luis vuitton buys aston

[tbops]

Ive just read on autoblog that the winning bid for aston was by the company that owns luis vuitton and other lux brands. At last ill get some travel lugguage that i actualy want!

[cardigankid]

Please please let this be true! This is exactly what Aston need and not one of ford's competitors because it makes a loose affiliation possible. And LVMH know how to manage quality, believe me. This is good, really good.

[Balmoral Green]

You ever seen a Gucci Cadillac? Guess not!

[tbops]

heres the bit on autoblog that i read.

www.autoblog.com/2007/02/01/scoop-louis-vuitton-buys-aston-martin/

the luis vuitton company also owns henessy. its pretty spot on to be honest the brands all are aimed at the same type of people. Man bag vantage/db9 and a bottle of XO describes the sector quite well.

[thinfourth]

Does that mean we soon will be able to buy cheap knockoff astons down the barrers market

[RTH]

So "Motor Trend" say the story is not correct ?

[cardigankid]

I think that you will find that it is right, more or less

[RTH]

Is there any confirmation from a second source ? I don't really want to pass this on if it turns out not to be right.

[mko9]

Hereafter, all Aston interiors will be indistinguishable from cheap plastic, but will cost bucket loads of cash.

[negative creep]

so would this spell more development cash?

[cardigankid]

As much as they need, chaps, as much as they need.

[munky]

Luis? Is he Spanish?

On the wire this morning:
Peltz Among Bidders for Ford's Aston Martin Unit, Times Reports
2007-02-05 21:09 (New York)


By Bill Murray
Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire U.S. investor Nelson Peltz
may be among potential buyers for Ford Motor Co.'s Aston Martin
sports car unit, the London-based Times said.
Peltz may compete against Syrian billionaire Simon Halabi,
Doughty Hanson & Co. and Canada-based Magna International Inc.
for the unit, the Times said.
Bidders had to submit offers of over 450 million pounds
($882.7 million) to reach the second round of the auction, the
newspaper said.

(Times, 02-02 33)

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