The Aston Martin Atom was a prototype car built by Aston Martin, begun in 1939 and completed in 1940, and one of the first fully functional concept cars ever built. Commissioned by managing director R. Gordon Sutherland and designed under chief engineer Claude Hill, it aimed to be a small enclosed saloon with good road manners, so it stressed light weight and a rigid chassis and broke with body-on-frame construction by using square and rectangular steel tubing throughout. Aston Martin applied for 27 patents on its technologies. Its chassis was the basis of the 2-Litre Sports of 1948 and then of the DB2, DB2/4 and DB Mark III into the late 1950s. David Brown is reported to have decided to buy the company after driving it in 1947.
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The Aston Martin Atom is a prototype automobile built by Aston Martin (AM).
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Construction of the car began in 1939 and was completed in 1940.
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In June 2014 the Atom was put up for auction by Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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The goal was to produce a small enclosed saloon that was comfortable and possessed good road manners.
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an instance of the new four-cylinder engine that would later power the Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports model
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The Aston Martin Atom is a prototype automobile built by Aston Martin (AM).
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