One of Aston Martin's maximum iconic fashions - the DB4 GT - is to be celebrated with a unique series of 25 tune-handiest continuation vehicles constructed to light-weight specification with the aid of Aston Martin Works at Newport Pagnell.
Launched in 1959, the Aston Martin DB4 GT become without delay celebrated as one of the rarest and maximum revered of all Aston Martins. Evolved from the manufacturing DB4 and added within the identical year Aston Martin scored its historical outright win in the Le Mans 24 Hours, the DB4 GT turned into a true supercar of its day. Shorter, lighter, sleeker and with a greater effective version of the mythical 3.7-litre immediately-six engine, not best changed into the DB4 GT Britain's fastest passenger sports vehicle, it changed into a born winner, scoring a debut race victory at Silverstone inside the hands of Sir Stirling Moss. A general of 75 DB4 GTs had been built among 1959 and 1963. Of those simplest eight had been light-weight models, maximum of which continue to exist today, and values now effortlessly exceed £3m.
Remaining faithful to the design of those original eight manufacturing unit lightweights, every DB4 GT continuation may be constructed with Aston Martin Works' unrivalled enjoy and exemplary attention. Employing a blend of old global craftsmanship and modern techniques, continuation motors advantage from enhancements in engine performance, coping with, braking and safety, with great care taken to ensure these improvements construct upon the unique's fantastic traits while maintaining its feel and character.
Underlining that authenticity are the continuation vehicle VIN numbers, which keep on from the final original Aston Martin DB4 GT ordered - Chassis 0202R - for an unbroken bloodline and impeccable Newport Pagnell-constructed pedigree spanning half of a century.
At its coronary heart is a model of the celebrated Tadek Marek-designed instantly-six cylinder engine with spark plugs per cylinder, transmitting its 340bhp to the rear wheels through a 4-velocity manual transmission and constrained-slip differential, just as in the unique DB4 GT Thanks to its shortened wheelbase the DB4 GT is a strict -seater blessed with greater agility than the everyday 4-seater DB4. Its frame follows the original construction, with thin-gauge aluminum panels fitted over a tubular body. To improve the accuracy and consistency of the panels, the continuation car's bodywork uses modern day virtual era, earlier than being hand-completed in time-honoured lifestyle.
Fittingly for a car created to celebrate one in all Aston Martin's most illustrious opposition models, the Aston Martin DB4 GT Continuation is built to be enjoyed on course. Aston Martin Works has created a -year international music riding programme held at a number of the world's finest race tracks, inclusive of the superb Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. The closing arrive-and-pressure enjoy, clients can also take advantage of Aston Martin's dedicated motive force training team. Comprised of expert teachers, along with Aston Martin Racing's more than one Le Mans magnificence winner (and Goodwood Revival normal) Darren Turner, they will help clients grasp using techniques from an generation when song driving changed into greater art than science.
Paul Spires, Commercial Director, Aston Martin Works said of the DB4 GT Continuation programme: "For over 60 years Aston Martin Works has committed unrivalled skill and enjoy to retaining Aston Martin's historical past. Now we're growing some thing for the future, with a special collection of 25 continuation automobiles that commemorate one among Aston Martin's finest automobiles - the DB4 GT Lightweight. Built in our recently refurbished, modern centers in Newport Pagnell, the DB4 GT Continuation is hand built in the equal place as its illustrious forebears, and marks the return of manufacturing to the ancient domestic of Aston Martin for the first time since the ultimate Vanquish S become finished in 2007. Combining the authenticity of a home made David Brown generation car with sympathetic utility of modern engineering advancements and overall performance enhancements, the DB4 GT Continuation is a fusion of conventional design and modern methods. The end result is a simply notable device. One that offers 25 individuals the possibility of commissioning a classic, built to trendy day requirements and ready to be enjoyed in an worldwide track driving programme as bespoke and person as the vehicles themselves."
Dr Andy Palmer, Aston Martin President and CEO commented: "Aston Martin has a rich and colourful historical past, as you'll assume from a organization that has been building some of the sector's best sports cars for 103-years. Of those the DB4 GT sticks out as one of the most coveted of all. It's a mark of Aston Martin's breadth of talents that inside the identical year we launched the DB11 - our maximum superior 'DB' manufacturing automobile ever - we can also embark on an adventure inclusive of the DB4 GT Continuation. A challenge that faucets into the particular passion and abilities that exist inside Aston Martin, I'm thrilled we've got the imagination and functionality to offer 25 fanatics the precise possibility to fee their personal piece of Aston Martin history."
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