Most Americans first became aware of England's Aston Martin sports car when James Bond drove a 1964-65 DB5 model in early Bond movies. But the very classic 1958-63 Aston DB4, which the DB5 strongly resembled, was the first all-new Aston since David Brown bought -- and saved -- the automaker in 1947.
Most Astons long have had a "DB" prefix because -- you guessed it -- those were Brown's initials, although he sold the automaker in 1972 just before the big fuel crunch and new government regulations caused the U.S. exotic sports car market to nearly crash.
Aston Martin had a history dating to 1917, and auto racing enthusiast and England's Brown bought the financially troubled …
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