Two Classic Aston Martins

Aston Martin is the most well known and perhaps greatest ever British luxury sports car manufacturer. The company is perhaps most well known for having several of their sports cars featured in many James Bond movies over the years, helping to raise the awareness and coolness factor of the company's cars. The company is quite old and was actually founded in 1913, making it older even than Ferrari. Over the years the company has survived WWI, WWII, and a brief acquisition by the Ford Motor Company. We have take a look at a couple of the most classic cars this British automaker has produced.

The first car we included on our list is the Aston Martin DB5 model. We chose this model because it was the first ever car to be a James Bond car and has been featured featured in several other James Bond films since then. The DB5 was produced between 1963 and 1965 and reached a total production number of 983. There were three different body styles the car could be purchased in: 2 door 2+2 coupe, 2-door convertible, and 2-door shooting brake.

The next car on our list is the Aston Martin DB1, the very first car in the popular DB model series. The car wasn't initially called the DB1, but was instead called the Aston Martin 2-Liter Sports, a slightly less attractive name. This is one of the rarest Aston Martin cars ever produced as there were only 15 units sold. The DB1 was only available as a 2-seat roadster and was produced between 1948 and 1950. The last three units sold were actually special ordered while the DB2 was being produced because the customer wanted a soft top car and the DB2 was only available with a hard top.

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