ASTON MARTIN – A GUIDE

Business too. In 1958, the stunning DB4 was unveiled, with styling by Touring of Milan. The body shape and the engine – a 3.7-litre all-aluminium six cylinder unit designed by Tadek Marek – were to become Aston Martin signatures for years to come. As the DB4 led to the DB5 and DB6 – taking in track success with the DB4GT and film superstardom
courtesy of James Bond along the way – so Aston Martin decided to concentrate on road car production. In 1964, sales increased from around 250 a year to peak at 591 in 1966 when the DB6 and DB6 Volante – the first European car with a power hood – went on sale.

In the quest for more power and luxury, a new V8 engine was developed to power the DBS, the first totally new shape from Aston Martin since the introduction of the DB4.

But its arrival coincided with another of those character-building changes for the company. In 1972, David Brown sold Aston Martin to Company Developments, a group of Birmingham-based businessmen. Brown, now Sir David, retained a seat on the board as the DBS was restyled and re-named: the six cylinder car became the Aston Martin Vantage with its bigger engined sister called the Aston Martin V8: the DB prefix was lost.

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