Aston Martin cuts production

Aston Martin, the maker of luxury sports cars coveted by royals and James Bond, has become the latest manufacturer to cut production amid the global fall in demand, a spokesman said Wednesday - reports AFP.

Workers at the company's factory in Gaydon, have been put on a three-day week.

The cutbacks come less than two months after Aston Martin said it was shedding 600 jobs.

A spokesman said the production cuts were "an open-ended but short-term measure."

Aston Martin sales fell 28 percent last year despite the high-profile use of one of its cars in the latest Bond film "Quantum of Solace."

Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, owns a convertible Aston Martin that has been adapted to run on environmentally-friendly bio-ethanol.

The government on Tuesday unveiled a 2.3-billion-pound support package for the ailing car industry.

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