Buying an Aston Martin

With several accredited Aston Martin Dealers within the Private Fleet National Network and a purchasing power of many hundreds of new vehicles per year, Private Fleet is well placed to ensure that your next new Aston Martin purchase is second to none.

Aston Martin - a name that is synonymous with fine, civilised and high performance sports cars. Founded in 1914 the company has grown to produce probably the world's most prestigious sports cars.

Private Fleet are able to save private buyers thousands of dollars on the following 2012 Aston Martin vehicles:

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**Please note that in no way are Private Fleet directly affiliated with Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. As a broker, all we do is assist in organising the purchase of new cars. Should you purchase a new Aston Martin through Private Fleet, it is important to note that your financial and purchasing transaction will be directly with an authorised Aston Martin dealer.

A little about Aston Martin...

The name’s Bond – James Bond. Agent 007, licensed to kill. The secret agent with all the gadgets and glamour. And a car. An Aston Martin. For all those die-hard 007 fans out there, this is the car of cars, the one that the greatest spy of them all drives.

But you don’t have to like James Bond to like Aston Martins. Let’s face it: the car was around long before Ian Fleming even started writing his best-selling novels. The Aston Martin car company (slogan: “Power, beauty, soul”) was first founded in 1913 by two Englishmen, Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. Lionel Martin was a racing driver who raced at the Aston Hill track, and a combination of his surname with the name of the track gave the Aston Martin company its name.

One racing car was produced before the thunderbolt of WWI fell across Europe, putting Aston Martin and so many other budding new automotive companies back. Aston Martin sold its machinery to the famous Sopwith Aviation company – a name with even more legends and associations with derring-do than Aston Martin has. After the war, Aston Martin (which was, by now, bankrupt) was bought out by Lady Charnwood. After a few more setbacks, the Aston Martin moved its headquarters to Feltham and turned its attention to the motor racing world, where it achieved some success at Le Mans. Then World War II began, and the Aston Martin once again poured its engineering efforts into producing aeroplanes.

The company was got back onto rather shaky feet after the war by Sir David Brown, who also owned the Lagonda marquee and merged the two companies into Aston Martin Lagonda. By the 1980s –thanks to a few James Bond movies - Aston Martin was producing the world’s fastest 4-seater production car. This model sold very successfully in the oil-rich Middle East, being popular in Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. It was in 1986 with the film The Living Daylights that Aston Martin had its relationship with James Bond well and truly cemented – the chairman of Aston Martin, Victor Gauntlett, lent his own Aston Martin Vantage for use in the film and was offered a minor role (which he regretfully declined).

A variety of Aston Martin models have appeared in the classic spy thrillers. If you want to know which appeared in your particular favourite film and own it, you may need to know which is which before you head to the nearest dealers. A specialist Aston Martin dealer might know which model appeared in which film, but your average car dealers may not. And you will not find an Aston Martin with all the James Bond extras at any dealers at all.

The Aston Martin DBIII appeared in both the book Goldfinger but it was the DB5 that made it onto the silver screen in both Goldfinger and Thunderball, then most recently in Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies. An Aston Martin DBS puts in a cameo appearance in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Some films flirted with Lotus and BMW, but an Aston Martin V8 Volante and a Vantage appear in The Living Daylights. The Aston Martin Vanquish appears in Die Another Day. After winning it big in Casino Royale, 007 is seen in an Aston Martin DB5 as his personal wheels, alongside the company car, which is an Aston Martin DBS.

James Bond is popular internationally and so is the Aston Martin brand. Aston Martin has a following within Australia, and a specialist importer/dealer and supplier of Aston Martin parts can be found in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Aston Martin enthusiasts in all states of Australia can find a branch of the Aston Martin Owners’ club, where news, information and advice can be shared. You may never rule the shadowy world of espionage and have luscious members of the opposite sex with sexy names throwing themselves at you, but by owning an Aston Martin, you can have some of the 007 dream.