In the world of grand touring cars, Aston Martin occupies a special place. The English firm has always distinguished itself by its restraint, by the elegance of its creations, by the discretion of its style, by a reserve rarely observed in a universe that willingly abandons itself to exuberance. This book is devoted to DB models. David Brown relaunched the brand with emblematic cars, including some models that later became legendary, like the famous DB5 of James Bond.<\/p>\n
The history of Aston Martin over the past 70 years is organised around eight main designs. They are all strongly typed; directly associated with their creators, and with the nature of the successive owners of the company. Serge Bellu, a specialist in the history of the automobile, has produced a superbly illustrated book on the history of this typically British brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the world of grand touring cars, Aston Martin occupies a special place. This superbly illustrated book focuses on the DB models produced by this typically British brand.
6 Preface
\n8 The DB Label
\n11 Aston Martin Before David Brown (1913–1947)
\n17 DB2: The Origins of the Myth
\n43 DB4, 5, 6: The Italian Firm
\n67 DBS: A New Era
\n85 Virage: A Decisive Turning Point
\n97 DB7: A Change of Direction
\n111 DB9: A Period of Rationalisation
\n131 DB11: A Gentle Revolution
\n151 DB + Z: A Eulogy to Exclusivity
\n170 Aston Martin Statistics: Every Model from 1940 to 2021
\n176 Acknowledgements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38750,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5595,5485],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35630","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cars-transport","7":"product_cat-photography","8":"author-by-author-serge-bellu","9":"author-preface-by-marek-reichman","10":"publisher-the-images-publishing-group","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n