Aston Martin History
Aston Martin History
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| 1899 | Lagonda Engeneering Company, named after a river in Ohio (USA), William Gunn |
| 1907 | First Lagonda-automobile |
| 1913 | Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford take over, shortly before WW I Singer-agancy. |
| 1914 | Founding of the 'Aston' Martin Ltd., named after the racing in 'Aston' Hill, Lagonda builds 11,1 HP. |
| 1915 | First racing-vehicle finished. |
| 1919 | Robert Bamford leaves. |
| 1920 | Second racing car completed. |
| 1922 | Racing-participation e.g. Isle of Man, GP France (Zborowski) |
| 1923 | Production starts. |
| 1924 | Financial support by Graf Louis Vorow Zborowski |
| 1926 | Bankruptcy, rescue company: Cesare Bertelli, William Renwick, Domenico Augustus and Lord Charnwood, new company residence in Feltenham, Bertelli and Renwick bring in 1,5-liter-engine, Lagonda 14/60, design by Arthur Davidson. |
| 1927 | Several racing victories |
| 1932 | Owner-change to Arthur Sutherland |
| 1931 | Le Mans with 3 cars, best position 5 overall |
| 1932 | Position 5 and 7 overall in Le Mans |
| 1933 | Position 5 and 7 overall in Le Mans |
| 1935 | Bankruptcy Lagonda |
| 1937 | New 2-liter-engine, position 5 overall in Le Mans, Lagonda LG45 |
| 1939 | Atom Sports Saloon (picture top), Lagonda LG6 |
| 1945 | Death Lionel Martin |
| 1947 | Tractor- and agricultural engines producer David Brown takes over Aston Martin and Lagonda. |
| 1948 | Development new DB 1 |
| 1949 | Position 7 overall in Le Mans |
| 1950 | Position 7 overall in Le Mans, production of the DB 1 as DB 2, DB 2/4 |
| 1951 | Design DB 3 by Eberan von Eberhorst |
| 1953 | Body shop Salmonds Tickford and its manufacturing in Newport Pagnell taken over, the transfer takes a lot of time. |
| 1954 | DB 2/4 |
| 1958 | DB 4 introduced in Paris with new design, engine by Tadek Marek |
| 1959 | Victory Le Mans and Sports racing-brand mastership |
| 1963 | DB 5 with 4-liter-in-line-six-cylinder |
| 1966 | DB 6, four-seater |
| 1967 | DBS + Vantage |
| 1972 | David Brown sells to Compagny Developements Limited. |
| 1978 | Lagonda-saloon, William Towns |
| 1986 | Vantage V8 Zagato |
| 1987 | Take over by Ford |
| 1988 | Completely new 5,3 liter Virage |
| 1992 | 6,3 liter Virage, Volante, Vantage |
| 1993 | DB 7, Initials of David Brown taken on again. |
| 2001 | V12 Vanquish |
| 2004 | DB 9, Vanquish S |
| 2005 | V8 Vantage |
| 2006 | DBS in movie |
| 2007 | Ford sells Aston Martin at 480 Mio. Euro to former BAR-F1-Teamchef and 2 Kuwaitian banks |
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