Dealership of origin for DB11

[Peter McKean]

I have just bought a DB11 V8 with the registration plate starting LF19. I have no record of the dealership which originally sold this vehicle from new and was wondering if dealers tend to use their local office for new registrations? LF would be DVLA Wimbledon, which could suggest HWM Aston Martin.

If anyone has any insights into this, it would be good to know! Thanks.

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well mine was originally sold by Brentwood AM and I bought it from them second hand

Chap said all their cars start with EU, but as mine still has the original plates , it’s says AM Brentwood

Also the leather service manual shows the first owner and the dealer too

Maybe it’s in the manual?

Kev

[Peter McKean]

Thanks. The owner's handbook is missing, it turns out, and is being replaced by the dealership at no cost. It's a lovely car, by the way. Stunning. Not shoddily maintained at all, as far as I can see.

I have invoices (from Works) for all services bar the first and as it had a private plate for the previous owner and has been returned to the original plate, the original dealer isn't shown on the plate. Turns out AM central service logs are very patchy and whilst a central log is now mandatory for dealers to use, it wasn't in 2019.

So this is turning into a little bit of a detective story. If I confirm which dealership issues LFXX plates, I can contact them and... maybe... they can confirm they did the first service!

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Fascinating, I know where mine came from but have no paperwork apart from stamps in the service manual.
So for the first 9 years of its life I had no idea what or if anything had been done.

Kev

[Peter McKean]

A very helpful man called Paul from HWM has told me that the original supplying dealer was Aston Martin London (Mayfair), so mystery solved.

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Good stuff

Kev

[reddiesel]

Peter McKean said:

I have just bought a DB11 V8 with the registration plate starting LF19. I have no record of the dealership which originally sold this vehicle from new and was wondering if dealers tend to use their local office for new registrations? LF would be DVLA Wimbledon, which could suggest HWM Aston Martin.

If anyone has any insights into this, it would be good to know! Thanks.

My second to last Vantage came from HWM and that was LF21 but at least you have had your query answered . I can't rate HWM highly enough .

Edited by reddiesel on Saturday 10th June 22:40