The Aston Martin DP215 is a prototype sports car that Aston Martin built in 1963 for grand touring style racing, alongside the similar DP214 and as a replacement for the DP212. Only one was made, on a DB4 GT chassis, slightly lighter than the DP214 and powered by the larger 4.0-litre Tadek Marek inline-six. At the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans it retired in the third hour with a broken transmission, but in practice Phil Hill was recorded at 319.6 kilometres per hour down the Mulsanne Straight, and the car remains the fastest front-engined Aston Martin ever built. The single example survives and sold at auction in 2018 for 21.455 million dollars.
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is a prototype sports car built by Aston Martin for grand touring-style racing in 1963
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is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers
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is a prototype sports car built by Aston Martin for grand touring-style racing in 1963
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is a prototype sports car built by Aston Martin for grand touring-style racing in 1963
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Only a single example was built, which survives today.
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Only a single example was built, which survives today.
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the larger 4.0-litre Tadek Marek Inline-6-cylinder engine
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is a prototype sports car built by Aston Martin for grand touring-style racing in 1963
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is a prototype sports car built by Aston Martin for grand touring-style racing in 1963
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is a prototype sports car built by Aston Martin for grand touring-style racing in 1963
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is a prototype sports car built by Aston Martin for grand touring-style racing in 1963
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