DBR1

2013 Evanta Aston Martin DBR1 front angle
Auctions & Sales

Evanta Aston Martin DBR1 to be Auctioned at Silverstone

April 24, 2018 Staff Comments Off on Evanta Aston Martin DBR1 to be Auctioned at Silverstone

Silverstone Auctions is excited to announce that a very special Evanta Aston Martin DBR1 is coming to its May Sale on May 19th at Silverstone racing circuit. Built as a near exact replica of the original Aston Martin DBR1, famed for its success during the late 1950’s in the hands of legends including Sir Stirling Moss and Carroll Shelby, the stunning recreation was crafted from scratch by the Evanta Motor Company, owned at the time by car designer and ‘Wheeler Dealers’ presenter, Ant Anstead. A genuine 1956 DBR1 sold at RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction last year for $22,550,000 inclusive of the buyer’s fee. This made it #7 on the list of the 10 most expensive cars to sell at auction, just ahead of a 1955 Jaguar D-Type. To date, this is also a record for the most expensive British car ever to be […]

Monterey - Lot 148 - 1956 Aston Martin DBR1
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Sotheby’s Monterey Sees Aston Martin DBR1 Reach Record

August 21, 2017 Staff Comments Off on Sotheby’s Monterey Sees Aston Martin DBR1 Reach Record

RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction will be one for the record books after selling the most important Aston Martin ever produced during Friday night’s festivities. Part of a grouping of absolutely stunning competition Aston Martins, the 1956 Aston Martin DBR1/1 crossed the block to achieve $22,550,000, setting a world record for any British automobile sold at auction.

VotW - Aston Martin DBR1 - A British Racing Rarity
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VotW – Aston Martin DBR1 – A British Racing Rarity

August 10, 2017 Staff Comments Off on VotW – Aston Martin DBR1 – A British Racing Rarity

Our video this week comes from Petrolicious. The video, Aston Martin DBR1 – A British Racing Rarity, was produced in partnership with RM Sotheby’s. In this six-minute video, they go for a lively ride in one of Britain’s (if not the world’s) most beautiful automobiles. I just can’t beat what they already have to say about this car and experience, so I am just going to hand it over to them.

Stirling Moss pictured behind the wheel of an Aston Martin DBR1 - a car he took to victory in 1959
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Aston Martin DBR1 Could Become Most Expensive British Car

July 2, 2017 Staff Comments Off on Aston Martin DBR1 Could Become Most Expensive British Car

It has been described as ‘the most important Aston Martin ever produced’. And in August this 1956 DBR1 could also become the most expensive British car ever when it goes under the hammer at one of the year’s biggest auctions. It will be sold at RM Sotheby’s flagship Monterey sale taking place on August 18 and 19 during the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance motoring week in the US.

VotW £65 Million Worth of Aston Martin DNA at the St Athan Plant
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VotW: £65 Million of Aston Martin DNA at St Athan Plant

May 3, 2017 Michael Carnell 1

Our Video of the Week for this first week of May comes via Aston Martin. Watch an incredible celebration of Aston Martin’s heritage, bringing together 28 very special Aston Martins with a combined value of £65 million in a film produced to celebrate the transfer of ownership of the three super hangars at St Athan. The Aston Martin Vulcan was the first car to turn a wheel at the site of the British luxury carmaker’s second UK manufacturing plant at St Athan in South Wales recently, signaling the start of the redevelopment of the former MOD site into a state-of-the-art facility. The appearance of the Aston Martin Vulcan though was just the start of an incredible celebration of Aston Martin’s heritage, which brought together 28 very special Aston Martins with a combined value of £65 million in a film produced […]