Aussies Mount a Bid for Aston Martin

JAMES PACKER has reportedly joined a consortium prepared to buy the British car company Aston Martin for about £600 million ($1.485 billion).

Britain's Sunday Telegraph reported the Aston Martin-driving Mr Packer was part of an Australian consortium of "industrial and financial investors" shortlisted with three other potential buyers, citing unnamed sources.

The paper said the former chief executive of Ford, the Australian Jac Nasser, had been knocked out of the running.

Mr Packer's reported interest in Aston Martin follows his recent purchase of a $38 million apartment in Mayfair, London.


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EL34 - 1/8/2007 12:46:57 PM

+1 Boost

This means when I go to the local Jag dealer the Aston Martin's will be gone.

*cries*