Adding a brand like Aston Marton to their portfolio will position them right up there.

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Mulally's first step is to get rid of distractions like Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo (it's keeping its stake in Mazda) and throw the company's global resources behind the blue oval.

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Meantime, we have a car that looks like a London taxi if Aston Martin built taxis, and that's not a bad thing.

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If Aston doesn't like a company's management team after it's changed it will only keep the stock if it's undervalued or the company is in a niche or offers a vitally important service.

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It's like someone hijacked the essence of the Aston Martin and toned it.

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Like Hart, left-backs Leighton Baines of Everton and Aston Villa's Warnock have one senior cap to their names and are graduates of the England Under-21 side.

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Mr Bellingham, who has worked in the area for a number of years, said it felt like improvements had been made since the murders of Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare in Aston in January 2003, because "a lot of the ringleaders" from that time were sent to prison.

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The 24-year-old Milner, who looks like being a key player for England at this year's World Cup, is trying to emulate Aston Villa team-mate Ashley Young, who won the young player accolade last season.

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