The Aston Martin DB2 was a grand tourer sold by Aston Martin from 1950 to 1953. It succeeded the 2-Litre Sports, later called the DB1, and replaced that car pushrod four-cylinder engine with a dual overhead cam 2.6 litre straight-six taken from Lagonda, whose design W. O. Bentley had supervised. The body was a fastback closed coupe that Aston Martin called a sports saloon, styled by Frank Feeley on a shortened tube-frame chassis by Claude Hill, and a drophead coupe followed later in 1950. In all 411 were made. Works cars raced at Le Mans, Spa and Sebring between 1949 and 1951, and an optional higher-output engine became the first Aston Martin Vantage upgrade.
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The Aston Martin DB2 is a grand tourer that was sold by Aston Martin from May 1950 until April 1953.
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The Aston Martin DB2 is a grand tourer that was sold by Aston Martin from May 1950 until April 1953.
Production
The DB2 debuted at the New York Auto Show in April 1950 and continued in production until April 1953, by which time 411 had been made.
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It was available as a closed, 2-seater coupé which Aston Martin called a sports saloon, and later also as a drophead coupé
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and later also as a drophead coupé, which accounted for a quarter of the model's total sales.
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it had a comparatively advanced dual overhead cam 2.6 L Lagonda straight-six engine in place of the previous pushrod four-cylinder.
Development and racing
In its original form the Lagonda straight-6 had a 78 mm (3.07 in) bore and 90 mm (3.543 in) stroke, and produced about 105 hp (78 kW) with dual SU carburettors.
Performance
A closed coupé tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1950 had a top speed of 116.4 mph (187.3 km/h)
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