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The letters "DB" are the initials of David Brown, the owner of Aston Martin between 1947 and 1972. [7] [8] Although the DB9 succeeded the DB7, Aston Martin did not name the car DB8 due to fears that the name would suggest that it featured a V8 engine—the DB9 has a V12. [9]
PistonHeads was founded in 1998 by David Edmonston. Originally petrolheads.co.uk, PistonHeads disrupted traditional print publishing and was one of the first to bring automotive news online. PistonHeads quickly became a go-to website for instant access to the latest news and reviews on performance cars, with popular features like Shed of the ...
The Aston Martin DBR9 is a racing car built by Aston Martin Racing, debuting in 2005 and racing actively in international sportscar racing until the end of GT1 category in 2011. The name DBR9 is derived from the original 24 Hours of Le Mans -winning DBR1 car, named for then-owner David Brown, which not only won the 24 Hour race in 1959 but also ...
Aston Martin Racing is a British auto racing team established in 2004 as a partnership between automobile manufacturer Aston Martin and engineering group Prodrive. The partnership was initially created for the purpose of returning Aston Martin to sports car racing with the DBR9, a heavily modified variant of the Aston Martin DB9.
The legendary 'DB' series of Aston Martin cars, including the DB1 (2 Litre Sports), the DB2, the DB3, the DB4, the DB5, the DB6, and the DBS, were named after Brown using his initials. While at the helm of the Aston Martin company, he used a rival product, a Jaguar XJ Series I, as personal transport as it was cheaper to run.
The company launched a website, Autotrader.co.uk, in 1996, giving people the ability to buy or sell a car online. [ 6 ] British international investment firm BC Partners bought a stake in the business from John Madejski in July 1998 for £260m; then Guardian Media Group , who had acquired Automart in 1982, merged that business with Hurst ...
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The Aston Martin DBS is a grand tourer based on the DB9 and manufactured by the British luxury automobile manufacturer Aston Martin. Aston Martin has used the DBS name once before on their 1967–72 grand tourer coupé. The modern car replaced the 2004 Vanquish S as the flagship of the marque.