The Aston Martin DBR2 was a sports racing car built in 1957 as a sibling to the DBR1 but competing in a larger engine class. It grew out of a short-lived Lagonda project, DP166, a multi-tube backbone space frame chassis designed by Willy Watson that had first been meant for the failed Lagonda 4.5 litre V12. Race chief Ted Cutting was asked by John Wyer to build two cars from two of the three chassis, using Tadek Marek new 3.7 litre six-cylinder engine just completed for the forthcoming DB4, and he also designed the all-aluminium bodies. When a 3000 cc limit hit prototype championship racing in 1958 the DBR2s could no longer compete, so David Brown sent both to the United States to promote the DB4.
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The Aston Martin DBR2 was a sports racing car built in 1957 as a sibling to the Aston Martin DBR1
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The Aston Martin DBR2 was a sports racing car built in 1957 as a sibling to the Aston Martin DBR1
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until the chief race car designer for Aston Martin at that time Ted Cutting was asked by John Wyer to build two race cars from two of the three chassis.
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The engines to be used were the new Tadek Marek designed 6 cylinder, 3.7 litre unit.
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