...a love affair with James Bond, 'from Aston with love'!

Performance for the discerning

Robert Bamford Lionel Martin

Founder of Aston Martin in 1913

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Robert Bamford, 30-year-old engineer and Lionel Martin, 35-year-old old Etonian with a nous for self- marketing, shared a passion for anything on four wheels and a good turn of speed. They met at the Bath  Road Cycling Club and started selling Singer sports cars together. Bamford thought he could improve the  Singer and soon began to build cars. They became Bamford and Martin in 1912 and

12 months later  changed their name to Aston Martin, from Martin's expoits at the Aston Clinton hill climb in Bucks.

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Aston Martins are still produced individually and enjoy an enviable reputation for quality, styling, engineering and effortless performance

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...a love affair with James Bond, 'from Aston with love'

..and even enjoy Royal Patronage from

HRH The Prince of Wales, King Charles III.

- from HRH The Prince of Wales, King Charles III.