Aston Martin’s magnificent top-secret 1957 racer was a potential Le Mans winner but was sidelined by a lack of time and, later, by rule changes within the sport This car looks right and, when you get in, the cockpit feels right. Generously proportioned and businesslike, everything is set up for comfortable racing, with a big … Read more…
We take to the track in the most famous career racer, 2 VEV. Racing since Le Mans 1961, and the ultimate DB4 GT Zagato, 2 VEV is everyone’s favourite Aston. We drive it on track Approaching the legendary 2 VEV – most purposeful, longest and lowest of the DB4 GT Zagatos – the first thing … Read more…
Stirling Moss won with this DB4 GT Lightweight on its racing debut in 1960. Experience the mighty Equipe Endeavour Aston Martin as it takes you back to the early days of British GT racing. Goodwood, Easter Monday, i960 – the immaculate and deafeningly loud Aston DB4 GT leads the field round for the ten-lap Fordwater … Read more…
A drive in 62 EMU, one of the famous racing Astons of all time, reveals that myths are based on fact. It’s like being handed Van Gogh’s Starry Night. I mean the real thing – brittle canvas, lumpy paint, faded frame, the whole deal – and asked to carry it around for a day. Nightmare. … Read more…
When retired Aston the Martin V8 after finally 20 years, it was well past its prime, resembling an old pop star, a faded idol clinging to a greying fanbase. Production had fallen to just a dribble and was a grave concern for Victor Gaundett. Even Giuseppe Mittino’s 1986 V8 Zagato, as startling and modern as … Read more…