Maandagavondsnoep: the beautiful Aston Martin DB3S

Posted on 07-03-2016 at 21:59 by MauritsH – 13 Comments”

Time for something different.

Now Aston Martin is just a new era has ushered in, to AM standards, quite progressive DB11, it is a nice moment to look back at gems from the past. At classic Astons are icons like the DB4 Zagato and DB5 are high on the list, but right also this DB3S.

This thoroughbred racer is actually an upgrade of the very successful DB3. Contrary to what you might expect, there are of the DB3S 31 copies were built. Still be quite a number of so. 11 remained in the u.s. this year, 20 pieces were sold to privateers.

In 1953, the car presented. Le Mans ran that year not very smooth for the British brand, but in other races was the beautiful DB3S a lot more successful. 1954 was a less years, but in 1955, picked up the racer again some fine victories. Then the DB3S not to join the competition and so it was time for its replacement, the DBR1.

Under the hood of the DB3S is a 3.0 six-in-line, good for more than 220 hp. The car weighs only 850 kg, so that wanted very forward. The same is true for the value of this historic racer. In 2009 a copy under the hammer for 2 million dollars. Another chassis went in 2012 to 3.7 million USD on of owner and, finally, in 2014, a DB3S afgehamerd to a staggering $ 5.5 million.

Apart from the racehistorie and the rarity, of course, there is only one legitimate reason to make as much money for a car down to explain: the appearance. That sits at the DB3S or moustache. Certainly in the green, this is a car that can measure up with the legendary Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa. Check out the gallery and judge for yourself.

Gallery: Aston Martin DB3S classic

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