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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]
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 ...
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Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. [23] The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by Singer from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced GWK and Calthorpe vehicles.
Aston Martin racing cars (1 C, 24 P) L. Lagonda vehicles (12 P) Pages in category "Aston Martin vehicles" ... Aston Martin DB9; Aston Martin DB11; Aston Martin DB12;
2002–2004 Aston Martin DB AR1; 2004–2016 Aston Martin DB9; 2005–2018 Aston Martin V8 and V12 Vantage; 2007–2012 Aston Martin DBS V12; 2009–2012 Aston Martin One-77 [1] 2010–2020 Aston Martin Rapide/Rapide S; 2011–2012 Aston Martin Virage/Virage Volante; 2011–2013 Aston Martin Cygnet, based on the Toyota iQ [2] [3] 2012–2013 ...
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.
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.