The company was doing well, but Gauntlett knew it needed extra funds to survive long term.
Although the company was doing well, Gauntlett knew it needed extra funds to survive in the long term.
Gauntlett bought a 12.5% stake in Aston Martin
for £500,000 via Pace Petroleum in 1980, with Tim Hearley of CH Industrials taking a similar share.
Although Gauntlett was contractually to stay as chairman for two years,
his racing interests took Aston back into sports car racing in 1989 with limited European success.
Gauntlett supplied his personal pre-production Vantage for use
in the filming of The Living Daylights, and sold a Volante to Broccoli for use at his home in America.
Although Gauntlett was contractually to stay as chairman for two years,
his racing interests took the company back into sports car racing in 1989 with limited European success.
As trading became tighter in the petroleum market,
and Aston Martin was requiring more time and money, Gauntlett agreed to sell Hays/Pace to the Kuwait Investment
Office in September 1983.
Although as a result Aston Martin had to
make 60 members of the workforce redundant, Gauntlett bought a stake in Italian styling house Zagato,
and resurrected its collaboration with Aston Martin.
In 1984, Titan the main shipping company of the Papanicolaou's was in trouble, so Livanos's father George
bought out the Papanicolaou's shares in ALL, while Gauntlett again became a shareholder with a 25% holding in AML.
Gauntlett also led the sales team,
and after some development and a lot of publicity when it became the world's fastest 4-seater production car, was able to sell the Aston Martin Lagonda in Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar.
Gauntlett also led the sales team,
and after some development and a lot of publicity when it became the world's fastest 4-seater production car, was able to sell with success the Aston Martin Lagonda into Persian Gulf states, particularly Oman, Kuwait and Qatar.
Gauntlett also led the sales team,
and after some development and a lot of publicity when it became the world's fastest 4-seater production car, was able to sell with success the Aston Martin Lagonda into the Persian Gulf states, particularly Oman, Kuwait and Qatar.