Various auction houses sold off millions of dollars worth of
vintage cars during Monterey Car Week, including a $15 million
McLaren F1, but this Aston Martin has smashed a record. With a final sale
price of $22.6 million, this 1956 DBR1 Roadster has become the most expensive
British car in the world.
What makes this particular Aston Martin so sought after? To
start, only five were ever made to compete in the World Sportscar Championship
endurance series. In fact, this is chassis number 01 and it also happens to be
the same car that won the Nürburgring 1,000 Kilometer race in 1959. Built under
David Brown, the initials behind so many of Aston Martin's "DB"
series of cars, it would go down in history as one of the most important Aston
Martins ever built.
Aston Martin's motorsport icon would go on to place on the
podium in numerous races through 1959 before being sold off to Aston
Martin Owner's Club President John Dawnay in the 1960s. The car traded hands a
few times before its most recent owner—prior to the sale—outfitted it with a
reproduction engine to take part of the Goodwood
Revival. The original engine block was included with the sale, however, and
the entire car remains in extraordinary condition with every
period-correct component.
RM Sotheby's had the honor of selling the car at its first
public auction. Additionally, it's now the most-expensive car to be auctioned
off in 2017 thus far, and it will take another real rarity to climb past $22.6
million.
source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1112236_1956-aston-martin-dbr1-roadster-breaks-record-to-become-most-expensive-british-car-in-the-world
by Sean Szymkowski
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