2008 Profit Track 100
Rank: 54 Aston Martin
Voted Britain’s coolest brand in both 2006 and 2007
Only a shortage of production capacity is holding back sales of the revitalised Aston Martin range of sports cars: last year the company sold a record 7,300 of the DBS, DB9 and V8 Vantage models, which cost between £80,000 and £160,000. Other highlights include a successful return to motor racing, investment in a new design studio, and — with some help from James Bond — being voted the coolest brand in Britain in 2006 and 2007. Profits have grown 61% a year, from £14m in 2003 to £58.8m in 2006. Chief executive Ulrich Bez remains at the helm after Ford sold the company last year to a consortium of two Kuwaiti investment funds.
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Only a shortage of production capacity is holding back sales of the revitalised Aston Martin range of sports cars: last year the company sold a record 7,300 of the DBS, DB9 and V8 Vantage models, which cost between £80,000 and £160,000. Other highlights include a successful return to motor racing, investment in a new design studio, and — with some help from James Bond — being voted the coolest brand in Britain in 2006 and 2007. Profits have grown 61% a year, from £14m in 2003 to £58.8m in 2006. Chief executive Ulrich Bez remains at the helm after Ford sold the company last year to a consortium of two Kuwaiti investment funds.
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Company facts
Aston Martin
Sports car maker
Company website
| Profit growth | 61.21% pa |
| 2006 profit | £58.8m |
| 2003 profit | £14.0m |
| 2006 staff | 1,426 |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Location of HQ | Warwickshire |
| If applicable: * = annualised figures ‡ = draft accounts |
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