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"  Aston Martin is seeking additional funding to the tune of more than $490 million in the form of high yield bonds which will largely be used to refinance existing bank loans in an effort to `clean up&amp;#039; its capital structure, according to sources close to the deal. Sales increased marginally in 2010 to 4184 cars from 4000 in 2009 as a result of it broadening the product range to include additional models like the four-door Rapide; production of which is being transferred from Magna Steyr in Austria to Aston&amp;#039;s Gaydon facility in the second half of 2012. In a tersely worded statement Aston Martin chief executive, Dr Ulrich Bez said: &amp;quot;In 2008 we had facility restrictions at Gaydon which indicated that production of Rapide at Gaydon would likely compromise production of our other cars. We were not prepared to do this.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Now, three years on things are very different \u2013 Gaydon is more established, more flexible and more efficient. While our overall volume has not changed significantly, we now produce a far richer model mix \u2013 eight model lines (plus five variants) compared to three model lines (plus two variants) in 2008 \u2013 so Rapide production is now possible.&amp;quot; Or could it be that sales of the Rapide, and other models in the portfolio, haven&amp;#039;t been as strong as anticipated three years ago..? Related posts:   Aston Martin to Wage War at N\u00FCrburgring Quick Take: 2011 Aston Martin Rapide Aston Martin 24 Hour Test on Saturday  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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