David Brown Automotive
Limited Company | |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 2013 |
Headquarters | Coventry, England |
Products | Limited Edition Automobiles |
Owner | David Brown |
Website |
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David Brown Automotive is a British manufacturer of limited edition automobiles in Coventry, England, belonging to British businessman David Brown (British Entrepreneur).
The company announced the Speedback, its first model, in March 2014 in London.[1] The vehicle's public debut was at the Top Marques show in Monaco on 17 April 2014.[2][3] Despite sharing a similar background in engineering, and the same name as previous owner of Aston Martin, there is no family connection between the two companies.
Speedback GT
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Speedback is the first model announced by David Brown Automotive. Launched at the Top Marques Show in Monaco in April 2014, it is an Aston Martin DB5 or DB6-styled car built on a Jaguar XK alloy platform.[4] The announced price is £495,000 plus local taxes.[5] The company sources its production to British-based suppliers and builds the cars on Jaguar supplied XKR rolling chassis, complete with powertrain but without a body. The company has announced it will never produce more than 100 Speedbacks.
Speedback was designed by ex-Jaguar Land Rover designer Alan Mobberley.[6] The bespoke bodies of Speedbacks are produced using traditional coach building methods; the aluminium body panels are hand beaten and then rolled over an english wheel. The bucks over which the panels are beaten have been milled out using a 5-axis CNC milling machine from CAD data.
The drivetrain is a 5.0-litre Jaguar AJ-V8 engine generating 510 bhp (380 kW; 517 PS) with a six-speed automatic transmission. It can accelerate 0-to-60-mile-per-hour (0 to 97 km/h) in 4.6 seconds.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Wolfcale, James (12 February 2014). "David Brown Automotive is building a new Jaguar-based sports car". Road & Track. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ Zientek, Henryk (5 April 2014). "David Brown Automotive's Speedback recalls classic Aston Martin DB6". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ Gibbons, Duncan (17 April 2014). "Look: Gorgeous new supercar built in Coventry makes Monaco debut". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ↑ Rendell, Julian (27 March 2014). "David Brown Automotive Speedback sports classic looks, modern performance". Autoweek. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ "£495k list price for David Brown Automotive Speedback GT". MSN Cars. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ Graves, Stephen (11 April 2014). "David Brown Speedback GT is an Aston Martin DB5 for the 21st century". Stuff. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ↑ Garlitos, Kirby (10 February 2014). "2015 David Brown Automotive Project Judi". Top Speed. Retrieved 12 February 2014.