Chase Auto Finance Partners with Aston Martin the Americas on New Financing Program

GARDEN CITY, NY--October 17, 2011: Chase Auto Finance and Aston Martin the Americas announced today an expansion of their relationship with Chase becoming the exclusive provider of financing for Aston Martin's first U.S. retail subvention program.

“With an award winning model line-up and exciting new products, such as Virage, Vantage S and the four-door Rapide we are delighted to offer through Chase Auto Finance the opportunity for many new customers to experience owning and driving an Aston Martin.”

Chase's arrangement with the British luxury car company to provide retail subvention financing now allows Aston Martin's thirty-two U.S. participating dealers to provide customers with attractive interest rates to finance new purchases of the brand's award-winning high performance sports cars.

"We are excited to expand our offering to Aston Martin dealers across the country and pleased to support the company's first retail subvention program in the U.S. as their preferred lender," said Marc Sheinbaum, chief executive officer for Chase Auto Finance. "Chase has served the Aston Martin brand for many years and we are committed to helping them increase new car sales by offering more affordable financing options to their customers."

Julian Jenkins, Vice President, Aston Martin the Americas added, "With an award winning model line-up and exciting new products, such as Virage, Vantage S and the four-door Rapide we are delighted to offer through Chase Auto Finance the opportunity for many new customers to experience owning and driving an Aston Martin."

As a full-service provider, Chase Auto Finance offers prime to sub-prime financing, dealer floorplan, commercial banking and treasury services.

About Chase

Chase Auto Finance, together with its affiliates, is one of the leading bank providers of auto financing in the country. Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.2 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. Chase serves consumers and small businesses through 5,200 bank branches, 16,200 ATMs, mortgage offices, and online and mobile banking as well as through relationships with auto dealerships and schools and universities.

About Aston Martin

Founded in 1914, Aston Martin sports cars were always intended from the outset to have a distinctive and very individual character. The brand has stayed true to these values since, creating some of the world's most iconic sports cars, such as the DB5 famously associated with James Bond to modern classics such as the Vantage, DB9, DBS and four-door Rapide. These cars are joined in 2011 by Vantage S and the new Virage, plus Aston Martin's definitive sports car - the One-77; a piece of sculptural automotive art that is the ultimate representation of the company's technical ability, ambitions and values.

Aston Martin remains at the forefront of contemporary manufacturing, a cultural force that embodies design and engineering excellence, and a brand with a truly special heritage. Renowned around the world, Aston Martin enters the next decade with the promise of radical innovation and change, without losing the core qualities that make this strong, independent British brand so widely revered.