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Were Keir "Barney Rubble" Starmer's negotiations not successful?! Smile, hand on the shoulder, letter from Charlie?! Cor blimey, there's a shocker! 16% of Britain's cars go to the US.

"I'm an American dead-set on buying a Ferrari or an Aston but now I have to pay [potentially] 25% more I guess I'll just have to go without or buy an all-American Chevrolet burger-mobile." - the scene inside the God Emperor's head.

Are there any restrictions - be they time or volume - on anyone making a takeover bid? There used to be that limit on Geely or some such stopping them buying any more?

Personally I hope the Saudis stick their heads where the sun don't shine (but how would that affect the arrangement to use Lucid's EV stuff?).

Geely, well... I haven't seen any evidence that the Chinese can handle foreign brands responsibly, and have squandered their attack on the West with an incomprehensible array of brands. Buying Aston would mean money but no great vision and possibly the conversion of Aston into a bizarre Lotus-like entity.

Mercedes... BMW's got Rolls, VW has Bentley... they're my preference.

An electric Ferrari? Hmm... no thanks.

An electric Lambo? An even bigger turn off.

An electric Aston is more credible.

Everyone, stop now.

Does anyone have anything intelligent to say?

Even general comments on the sports car industry would be better than this dross.

Stellantis has withheld the £1billion+ investment in Maserati because its cars aren't selling. The MC20 looks like a big, heavy plastic Chinese rip-off of an MC12. Its SUV - the Levante, is it? - has never had a decent review and cheapens the brand. Does it still sell saloons? Who knows - or cares. The GranCoupe... there's an electric version of that, isnt there? Ha ha ha, what on earth were they thinking. The fact that they planned to do an electric version of the MC20 shows how mad they are. There are lessons here for Aston: Don't be mad.

Nice to see a prisoner released early by Keir Starmer today celebrating in front of his Bentley Continental saloon and Merc G-Wagen. Bentleys are, of course, driven by the scum of the earth. I think Aston should plaster the photo all over its social media. Having an arrogant public persona, like JLR, can backfire, but if Aston specifically targets Bentley I think it'd be okay.

The Vanquish/DB9/V8 Vantage line-up of the early/mid-2000s was the most beautiful Aston line-up ever (so long as you didn't look at the Vanquish's interior). The new Vanquish's rear end looks a bit plasticky.. Meanwhile, the McLaren W1 and Ferrari F80 - sprung on the public without much prior fanfare - disappoint, looking like heavily modified versions of their existing cars - whete are their ri als for the Valkyrie? The Valhalla needs the X factor - it needs to capture the beauty of the mid-2000s line-up and be authetic, not a plasticky Maserati MC20 gap-filler. I think the Valhalla can punch above its weight.

I'll sell, say, a quarter before Q3 results...

I've sold everything and will wait for further downturn.

What do you lot think of this Aston EV platform that will accommodate four cars including a supercar and an SUV? Is it a Geely hand-me-down? I see Rimac have only managed to sell 50 of their 150 Neveras and their next car "will use combustion"...

I fail to see what the EU-enabled invasion of Ora Funky Cats and BYD Seals to the detriment of Renault Clios and Skoda Fabias has anything to do with partially Chinese-owned British luxury sportscar maker Aston Martin...

Well I'm still hoping for 133... or shall I re-buy and just write off the gains I missed since yesterday... Tell ya what, I'll go halfway. Did you know pre-1992 1p and 2p coins contain 97% copper and are worth 2.5x the face value of the coin? That's my sort of investment!

I sold quite a bit yesterday, so I'd quite like the price to fall back to 133 please.

What do you reckon the H1 results in ~7 weeks will be like? Will Vantage and fixed-DB12 sales have any impact by then?

Thank you - please could you explain what a delayed sell is for us newbie rubes. I see a buy for 666,000 shares - was that it? I check a list of all trades on this website: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/AML/aston-martin-lagonda-global-holdings-plc/trade-recap - but it only covers the past day - is there anywhere I can view previous days' trades? Is there anywhere I can see a list of all the sells?

Maybe someone could share their thoughts on the reason for today's 4% drop... or, you know, cs26 could say that the stock is doomed and then you could all react to it... because that's really entertaining isn't it. Oh and then that other guy could say "Ha ha! Sausages!"

Wow, you're right - it is Andy Palmer - "former CEO, Aston Martin". It doesn't even list his current role/company! Listing the support of a former CEO, regardless of who it is, is truly pathetic from Labour (I'm voting Reform).

As expected, Labour's list of business backers, of which Aston is one, has descended into farce: "It was pointed out to [shadow finance minister] Reeves during her speech that there are no FTSE 100 CEOs on there. Ian King on Sky News pointed out that “there appear to be several companies on there whose executives signed the letter, whose companies now appear to be dormant." Longtime Labour fan and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is a much-touted supporter: the Wikimedia Foundation isn’t even a business, it’s a charity… [Another signatory] is Kevin McKeever, who runs small Labour-focused PR firm Lowick."

Aston Martin will be backing Labour in the election. Though I am sickened by anything even vaguely left wing, I'm glad Aston seems to be backing the winning horse. Has Aston struck a deal with Labour beforehand, or is just just a bargaining chip ("we supported you!") for when the Net Zero socialist crazies start up?

Fortunately it was the most boring race imaginable so hopefully no-one saw Alonso's brake catch fire and limp home in 19th.

New Vanquish (replacement for the DBS) has a totally redesigned rear-end - good, they clearly read my post from yesterday. The new Ferrari 12Cilindri looks a bit... naff? Looks like they were going for a modernised Daytona but ended up with a tuned Toyota GT86. . The lights are a bit awkward and the panel gaps are unpleasing.

Aston needs more clean-sheet designs. The DB12 is a heavily-facelifted DB11, the new Vantage is a heavily-facelifted old Vantage, the DBS will be a DB12 that's crashed into a branch of Halfords, the DBX seems to be on the perennial facelift path. If the Murcielago is a re-dressed Diablo (look at the windscreen), Aston can come up with better. British cars seem to go on and on forever - the F-Type's only just died after 9000 years. Also, Astons need to look more modern. Fewer vents, fewer addenda from Halfords. The Defender and BMW iX etc. look arrestingly modern - I'd put Aston more on a rather sad Maserati-level. I hope the Valhalla can be a genuine alternative to Ferrari and not scrabbling down in the dirt with the likes of Maserati.

Well, looks like I should have sold everything, could have got a huge chunk of shares at these prices.

In fairness Lawrence Stroll is a terrible speaker, I wouldn't put him in front of live questions.