"THE BOND CAR BRAND FINDS A NEW HOME?"

Yes indeed. But some of you may wonder "what-the-heck" is this piece of news doing here.

Well, why not? Personally I adore fast, exotic cars. What's good enough for 007, is good enough for me. Not to forget to mention the fact that Bond's classic Aston Martin DB5 was the second toy car I ever owned, apart from The Batmobile of the 1960's, both by Corgi. Fond memories of green.

Daniel Craig is to me the ultimate James Bond. "Casino Royale" was my favorite movie in 2006. The Aston Martin DBS is just a gorgeous piece of work, as you can see for yourself above. Truly one slick 'n' sleek peace of metal banged by hand. One covetable automobile, if there ever was one. My only real piece of criticism of "Casino Royale" was that Bond just totalled the car way too early... (But no doubt we'll see more thrilling car chases in the future Bond flicks, after all, 007 had to pay his dues in "Casino Royale"...)

Anyway, it looks like Ford - who's inexplicably selling off this bestselling car brand - is now close to finding a buyer. Fingers crossed (this from The Daily Telegraph) :

"Aston Martin owner Ford is expected to sign the deal early on Friday in Detroit, The Telegraph said. The sale will see ownership of the 86-year-old British GT maker transfer to a consortium of business interests from the U.S. and the Middle East, headed by Prodrive founder and world rally championship owner David Richards, the newspaper said.

Prodrive, which runs Aston Martin's works racing team and has worked with the company for many years, has emerged ahead of the remaining bidders, Doughty Hanson and Syrian property businessman Simon Halabi, The Telegraph said. The price is rumored to be in the region of GBP500 million, about half what Ford was asking when it first put the company up for sale six months ago, The Telegraph said."