Aston Martin debuted the limited-run V12 Speedster over a year ago, and today it’s introducing a special edition version of the roofless and windshield-less supercar. It’s called the DBR1 ...
Back in the 1950s, Aston Martin was incredibly small British company, but one that benefited from an ambitious owner, David Brown, and a handful of brilliant engineers. No car epitomized Aston's ...
Ever heard of a Texas chicken farmer called Carroll Shelby? Well, the man behind the Shelby Cobra, Shelby Mustang, and GT40 won the 1959 edition of Le Mans driving a DBR1 with British racer Roy ...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran August 7, 2012 Comment Now! Legendary race car drivers Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori died within weeks earlier this year and to mark their passing, as well as celebrate their ...
Aston Martin's DBR1 racing car of the late 1950s was not only highly successful -- it won Le Mans in '59 along with a bunch of other endurance races -- it's also arguably one of the most beautiful ...
Next year, Aston Martin will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans behind the wheel of a DBR1. The 1959 event was spectacular, drawing ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Ewing writes about luxury and performance automobiles. Aston Martin DBR1 is among the two or three sexiest English sports ...
The carbon-fiber-bodied Speedster is pretty neat even without the DBR1 fixings. For something without a windshield (and, for that matter, no fancy airflow management tech like the McLaren Elva), it ...
Out of all the historic, brilliant, and legendary cars Aston Martin has produced in its 60+ years, this is the mecca. The DBR1 earned the marque a host of victories in races like the 24 Hours of Le ...
Aston Martin has tapped into its V12 Speedster to pay tribute to the legendary DBR1, the winner of the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans and the company’s most successful racer. Adorned in the ultra-iconic ...
The annual celebration of glorious motoring days gone by, Goodwood Revival, will see Aston Martin participate with a selection of classic and modern vehicles. Staged at the Goodwood racing circuit in ...
Aston Martin is reportedly developing a high-priced, two-seater speedster inspired by the iconic DBR1 of the 1950s. The Supercar Blog claims to have received word from an inside source that some of ...