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History of the Aston Martin brand

In 1914, the British Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford founded a racing car company. Martin himself raced near Aston Clinton. Hence the famous name of the company “Aston Martin”. The first sports car was assembled in London in 1914. It had a 1.4 liter Coventry-Simples engine and used the Italian Isotta Fraschini chassis.

The release of the second model was carried out in 1920. Aston Martin constantly tested the correctness of design decisions by participating in car races. After the death of Count Louis Zborowski, who financed the company, in 1924, Aston Martin passed to the engineer W.S. Renwick (Renwick). The Italian Bertelli and Renwick developed a 1.5-liter engine with a camshaft at the top. This engine served as the basis for all power units manufactured by the company until 1936.

In 1926, the Aston Martin 11.9 Hp model was born. The Aston-Martin Ulster successfully competed in the 1934-1936 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Autoworld saw the Speed ​​model in 1936. Claude Hill in 1939 produces the Atom car, which was a great success at the London Motor Show.

David Brown in 1947 becomes the owner of Aston Martin, and the first DB car appears, created on the basis of the Atom. The 2.6 liter DB-2 car, developing 105 hp, debuted in 1950 and successfully raced in the 3 liter class. Tadek Marek creates in 1959 the DB4 car with an aluminum engine and two camshafts in the upper part. It turned out the most popular English car in the Gran Turismo class. The 1959 Le Mans race was won by the DBR3.

In 1993, Ford buys Aston Martin. Under the leadership of Ford, Aston Martin increased the production of cars by 10 times. Many components for Aston Martin models were developed by Jaguar Cars, which was owned by Ford. In the spring of 2007, Aston Martin was acquired by two investment companies from Kuwait, while Ford retained part of its shares. Jaguar was sold to the Indian concern TATA.

In 2010, a new 4-door Aston Martin Rapide model equipped with a V12 engine is released. Three years later, an agreement was signed with Daimler AG, according to which the German company would supply the British with their engines and chassis. The first Aston Martin model to use Mercedes racing technology was the DB11 supercar, which was announced at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show.