According to company sources, Mercedes is interested in buying a stake in the British carmaker Aston Martin.
Neither Mercedes nor Aston Martin have confirmed the rumour but the news comes after Aston Martin has been reported to be interested in the German carmaker’s hybrid technologies. Mercedes will certainly get attention from the Kuwait-based Investment Dar which bought a stake in Aston Martin last year. As soon as the deal was signed the investment firm had said it wanted to sell its stake.
Buying a stake in Aston Martin would enable Mercedes to buy a place in the luxury segment at a time when Maybach’s future is shadowed. After the SLR production ends at the end of the year, Mercedes will separate from McLaren. For Aston Martin, the situation has been less than easy since its split with Ford. if the British marque wants to survive, it will likely need the support of a bigger manufacture to share at least the cost of compliance with the stricter emission regulation which appear in the world.
Source: Autocar
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