The In Crowd

Long time readers know I love Aston Martins. So does everyone else:

"LIKE an old-money family living beyond its means, Ford Motor has decided it must sell the automotive equivalent of the manor house that it can no longer afford to keep. The company announced last summer that it wants to sell Aston Martin, the British sports car maker it acquired in 1987 and the crown jewel of its luxury division, the Premier Automotive Group.

The consensus among enthusiasts is that Ford’s reign over Aston Martin has been largely benevolent. Still, the question among collectors is how a change of ownership may affect the value of older Aston Martins.

Just as Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters made before the company’s takeover by CBS are the only instruments that matter for collectors, most of the collecting activity in Aston Martins is with cars produced during the marque’s golden era of 1947 to 1972, when it was owned by David Brown, a British industrialist." (Click here to read more.) 

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