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  2. Aston Martin DBR1 - Wikipedia

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    The Aston Martin DBR1 is a sports racing car built by Aston Martin starting in 1956, intended for the World Sportscar Championship as well as non-championship sportscar races at the time. It is most famous as the victor of the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans , Aston Martin's only outright victory at the endurance classic.

  3. 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans - Wikipedia

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    Aston Martin Ltd. Stirling Moss Peter Collins: Aston Martin DB3S: Aston Martin 2.9L S6 299 3 S 3.0 12 Scuderia Ferrari: Olivier Gendebien Maurice Trintignant: Ferrari 625 LM: Ferrari 2.5L S4 293 4 S 5.0 5 Equipe Nationale Belge: Jacques Swaters Freddy Rousselle Jaguar D-Type: Jaguar 3.4L S6: 284 5 S 1.5: 25 Porsche KG Graf Wolfgang von Trips ...

  4. Aston Martin DB2/4 - Wikipedia

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    The Aston Martin DB2/4 is a grand tourer produced by Aston Martin from 1953 until 1957. It was available as a 2+2 hatchback saloon, drophead coupé (DHC) and 2-seat fixed-head coupé. A small number of Bertone bodied spiders and a coupé were commissioned by American businessman Stanley H. Arnolt II .

  5. Aston Martin DB2 - Wikipedia

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    The Aston Martin DB2 is a grand tourer that was sold by Aston Martin from May 1950 until April 1953. The successor to the 2-Litre Sports model , it had a comparatively advanced dual overhead cam 2.6 L Lagonda straight-6 engine in place of the previous overhead valve engine straight-four engine .

  6. List of James Bond vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Aston Martin DB5: James Bond The right-hand drive gadget-filled Aston Martin DB5 inexplicably returned in 2012's Skyfall. Two gadgets are shown on this vehicle, the ejector seat and two front-firing machine guns. This is the first time machine guns have been used in action since 1964's Goldfinger. This car is destroyed in the climactic battle ...

  7. Aston Martin DBR4 - Wikipedia

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    The engine drove the rear wheels through a proprietary David Brown gearbox, provided by Aston Martin's owners. A total of four Aston Martin DBR4/250s were built between 1957 and 1959, with three surviving to date. Recognising their failings, the Aston Martin race team reworked the DBR4 into the DBR5 for the 1960 season. The DBR5 was smaller and ...

  8. Aston Martin - Wikipedia

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    In August 2017, a 1956 Aston Martin DBR1/1 sold at a Sotheby's auction at the Pebble Beach, California Concours d'Elegance for US$22,550,000, which made it the most expensive British car ever sold at an auction, according to Sotheby's. [184] The car had previously been driven by Carroll Shelby and Stirling Moss. [185] [186]

  9. List of 24 Hours of Le Mans records - Wikipedia

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    Highest average race speed by a winner: 225.228 km/h (140 mph) Audi R15+ TDI in 2010: Highest average lap speed (qualifying) 251.881 km/h (157 mph) Kamui Kobayashi with a Toyota TS050 Hybrid in 2017: Highest average lap speed (race) 248.628 km/h (154 mph) Mike Conway with a Toyota TS050 Hybrid in 2019: Highest top speed: 407 km/h (253 mph)