Makers of various Bond mobiles and one of the cooler British car brands could be up an alley without a spark plug.

Fears for the future of the Aston Martin car brand were heightened after Investment Dar, the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund that owns half of the luxury carmaker admitted it was struggling to refinance its debt reports the Guardian.

The fund was part of a consortium including former racing driver Dave Richards, investment banker John Singers and Adeem Investment that bought the brand at the top of the market. As well as Dar seeing large write downs on other investments, right now there are just not enough thrilled Bond wannabes who are prepared to part with the sort of cash Astons require.

Aston Martin in peril as owner Investment Dar runs out of cash [The Guardian]