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Ford could announce as early as this week the sale of its Aston Martin luxury performance cars unit for more than £450 million ($1.27 billion), a source says.
Motor racing firm Prodrive, working with Egypt's Naeem investment bank, is frontrunner to buy the British maker of cars made famous by the James Bond movies, although other bidders such as UK buyout firm Doughty Hanson are still in the running.
