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The letters "DB" are the initials of David Brown, the owner of Aston Martin between 1947 and 1972. [7] [8] Although the DB9 succeeded the DB7, Aston Martin did not name the car DB8 due to fears that the name would suggest that it featured a V8 engine—the DB9 has a V12. [9]
Volante is the name given to convertible versions of various Aston Martin automobile models from 1965 onwards. They include: Short Chassis Volante (1965–1966) Volante (DB6-based) (1966–1971) V8 Volante (1978–1989) V8 Vantage Volante (1978–1990) (Virage) V8 Volante (1992–1996) DB7 Volante (1996–2004) DB9 Volante (2004–2016) DBS ...
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The Aston Martin DB9 is arguably one of the world's best-looking cars, but its V12 engine, originally designed by Ford in the 1990s, is getting long in the tooth. Photo credit: Aston Martin. This ...
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"Although it succeeded the DB7, Aston Martin did not name the car DB8 due to fears that the name would suggest that it featured a V8 engine—the DB9 has a V12." - The first part of the sentence is a dangling modifier (Aston Martin did not succeed the DB7; the DB9 did). whoops, fixed.
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1929–1932 Aston Martin International; 1932–1932 Aston Martin International Le Mans; 1932–1934 Aston Martin Le Mans; 1933–1934 Aston Martin 12/50 Standard; 1934–1936 Aston Martin Mk II; 1934–1936 Aston Martin Ulster; 1936–1940 Aston Martin 500-litre Speed Models (23 built) The last 8 were fitted with C-type bodywork; 1937–1939 ...