From Making Tractors to James Bond
When David Brown answered a small ad in The Times in late 1946, he didn’t realise his initials would eventually be transformed into two of the most evocative letters in automotive history. The advert offered a sports car company for sale (for £20,000), and Brown was sufficiently interested to make an offer, bringing the expertise he had gained in building gearboxes and tractors to a far more glamorous world. In early 1947, Brown bought Aston Martin, attracted by the possibilities and potential of this famous British marque.
The first DB car was originally named as the “Two Litre Sports”, although history now knows it as the DB1. Outright winner of the 1948 Spa 24 Hours, the production model that followed cemented an auspicious relationship between the track-going Aston Martins and their road car siblings; each supported the other while bringing innovation, performance and elegance to customers.
The DB1, however, simply paved the way for the DB2 of 1950, an elegant and contemporary saloon version of the successful race cars. The DB2 sowed the seeds of a shape that was to evolve over many decades, doing away with any visual hangover from pre-war cars. In contrast, the car that bore the name DB3 was never intended for the road. First introduced in 1951, this beautifully engineered machine evolved first into the DB3S and then the DBR1, the Aston Martin that conquered Le Mans in 1959 in the hands of Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori.
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From Making Tractors to James Bond
When David Brown answered a small ad in The Times in late 1946, he didn’t realise his initials would eventually be transformed into two of the most evocative letters in automotive history. The advert offered a sports car company for sale (for £20,000), and Brown was sufficiently interested to make an offer, bringing the expertise he had gained in building gearboxes and tractors to a far more glamorous world. In early 1947, Brown bought Aston Martin, attracted by the possibilities and potential of this famous British marque.
The first DB car was originally named as the “Two Litre Sports”, although history now knows it as the DB1. Outright winner of the 1948 Spa 24 Hours, the production model that followed cemented an auspicious relationship between the track-going Aston Martins and their road car siblings; each supported the other while bringing innovation, performance and elegance to customers.
The DB1, however, simply paved the way for the DB2 of 1950, an elegant and contemporary saloon version of the successful race cars. The DB2 sowed the seeds of a shape that was to evolve over many decades, doing away with any visual hangover from pre-war cars. In contrast, the car that bore the name DB3 was never intended for the road. First introduced in 1951, this beautifully engineered machine evolved first into the DB3S and then the DBR1, the Aston Martin that conquered Le Mans in 1959 in the hands of Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori.
AS ALWAYS....COMMENTS & INVITATIONS with AWARD BANNERS will be respectfully DELETED!