The Financial Troubles of Aston Martin

Aston Martin make some of the best and most iconic cars but they haven’t always had an easy time. Far from the glitz and the glamour of Formula 1, they have gone bust 7 times and swapped hands many times. This is the troubled tale of Aston Martin.
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Bamford & Martin garage: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henniker_Mews_Chelsea_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1701985.jpg
Aston Hill: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/108948
Isotta Fraschini: https://garystockbridge617.getarchive.net/amp/media/1928-isotta-fraschini-tipo-8a-half-page-ad-d7c0f8
Count Louis Zborowski: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_Zborowski_at_the_1922_French_Grand_Prix_(2)_(cropped).jpg
Aston Martin 1.5 Litre: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1922_Aston_Martin_1.5_Litre_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg
Lady Charnwood: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw51327/Dorothea-Mary-Roby-ne-Thorpe-Lady-Charnwood?LinkID=mp131115&role=sit&rNo=0
Feltham sign: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feltham_station_signage_2010.JPG
Augustus Bertelli: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MHV_Enfield-Allday_Bullet_1919.jpg
International: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1930_Aston_Martin_International.jpg
Ulster: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1934_Aston_Martin_Ulster_%284661094277%29.jpg
Lagonda badge: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lagonda_M45_Tourer_(Logo),_Bj._1933_(2009-08-07).jpg
DB2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aston_Martin_DB2_Coupe_1952.jpg
DB Mark III: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1957_Aston_Martin_DB_Mk_III_fr.jpg
DB4: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1961_Aston_Martin_DB4_S4_%27Factory_Demonstrator%27.jpg
DB5: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aston_Martin_DB5_%28Skyfall%29.jpg
DB6: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aston_Martin_DB6_r.jpg
DBS: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AstonMartinDB-S-1969-avant.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
Aston Martin badge: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aston_Martin_badge_on_a_car.jpg
V8 Vantage: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1978_Aston_Martin_V8_Vantage_fliptail_in_Morges_2013_-_Right.jpg
Volante: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1980_Aston_Martin_V8_Volante_%288973713376%29.jpg
Lagonda: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1986_Aston_Martin_Lagonda_%289014216671%29.jpg
Lamborghini badge: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamborghini_Gallardo_5.2_%2708_(9402936597).jpg
MG logo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MG_Motor_India_logo.jpg
Pace petrol station: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3876509
Ford logo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ford_Motor_Company_Logo.svg
DB7: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aston_Martin_DB7_front_20080225.jpg
V12 Vantage: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thecarspy/2732164666
Vanquish: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2002_Aston_Martin_V12_Vanquish,_AM_RAcing_Green,_front_right.jpg
Gaydon factory: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aston_Martin_HQ_%284078309605%29.jpg#filelinks
DB9: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2005_Aston_Martin_DB9_Automatic.jpg
DB9 Volante: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014_Aston_Martin_DB9_Volante_convertible_%282015-08-24%29_01.JPG
V8 Vantage: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2007_Aston_Martin_V8_Vantage_4.3_Front.jpg
Ford Germany factory: © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons), Ford-Werke Köln-Merkenich-0320 , CC BY-SA 4.0
Rapide: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014-2018_Aston_Martin_Rapide_S_sedan_%282018-08-27%29_01.jpg
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Mercedes logo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercedes-Benz_Star_2022.svg
Newport Pagnell: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4505130

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