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UPDATED: Aston Martin sold

By Phil McNamara Motor Industry 12 March 2007 09:38 Aston Martin is today under new owners, following the sale of Britain’s premier sports car company to an investment consortium. After 20 years of ownership, Ford divested itself of the brand, its facilities and its products, in a deal valuing Aston at £479m.   The new owner is a consortium led by David Richards, boss of automotive consultancy Prodrive, who helped to unite two private investment companies from Kuwait. Adeem Investment, which already owns the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, has a portfolio worth $1.5 bn.

SEAT Ibiza ST (Sport Tourer) Prices & Models +video

The SEAT Ibiza ST 2011 Back in February in the run up to the Geneva Motor Show SEAT sent us details of their diminutive estate, the SEAT Ibiza Sport Tourer (ST) which bowed in at Geneva shortly after. It’s taken six months to get to this point, but the Ibiza ST is now going on sale in the UK with a starting point of £12,075.00. For that you get the Ibiza ST 1.4 litre S which, despite being the starting point for the ST, comes equipped with AirCon, MP3 compatible CD with aux and steering wheel mounted controls. Top of the tree for now at least is the Ibiza ST 1.2 TDI CR Ecomotive SE which will set you back £14,910.

GM recalls 258,000 SUVs for fire hazard

General Motors is recalling a family of SUVs, including the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy, Saab 9-7x, Buick Rainier and Isuzu Ascender, after reports of 28 fires caused by short circuits in the power windows and locks. The recalled SUVs are from model years 2006 and 2007. In total, GM estimates 258,000 vehicles will need repairs.