Combine the name of company founder Lionel Martin and the Aston Clinton Hillclimb where
an early car had success, and you get Aston Martin. The
company has built fast and desirable cars since 1914. Ownership has changed many
times, and is now owned by Ford.

Aston Martin's one car that should be worth knowing about would be the V8 Vantage. The others - DB6, DB7 Coupe and the DB7 Volante - are also good cars but are not great sports cars, but more over luxury cars. They are very expensive cars because they are hand made and all have great horsepower but when tuned up they can never get that great.

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