Originally posted by Tiikeri
Damn straight!

Aston Martins are probably the only cars left that are still 100% British, the rest have been bought out by foreign millionaires, like with TVR, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, Bentley etc. Lets hope AM stays as it is ^^
You know, AM is part of Ford . I know it has British deigners and factories, but Ian Callum was comissioned to design the TWR devisions of Ford back in 1991. This is why the DB7 and the XK look so similar, and it most likely traces back to Ford's desire to sell more Jags in the US. Also, from the Wikipedia entry:

Car Magazine reported that the world?s two biggest luxury goods firms are locked in a battle to buy Aston Martin from cash-starved Ford. Swiss-based Richemont and French holding company Louis Vuitton Mo?t Hennessy have emerged as most likely to take on Aston, despite having no previous experience in the car industry.[4] Sunday Telegraph announced that Permira, Alchemy Partners and Texas Pacific Group are lining up bids of up to ?500m, along with Jac Nasser, now a partner at One Equity, the private equity arm of JP Morgan. BMW have excluded themselves, as have most of the recognised car companies in light of the cash-rich private equity money. The first round of the auction closes on 30 November 2006.[5]
I think Lotus and Morgan are the only independant companies still British-owned.