British luxury car, Aston Martin is now officially available in Indonesia through a distributor company called PT Aston Martin Jakarta. The official dealer of this James Bond car will be open later in Menteng, Central Jakarta, starting on the middle of April 2015. According to a spokesman for PT Aston Martin Jakarta, Achmad Hussein Slamet mentioned that the company will also open sales service center in Pondok Indah, South Jakarta, to be precisely at the popular Ivan’s Motor outlets. For your information, way before there is an authorized dealer, Aston Martin has been paved in Indonesia through the intermediary of importers since about a decade ago. According to Achmad, currently there are approximately forty units of Aston Martin in Indonesia. After opening the official dealership, Aston Martin Jakarta will immediately offer five products, such as the Aston Martin Vanquish, V12 Vantage S, DB9, Rapide S, and the V8 Vantage N430. The price range of these super cars will range from IDR 4 billion to IDR 10 billion. The Chief Executive Officer of Aston Martin Jakarta, Joerg Kelling also said that they will open another store through other big cities in Indonesia. He said they would hold a roadshow to Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya. For more information about Aston Martin, feel free to click the links above or read the description below. Photo provided by NetCarShow.com.
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers. It was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The firm became associated with luxury grand touring cars in the 1950s and 1960s, and with the fictional character James Bond following his use of a DB5 model in the 1964 film Goldfinger. The company has had a chequered financial history, including bankruptcy in the 1970s, but has also enjoyed long periods of success and stability, including under the ownership of David Brown, from 1947 to 1972 and of the Ford Motor Company from 1994 to 2007. In March 2007, a consortium of investors, led by David Richards, purchased 92% of Aston Martin for £479 million, with Ford retaining a £40 million stake. David Richards became chairman of Aston Martin. In December 2012, the Italian private equity fund Investindustrial signed a deal to buy 37.5% of Aston Martin, investing £150 million as a capital increase. In 2013 Aston Martin signed a deal with Daimler AG to supply new Mercedes-AMG power plants for the next generation line up. Daimler AG now owns 5% of Aston Martin. While the Mercedes-AMG will also supply Aston Martin with electrical systems. This technical partnership will support Aston Martin’s launch of a new generation of models that will incorporate new technology and V8s.