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I can't be bothered wasting my time talking about Kong. Much more interesting....has anyone noticed we had a 2 million Buy at 17.15. Another vote of confidence or possibly someone in the know :-)

Only 6 days to go Doyezee and we'll know. I can't see the results from the West being great but I'm looking forward to China's results. China recovered incredibly well from the pandemic. Sales in Q2 were 7% up on Q2 in 2019. By Q3 they increased this improvement to a whopping 29% up on the same quarter in 2019. I suspect that improvement of another 22% may have been due to DBX sales. You'll probably recall that around about November/December time, Stroll stated that demand in China was phenomenal (gangbusters), something that he didn't say when delivering Q3 results, which indicates they have definitely gone up again. Stroll does not tell porkies...he's a man of his word (anyone who saw him make his Statement to the media about the RP 15 point penalty will know exactly what I mean!!) If he says demand in China is phenomenal, I believe him. That's why I'm excited about next weeks results. Of course it's only my opinion, I may be wrong

Sorry Madman I was typing when u sent your post...well said mate.

Kong. Maybe I dont know that much, but I do know that Q3 results were issued on 27th Oct. They are on the AML website with all the details of the 20% partnership with mercedes. Go and read it in its entirety. It will keep you quiet for a few hours!!!

Kong1. Stroll NEVER issues trading statements between quarterly results. He has recently stated that demand in China is phenomenal....Gangbusters was another term he used.

Yea that's probably right about Hamilton, Englangder. He'll want to go out on a high and who can blame him.

Misterhambo. I'm sure you're right about mercedes. When they finally announced the 1 year contract with Hamilton I thought the reasons they gave for the short contract sounded like a load of excuses. I felt like I was reading "We are not certain we want to commit to F1 for more than another season." I'm not totally steeped in F1 like some of the guys on here, but that announcement was definitely suspect. I do know one thing, if they do retire from F1, we will have all their latest technology and maybe even Hamilton onboard and with no mercedes to compete against. It may never happen...but then it just might :-)

Englangder. A headline just flashed up on my phone "head of covid vaccine task force says all UK adults could have recd 2 vaccines by August. Silverstone's only just before that so you may well get there after all! :-)

I hope you do get to Silverstone Englangder but the govt has said there won't be any large gatherings this year so don't build up your hopes. You never know tho, depends how low we can get the virus and % population vaccinated by then.

As misterhambo has just said, we launch on the 3rd Marc the day after mercedes. This is exactly the master stroke that I expected Stroll to pull so that mercedes cant steal the limelight. This will ensure we reveive maximum media reporting.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/aston-martin-reveals-launch-date-for-2021-f1-car/5412626/

Bound to announce the launch date soon. I m wondering if Stroll is waiting until mercedes announce theirs. Don't want them launching just after us and stealing all the media coverage.

82nd...that's not great lol. I'll have to sharpen up my act.
Here's making a start - Vettle's been giving some useful suggestions for the car setup.
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport/1397886/F1-news-Sebastian-Vettel-Aston-Martin-impact-Lewis-Hamilton-SNT

Who knows?? They're not worth worrying about. All the other cars look like they are probably ex demos.

Ive still got the app for autotrader cos I recently changed my car so I just had a quick look. There are 16 DBX for sale. The majority have a few thousand miles on them. Hower there are 3 with very low miles...one has just 10 miles registered as 1 owner. That's strange cos it's a 70 reg so you'd think they'd use it as a demonstrator. Theres another with 47 miles and a 3rd with 100. I wondered if maybe someone had backed out of the orders so they sell them as used because Stroll will want to stand by his statement that every car will be made to order.

With the popularity that F1 enjoys, I'm sure our sales will get a significant lift and if we do well, even better. I do think Vettel has every chance of being back on form with a car to suit his driving style.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/aston-martin-stable-rear-sebastian-vettel/

Richard. I'm not sure now that Stroll is aiming for higher numbers. If you look at the link for Autocar that TinyPie attached @22:43 on Thurs, they have amended their figures back to 10k a year which is the same figure quoted by Stroll in Q3. I also agree that we need a higher powered DBX to compete with the Urus plus expeditehe a hybrid and full EV DBX. We can't afford to lag behind the competition with this...things are picking up pace rapidly with EV. As for the vantage, I couldn't agree with you more, but if it had been a resounding success first time round, Palmer would still be in charge and we wouldn't have our cheap shares. Reichman definitely has a big question mark hanging over some of his designs but I'm sure that both Stroll and Moers know that and have contingency in place for vetting his future designs. It doesn't look like they're getting rid of him cos I think he'd have gone by now.

An interesting read
https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/opinion-miami-penthouses-and-submarines-where-aston-martin-went-wrong/

I totally agree with Richard. Just ignore or filter anyone you don't want to communicate with. I really can't understand why people get themselves bogged down in arguments on BBs, it just isn't worth it. I read and engage for pleasure and to learn and where possible provide information I certainly don't want to get wound up by it. Maybe have a rethink and stick with the BB but take a new approach to the shorters...ignore them! If no-one replies to their rubish they will just give up and disappear.

Hi Tiny. It's weird but this link is different to the original. It now says 10,000 which is the same as Stroll said in Q3.

Hi Doyezee. I have investments through a financial advisor. They are in an investment fund with AVIVA, under the protection of an ISA for tax reasons. But they are only up to 70% shares. So the fund manager moves the money about constantly for example when the market crashed last year a large % of the fund went to cash to avoid the worst of the drop and until they decided when best to reinvest. So my investments didnt drop as much as the stock market, but then again, they dont rise as quick either...its just safer. Basically, works the same as a pension scheme. Your Fidelity Tech fund certainly sounds impressive though!