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The talk of heavy green is back! It’s currently worrying the team management.
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I think there was a superstition in America that green cars caused bad luck and might have actually banned them from competing for a time. Good job the likes of Tony Vandervill and Colin Chapman didn’t listen to this!
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Never heard that before and seen plenty of green. US colors were often blue stripes over white or the reverse for many people but green wasn't uncommon at all
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On the plans by Aston to build a new campus, etc. at Silverstone, I noticed an advert in the papers for a bond that they are issuing to raise money for the project. The team's backers obviously want outsiders to pay for it.
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It definitely was a thing back in the day - migrated to Oz too. Didn't stop people from having green race cars, particular if they weren't superstitious.
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Course most people I knew loved British cars and the various greens were popular, and silver. But back Aston, even their pictures it wasn't a great green. Hopefully it looked better in person, but then it's a busy livery so the green has competition |
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Yeah, but I think everyone has thankfully got over it now. Still, a nice story
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Unless the bond is government backed (doubtful) it is not likely to be a capital guaranteed investment. The coupon rate would also likely to need to be quite attractive for the level of risk.. however in the era of almost 0% bank interest rates, as little as 1% seems to be a win these days The big challenge is how to liquify a bond... if it is traded somewhere... or sits in one of those dreaded dark pools where cents on the face value dollar rock. Bonds often have a limited life span as well, with a proper maturity date, putting pressure on the issuer to find a replacement bondholder and/or an alternate source of capital by a known point in time. If the new motorsport equivalent of the Taj Mahal is built by then, and the team is more successful, the valuation and potential of the property may be more favourable for conventional financing.. Still wouldnt be a surprise to see a bank or brokerage mob appear as a team partner at some stage |
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Apparently Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer is about to jump ship and go to Alpine.
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Well we’ll have to watch this space. Quite frankly I would be quite surprised if he did make the switch, although I wouldn’t be surprised if he started a technical partnership with another, but Alpine wouldn’t be one I would think of. Have to see if there is any substance to this story
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Otmar is now denying the rumours, so we’ll have to see what is really happening
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Wouldnt think its too much fun in the green Mercedes team... they lost a boatload of speed from last season.. and constructors points
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