/98
Post-war cars
- 1948–1950 Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports (DB1)
- 1950–1953 Aston Martin DB2
- 1953–1957 Aston Martin DB2/4
- 1957–1959 Aston Martin DB Mark III
- 1958–1963 Aston Martin DB4
- 1961–1963 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato
- 1963–1965 Aston Martin DB5
- 1965–1966 Aston Martin Short Chassis Volante
- 1965–1969 Aston Martin DB6
- 1967–1972 Aston Martin DBS
- 1969–1989 Aston Martin V8
- 1977–1989 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
- 1986–1990 Aston Martin V8 Zagato
- 1989–1996 Aston Martin Virage/Virage Volante
- 1989–2000 Aston Martin Virage
- 1993–2000 Aston Martin Vantage
- 1996–2000 Aston Martin V8 Coupe/V8 Volante
- 1993–2003 Aston Martin DB7/DB7 Vantage
- 2001–2007 Aston Martin V12 Vanquish/Vanquish S
- 2002–2003 Aston Martin DB7 Zagato
- 2002–2004 Aston Martin DB AR1
- 2004–2016 Aston Martin DB9
- 2005–2018 Aston Martin V8 and V12 Vantage
- 2007–2012 Aston Martin DBS V12
- 2009–2012 Aston Martin One-77[122]
- 2010–2020 Aston Martin Rapide/Rapide S
- 2011–2012 Aston Martin Virage/Virage Volante
- 2011–2013 Aston Martin Cygnet, based on the Toyota iQ[123][124]
- 2012–2013 Aston Martin V12 Zagato
- 2012–2018 Aston Martin Vanquish/Vanquish Volante
- 2015–2016 Aston Martin Vulcan
- 2016–present Aston Martin DB11
- 2018–present Aston Martin Vantage
- 2018–present Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
- 2020–present Aston Martin DBX
Other
- 1944 Aston Martin Atom (concept)
- 1961–1964 Lagonda Rapide
- 1976–1989 Aston Martin Lagonda
- 1980 Aston Martin Bulldog (concept)
- 1993 Lagonda Vignale (concept)
- 2007 Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS (concept)
- 2007–2008 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N400
- 2009 Aston Martin Lagonda SUV (concept)[125]
- 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Carbon Black Edition[126]
- 2010 Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black Edition[126]
- 2013 Aston Martin Rapide Bertone Jet 2+2(concept)
- 2013 Aston Martin CC100 Speedster (concept)[127]
- 2015 Aston Martin DB10 (concept)
- 2015–2016 Lagonda Taraf
- 2019 Aston Martin Vanquish Vision (concept)[128]
- 2019 Aston Martin DBS GT Zagato[129]
- 2020 Aston Martin V12 Speedster[130]