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Aston Martin DB2, DB2/4

The DB2 had debuted as 3 entries in the 1949 Le Mans 24hour race, and was launched at the 1950 New York Show. Frank Feeley designed a 2-seater coupe body for the DB2. Later in 1950 a drophead coupe was introduced and 104 of these were sold, as well as a few with special coachwork. The DB2 was given the 2.6litre WO Bentley designed Lagonda engine. Factory-built racing DB2 cars managed by John Wyer attained class wins in the 1950 and 1951 Le Mans 24 hours race as well as a class win in the 1951 Mille Miglia. At the 1953 London Motor Show David Brown launched the DB2/4, possibly the first car fitted with a hatchback, it was aimed at families because it gave them an extra two occassional seats. From 1954 the DB2/4 was offered with the 2,922cc six cylinder engine. A DB2/4 Drophead coupe was available from 1953. From 1955 the DB2/4 was upgraded into the MkII and offered as the saloon, drophead coupe, and a new fixed head coupe. From 1957 to 1959 Aston Martin sold the DB MkIII with disc brakes, uprated engine, and in all three body styles. In 1959 Aston Martin pensioned off the Claude Hill chassis of the DB2 and introduced the all new DB4 with Superleggera body.

Aston Martin DB2/4 GT MkII - badge on bonnet	Aston Martin DB2 1952. The first 49 cars had a centre grille and two side grilles, but these were integrated into a single grille for the next 360cars.	Aston Martin DB MkIII DHC. Power for the DB MkIII was given by the Lagonda 6-cylinder dohc engine 2,922cc engine. The grille of the DB MkIII was derived from the one on the DB3S	Aston Martin DB2 1952. David Brown had purchased both Aston Martin and Lagonda, and was able to use the WO Bentley designed Lagonda 2,580cc twin cam engine in the 1950 DB2.	Aston Martin DB2/4 1954 Series I. Early DB2/4 cars had a 2.6-litre version of the Aston Martin engine.
Aston Martin DB2/4 1956 Series II. Series II DB2/4 were given a 3-litre version of the straight six engine, with some models tuned up to 165bhp	Aston Martin DB MkIII DHC. Just 84 DHC were built out of 551 DB MkIII	Aston Martin DB MkIII DHC. At this time Aston Martin bodies were built by their own subsidiary Tickford Coachbuilders	Aston Martin DB MkIII FHC	Aston Martin DB2 1952. The DB2 had debuted as 3 entries in the 1949 Le Mans 24hour race, and was launched at the 1950 New York Show. Power was provided by the 2.6litre WO Bentley designed Lagonda engine.
Aston Martin DB2 1952. Frank Feeley designed the 1949 Le Mans Car, and this became the 1950 production car, using a tubular steel chassis.	Aston Martin DB2 DHC. 104 Drophead Coupes were built on the DB2	Aston Martin DB2 DHC	Aston Martin DB2 Saloon. Launched in 1950 and built on a DB1 spaceframe chassis, the DB2 was powered by a Lagonda 2,580cc dohc 6-cylinder engine.	Aston Martin DB2 Saloon, with body designed by Frank Feeley
Aston Martin DB2/4 LML507 1954. The third of 3 cars designed by Franco Scaglione and built by Carrozzeria Bertone for Stanley Harold Arnolt. A similar body design was created by Franco Scaglione as the Arnolt-Bristol.	Aston Martin DB2/4 1954 Series 1. The Series 1 had a tip-up bonnet (like the Jaguar E-type) which opened up right from the bottom of the front wings.	Aston Martin DB2/4 1954 Series I. Aston Martin was ahead of the game in adding a hatchback to the DB2 to create a 2/4-seater car for the DB2/4	Aston Martin DB2/4 Series I. Launched at the 1953 London Motor Show the DB2/4 was intended to be a 4-seater coupe, and pioneered the use of an opening rear hatchback.	Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk II. Introduced in 1955, the MkII had a 165bhp version of the 6-cylinder 2922cc Lagonda engine. On MkII cars the bonnet no longer opens right down to the bottom of the front wings, but only down to the chrome strip on the flanks.
Aston Martin DB2/4 MkII FHC. In 1955 when the MkII version of the DB2/4 was launched the option of a Fixed Head Coupe was given, and only 34 examples were built from 1955 to 1957	Aston Martin DB2/4 MkII FHC. The notchback coupe was only offered on the DB2/4 MkII and just 34 examples were made.	Aston Martin DB2/4 1956 Series II.	Aston Martin DB MkIII FHC	Aston Martin DB2/4 LML507 1954. Designed by Franco Scaglione and built by Carrozzeria Bertone, just 3 were made.
Aston Martin DB2/4 MkII DHC. Based on the Drophead Coupe body, the Fixed Head Coupe had more room than the saloon body because of the more upright roofline	Aston Martin DB2/4 GT MkII. The DB2/4 was a '2+2-seater' variation on the Frank Feeley DB2.	Frank Feeley	Aston Martin Racing	Tickford
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