Manufacturer : Aston Martin
Productions : 1948
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Aston Martin DB1 (1948)
May 26, 2012 – 5:19 pm
Aston Martin V8 Zagato (1986)
May 21, 2012 – 5:19 am
Aston Martin V8 Zagato (1986) 1
Manufacturer : Aston Martin
Productions : 1986
Engine : dohc V8, 5341 cc, 432 bhp @ 6200 rpm, 395 lbs-ft @ 5100 rpm
Transmission : 5-speed manual
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The Aston Martin V8 Zagato was first shown as a design at Geneva in 1985. All 50 copies were bought on the basis of drawings and a scale model. Three prototypes appeared a year later at Geneva in 1986.
Technical Specifications
- Suspension
- Front: independent wishbones, coil springs, telescopic dampers, anti-roll bar
- Rear: de Dion axle, Watt linkage, trailing links, coil springs, adjustable telescopic dampers
- Brakes: Servo assisted vented front/rear discs
- Length: 14’5″ (4390 mm)
- Width: 6’1″ (1860 mm)
- Height: 4’3″ (1295 mm)
- Wheelbase: 8’7″
- Weight: 1650 kg (Coupe) 1685 kg (Volante)
- Top Speed: 186 mph
- 0-60 mph: 4.8 sec.
- Price New: £95,000 (Coupe) £125,000 (Volante)
- Production: 52 (Coupe) 37 (Volante)
- Production Dates
- Aston Martin V8 Zagato: 1986 – 1988
- Aston Martin V8 Zagato Volante: 1987 – 1988
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Aston Martin DB3S (1953)
May 16, 2012 – 5:19 pm
Manufacturer : Aston Martin
Productions : 1953
Engine : 133 hp (99 kW) 2.6 straight-6 engine
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The Aston Martin DB3S was a lighter version of the car, introduced in 1953. It was somewhat more successful, and was produced until 1956. Two coupe versions were also built.
The Aston Martin DB3S was replaced in 1956 by the famed Aston Martin DBR1, which finally claimed Le Mans in 1959.
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Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato (1959-1963)
May 15, 2012 – 5:19 pm
Manufacturer : Aston Martin
Productions : 1959-1963
Engine : dohc I-6, 3670 cc; 302 bhp (Aston Martin DB4 GT) 314bhp (Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato) @ 6000 rpm, 240 lbs-ft @ 5000 rpm
Transmission : 4-speed manual DB
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The Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato made its premiere at the 1959 London Motor Show. The car was designed by Aston Martin and used the Superleggera body frame system – aluminium panels on tubular support frames – produced by Carrozzeria Touring of Milan. Although similar to the Aston Martin DB4, the differences added up to a very different motor car.
Technical Specifications
Engine: dohc I-6, 3670 cc; 302 bhp (Aston Martin DB4 GT) 314bhp (Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato) @ 6000 rpm, 240 lbs-ft @ 5000 rpm
Transmission: 4-speed manual DB
Suspension: Front: upper-and-lower A-arms, coil springs, anti-roll bar Rear: live axle, Watt linkage, trailing links, coil springs
Brakes: front/rear discs
Length: 14’4″
Width: 5’6″
Height: 4’4″
Wheelbase: 7’9″
Weight: 1269 kg (2798 Ibs)
Top Speed: 153 mph
0-60 mph: 6.4 sec.
Price New: £ 4534
Production: 75
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Aston Martin V8 Zagato Volante (1987-1988)
May 3, 2012 – 5:19 pm
Aston Martin V8 Zagato Volante (1987-1988) 1
Manufacturer : Aston Martin
Productions : 1987-1988
Engine : dohc V8, 5341 cc, 432 bhp @ 6200 rpm, 395 lbs-ft @ 5100 rpm
Transmission : 5-speed manual
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The Aston Martin V8 Zagato Volante made its debut at the 1987 Geneva Auto Show and was offered at an even more limited run of only 25, although a total of 37 were eventually made due to high demand. Styling changes from the coupe include flip-up front headlight covers and the removal of the hood bulge, which was not required with the less powerful engine. Not all the Aston Martin V8 Zagato Volantes had the flip-up light covers however.
Technical Specifications
- Suspension
- Front: independent wishbones, coil springs, telescopic dampers, anti-roll bar
- Rear: de Dion axle, Watt linkage, trailing links, coil springs, adjustable telescopic dampers
- Brakes: Servo assisted vented front/rear discs
- Length: 14’5″ (4390 mm)
- Width: 6’1″ (1860 mm)
- Height: 4’3″ (1295 mm)
- Wheelbase: 8’7″
- Weight: 1650 kg (Coupe) 1685 kg (Volante)
- Top Speed: 186 mph
- 0-60 mph: 4.8 sec.
- Price New: £95,000 (Coupe) £125,000 (Volante)
- Production: 52 (Coupe) 37 (Volante)
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Aston Martin DB Mark III (1957)
April 25, 2012 – 5:19 am
Manufacturer : Aston Martin
Productions : 1957
Engine : dohc I-6, 2922 cc, 162 bhp @ 5500 rpm
Transmission : 4-speed manual
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Aston Martin DB Mark III was launched at the Geneva Show in March 1957 and was available only for export until it was shown at the London Motor Show in October that same year. Aston Martin DB Mark III was the final development of the cars based on Claude Hill’s chassis and the Lagonda six-cylinder twin overhead camshaft engine. It remained in production for circa nine months after the Aston Martin DB4 was introduced. Some 310 cars were exported to the USA.
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Aston Martin DB6 (1956)
March 19, 2012 – 5:18 pm
Manufacturer : Aston Martin
Productions : 1956
Engine : dohc I-6, 3995 cc, 282 bhp @ 5500 rpm, 288 lbs-ft @ 3850 rpm (Vantage: 325 bhp @ 5750 rpm)
Transmission : ZF 5-speed overdrive manual or Borg-Warner 3-speed automatic
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The Aston Martin DB4 through the DB5, the new model was announced at the London Motor Show in October 1965. The most noticeable styling change on the Aston Martin DB6 was the spoiler – then called a Kamm tail – integrated into the tail of the car, which improved high speed stability. The split front and rear bumpers; a redesigned oil cooler opening in the front valance, a higher roof (136 cm) and longer wheelbase (258.5 cm), 9.5 cm more than the DB5, giving an overall length of 462 cm.
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Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1992)
March 2, 2012 – 5:19 am
Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1992) 1
Manufacturer : Aston Martin
Productions : 1992
Engine : V8, twin-OHC, four valves per cylinder, twin Eaton superchargers
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Aston Martin V8 Vantage, launched at the Birmingham Motor Show in 1992, was the second model to be given this name in its own right, rather than just an uprated version of a current product. The first was the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, the Company Developments version of the Aston Martin DBS.
While this model did bear a passing resemblance to Aston Martin Virage, careful examination would have revealed many differences. The most obvious were external details, the only Virage panels were the door and roof skins.
The frontal aspect had obvious differences, two groups of three headlamps, each group behind a single heated lens while the grille over the opening above the bumper moulding had a unique appearence.
Reaction to the Aston Martin V8 Vantage was predictably enthusiastic, and it certainly generated the right sort of publicity for Aston Martin, though it was the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante version which was the mainstay of production at Newport Pagnell.
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Aston Martin DBS (1967)
February 19, 2012 – 5:18 am
1959 Aston Martin DBR4
February 11, 2012 – 5:19 am
Manufacturer : Aston Martin
Productions : October 1958 – June 1963
Engine : all dohc I-6, 3670 cc, 240 bhp @ 5500 rpm, 240 lbs-ft @4250 rpm; Vantage: 266 bhp @5750 rpm
Transmission : 4-speed manual with optional overdrive or optional Borg-Warner 3-speed automatic
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Work on the DB4 started in 1956, at the same time as the DB Mark III. The key people involved in the development of the DB4 were general manager John Wyer, chassis designer Harold Beach, and engine designer Tadek Marek. Every major component in the DB4 was new. The four-seater body was design by Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, using their ‘Superleggera’ system by which alloy panels are fixed to a tubular frame built onto the very strong platform chassis.
The entirely new car was shown at the London Motor show in 1958, sharing a stand with the DB Mark III which was to continue in production for almost a year. The DB4 was the first production car to capable of 0-100-0 mph in under 30 sec. claiming to reach the 100 mph mark in 21 seconds. A very impressive car that put Aston Martin back in competition with other Mediterranean sports car manufacturers.
A four-seater convertible was announced at the London Motor Show in 1961.