Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato (1960)
The king of exclusivity shines in red, to make sure you don’t miss it.
Only 20 units were produced and every single one of those sells easily for 1.2 million €.
1959 Le Mans / Carrol Shelby & Roy Salvadori win in the Aston Martin DBR1.
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Aston Martin DBR1 (1958)
Here being driven by Tony Brooks. The DBR1 took 1st and 2nd place at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Valves from the Unknown — Aston Martin DBR3 (1958)
“An Aston Martin, unknown, you say?”
Yes, I say. You probably know about the DBR1 and the DBR4, have you ever wondered about what happened in the middle of these?
The DBR3 was not meant to be the successor of the DBR1. In fact, the DBR3 was a DBR1 underneath, only with a different engine and front end setup. It had a detuned version of the road DB4 car, a 3 liter engine, to be able to compete in the same 3L category as the DBR1.
It had very little success, as the engine proved to be a bit on the unreliable side. And so the only DBR3 ever built was converted back into a DBR1.
Aston Martin DB2 (1953)
“A saloon tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1950 had a top speed of 116.4 mph (187.3 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 11.2 seconds. A fuel consumption of 20 miles per imperial gallon (14 L/100 km; 17 mpg) was recorded. The test car cost £1914 including taxes.”
Aston Martin-Ogle DBS Sport Coupé (1972)
The unusual Ogle Aston Martin was first shown at the Montreal Motor Show in January 1972. The idea behind it came from David Ogle in the 1960’s but it wasn’t until after his death that the project really evolved to a finished car. With the cost of the car being met by the tobacco company, W.O.Wills, the car was designed and built during 1971 under the guidance of Tom Karen.
Based on a DBS V8 chassis, the bodywork was constructed from glassfibre and above the waistline is totally formed from glass supported on a tubular frame of Reynolds 531. The rear panel was made of a single sheet of brushed stainless steel with 22 holes cut into it for the rear lamps. The harder the driver braked, the more lights were illuminated. The headlamps are hidden by panels that drop down when the lamps are in use.
