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Aston Martin shutting down historic factory tomorrow

07/18/2007, 2:58 PM

By Andrew Ganz

One last Aston Martin Vanquish will roll off of the company’s historic Newport Pagnell factory tomorrow. Aston Martin has built cars at the factory, located in Milton Keynes, England, since 1954, but the company will move all production to a different facility when Newport Pagnell closes.

In 2003, Ford consolidated its British luxury brands into one facility in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The modern facility builds Jaguars, Land Rovers and Aston Martins, as well as serving as home to the British Motor Heritage Centre. It is unknown what will happen to the facility in the long term now that Aston Martin is owned by a consortium and Land Rover and Jaguar are up for sale.

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07/18, 3:14 PM

posted by:

Aston Martin

Newport Pagnell was a great factory, but Aston has to move on. The Vanquish is growing a bit old now. The worlds greatest company needs to change.

07/18, 3:21 PM

posted by:

CTS DRIVER

WORLDS GREATEST COMPANY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS OSCAR MEYER.

07/18, 3:52 PM

posted by:

Aston Martin

Actually, worlds greatest company is a bit far. Worlds greatest automaker.

07/18, 4:02 PM

posted by:

LP640

the vanquish is just terrible. the new facility in Gaydon where the DB9 is made is super hi tech

07/18, 5:27 PM

posted by:

CTS DRIVER

07/18, 7:44 PM

posted by:

RicardoHead

The worlds greatest is Beaverton Foods, makers of Beaver Brand Jalapeno Mustard, which is a MAN’s mustard and thus is not available in England.

07/18, 8:36 PM

posted by:

1c3d0g

Yawn. :O

07/18, 10:26 PM

posted by:

Deanster

Who gives a ****ing **** about this newsfeed? I’ll never own an Aston MArtin, neither will you. What do I care where in the ****ing hell it’s assembled.

07/18, 10:54 PM

posted by:

buytheredcar

I hate AM. every car looks the same. just design exercises than individual models.
the interior looks parts bin.
totally dated styling overall

07/18, 10:55 PM

posted by:

Ralph

actually deanster, im looking into getting one

07/19, 12:09 AM

posted by:

Tree

“Who gives a ****ing **** about this newsfeed? I’ll never own an Aston MArtin, neither will you. What do I care where in the ****ing hell it’s assembled.”
I’ll never own a Kia or a Honda, if I can help it, but since this is “car news for enthusiasts” it is relevent to my interests.

07/19, 3:44 AM

posted by:

55amg

well…good bye

07/19, 3:52 AM

posted by:

Aston Martin

FOR ALL YOU ASTON HATERS, YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY YOU HATE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SYMBOLS OF CLASS. EITHER YOU HAVE NO TASTE OR YOU’RE JUST REDNECKS.

I HAVE HEARD STEREOTYPES ABOUT AMERICANS LOVING THEIR FOOD, BUT IT SEEMS THAT CTS DRIVER AND RICARDOHEAD ARE TOTALLY OBSESSED. RICARDOHEAD, A CAR NEWS SITE SEEMS UNSUITABLE FOR YOU, WHY DON’T YOU LOOK INTO SPEED EATING AS A POTENTIAL CAREER?

BTW DEANSTER, I OWN AN ASTON.

07/19, 4:26 AM

posted by:

bran

Deanster, Prodrive just bought the company, obviosly this means the new ficility will be bigger, more “advanced” and will make more Astons. Higher production totals for car models will hopefully mean lower prices to the cvonsumer. As a consumer, maybe those who care to know this, (ralph included)will know what to expect from the company over the next year.

07/19, 6:54 AM

posted by:

sunshine1810

Its kind of a shame since the building is part of Aston Martin’s history. My father’s friend owns a Vanquish S which is fantastic. A sad day. I hope Prodrive knows what they are doing.

07/19, 8:33 AM

posted by:

CTS DRIVER

The worlds greatest is Beaverton Foods, makers of Beaver Brand Jalapeno Mustard, which is a MAN’s mustard and thus is not available in England.

Comment by RicardoHead, posted on July18 at 7:44 pm
hahaha, i have on my desk rite now, a bottle of sweet hot”rich with honey”. i agree beaverton from oregon is some good ****.
..
come on aston its just a joke, but at dinner time i do start thinking food.

and again aston i think the cars are extremely sexy, i would **** one up the tailpipe if the owners wouldnt get mad, where do you park yours im horny.

07/19, 9:35 AM

posted by:

RicardoHead

I agree, CTS. If I absolutely HAD to buy a brit car, it would be an Aston. The rest are ugly garbage.
.
BTW – try the jalapeno mustard if you can find it there. My sister lives in Idyllwild and goes into Palm Springs, Riverside, and Temecula all the time. She can find other Beaver Mustards but not jalapeno mustard, so I sent her a bottle and she loves it. CTS, if you have seen it, please post the name of the store so I can get it to her.

07/19, 10:20 AM

posted by:

CTS DRIVER

no problem ricardo, im in corona and travel to murietta every other day or so,i will let you know.:)

07/19, 10:42 AM

posted by:

RicardoHead

thanks.

07/19, 11:50 AM

posted by:

Veda

You guys are all bull****, nobody dares to post a pic of their “exotic” or super expensive cars here.

07/19, 1:35 PM

posted by:

LP640

i wonder how many people here even own an exotic

07/19, 3:09 PM

posted by:

CTS DRIVER

^^^I used to own a picture of an exotic when i was in high school….a beautiful diablo. ;)

07/19, 3:55 PM

posted by:

RicardoHead

LMAO. I can’t believe “Aston Martin” got that pissed off because I said I like jalapeno mustard. What a freakin pooosae.

07/19, 4:12 PM

posted by:

AMGoff

I have seen the error in my ways… I wish I had majored in the pansy-ass douche-bag program back in college. So then I could develop OCD for an absolute money pit of a car. I’m beginning to think Aston Martin is Jeremy Clarkson’s retard half-brother.

07/19, 10:25 PM

posted by:

RicardoHead

Latest news is they are going to turn this former Aston plant into a Haggis Canning Facility, thus there will be not change in the quality, value, or smell, or market perception of the output.

07/20, 6:10 AM

posted by:

Aston Martin

^^^^^^^^^^Some people love haggis…it’s good quality stuff.

Jeremy Clarkson doesn’t have much of a family, you idiot AMGoff. You sound exactly like a chav…if you don’t know what that is, google it.

07/20, 1:45 PM

posted by:

Deanster

well, to all of you Aston Martin owners, good on you for achieving your financial and automotive goals.

Now excuse me while I go massage my purple veiny one.

07/20, 3:21 PM

posted by:

CTS DRIVER

^^^yeah the one eyed purple headed yogurt slinger does need a good massage. :)

07/20, 9:08 PM

posted by:

Veda

“i wonder how many people here even own an exotic”

A bunch of intern docs, immature teens, and car salesmen… it’s all BS. They can’t even buy a M6 without loans.

07/21, 9:33 AM

posted by:

BLISS

MAJOR CHANGES……GOOD NEWS…..TIME FOR A CHANGE

07/21, 9:34 AM

posted by:

BLISS

VERY NICE CAR

07/22, 10:21 AM

posted by:

Aston Martin

AMGoff, you’re quite possibly the most ineducated ****ing dick ever.

07/23, 12:57 PM

posted by:

AMGoff

I am the most “ineducated,” hmmm…. that certainly doesn’t bode well for yourself, nonetheless I’d love to know how you came to that conclusion, you ****ing moron. Sometimes I wish I were UNeducated… then instead of paying $60-grand in student loans I could afford one of those whiz-bang Ass-ton Martins and complete my transition into a full-blown homosexual.

 
 
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