This, the third book in the series on Aston Martin, records the gradual development of the DBS. This title chronicles the various upheavals that occurred in the company between the years 1972, when Sir David Brown sold the company, its near certain death in 1974, and its revival by the Sprague-Minden-Curtis-Flather consortium. This group took the company to new realms with the mighty 400b.h.p. V8 Vantage, the Towns Lagonda V8 and paved the way to the Gauntlet-Livanos era. Stringent emission laws in the USA excluded the V8 until 1978, but the optimistic suggestions of numbers to be built never manifested itself, despite a ready market in the Arab states.
David Brown took over Aston Martin after the war after having acquired Lagonda. The great racing days followed culminating in outright victory at Le Mans. In 1972 the company was taken over by Company Developments Ltd. and the DB designation could no longer be used. Over the next few years the Lagonda name was briefly revived and high power models introduced. These articles include road tests, new model releases, performance and technical data and driving impressions.
Models covered are, V8, Aston Martin Lagonda, Aston Martin Lagonda Limousine, AM V8, Vantage, Volante, V8 Auto, Bulldog, V8 Vantage, Nimrod Aston Martin.
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