Aston Martin Lagonda is a luxury sports car and grand tourer manufacturer based in the United Kingdom. Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford founded its precursor in 1913. We will discuss about Aston Martin: Bulldog| Vanquish Volante| Rapide| F1 Drivers.
Aston Martin: Bulldog| Vanquish Volante| Rapide| F1 Drivers
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| Type | Public limited company |
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Traded as
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LSE: AML |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 15 January 1913 |
| Founders | Lionel Martin Robert Bamford |
| Headquarters | Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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| Products | Luxury cars |
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| Revenue |  |
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Operating income
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–£224.9 million (2020)[1] |
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Net income
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–£410.5 million (2020)[1] |
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Number of employees
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3,000 (2021)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | Aston Martin Racing |
Their sports cars have become a cultural icon in the United Kingdom. Since 1982, Aston Martin has held a Royal Warrant as the Prince of Wales’s motorcar purveyor, and now has over 160 car dealerships in 53 countries, making it a global automobile brand.
Bulldog
The Aston Martin Bulldog is a British one-off concept vehicle designed by William Towns and constructed by Aston Martin in 1979. DP K901 was the project’s code name. Originally, a 15–25 car manufacturing run was planned, but the idea was deemed too expensive, and only one was completed.
Two Royal Naval trainees unveiled the automobile today. Richard Gauntlett, the restoration project manager, and Nigel Woodward, the managing director of CMC, were joined by the car’s owner, Phillip Sarofim, Aston Martin racing driver Darren Turner, and others of the restoration team.
Vanquish Volante
Aston Martin’s new range-topper, the Vanquish Volante, is priced at £200,000, less a fiver. And it’s a price tag that reflects Aston’s faith in its ten-year-old vertical-horizontal (VH) architecture philosophy and 5.9-litre V12 engine, which is continually evolving.
The Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of Aston Martin’s flagship Vanquish S coupe is roughly $298,000, including gas-guzzler tax and destination. The Volante starts at $316,000 and goes up from there.
Rapide
The seductive Rapide is flat-out wild, while other four-doors are sedate and tranquil. Unfortunately, the Rapide will be discontinued in 2019. An electric Aston Martin sedan to replace the Rapide is reportedly in the works, but its release date is unknown.
Bhima Jewellers Chairman Dr B Govindan has purchased the country’s fourth such vehicle and the second in south India. The Aston Martin DBX SUV is more over Rs 5 crore in price. Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries was the first individual to acquire a DBX SUV when it was launched in India in February 2020.
F1 Drivers
| Team | Drivers |
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| Ferrari | Charles Leclerc |
| Carlos Sainz | |
| AlphaTauri | Pierre Gasly |
| Yuki Tsunoda |
The Racing Point F1 Team was rebranded as Aston Martin for 2021 as part of a commercial rebranding, however the team still competes with Mercedes power units. Lawrence Stroll owns the team, which is led by Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer and has Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll as its key drivers.
Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll will pilot the AMR21 in the 2021 season. ASTON MARTIN presented its first Formula One car in over 60 years this afternoon. The AMR21, which will be raced in 2021 by Sebastian Vettel, the four-time World Champion who joins from Ferrari, and Lance Stroll, was unveiled today.
