Rumormill: Daimler looking to buy big stake in Aston Martin
by Damon Lavrinc (RSS feed) on Apr 4th, 2008 at 7:32PM
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Aston Martin N400 V8 Vantage.What began as a rumor that Mercedes-Benz would begin supplying Aston Martin with engines has evolved into a full-blown partnership that may include both automakers co-developing platforms and technology. The newest report comes courtesy of Autocar, suggesting that M-B is considering purchasing a stake in Aston Martin and the Kuwaiti Investment Authority would in turn receive a seven-percent slice of the Daimler AG pie.The partnership would make sense on several levels. Aston Martin, which is a small fish in a very large... Read More
