Beschreibung:

The need to widen the appeal of the already-successful DB2 resulted in the launch in October 1953 of the 2+2 DB2/4. Extensive revisions to the car's rear end arrangements made room for two occasional seats and more luggage, the latter being accessed via a hatchback rear door - one of this now-common feature's earliest applications. With the backs of the rear seats folded flat, a platform measuring approximately 50" x 40" was created. "This transformation gives the Aston Martin DB2/4 an unrivalled luggage carrying capacity in a car which should be capable in favourable conditions of achieving two miles a minute," observed The Motor before concluding that, "the DB2/4 can truthfully claim to be the fastest car in the world capable of carrying two people with a month's luggage." In addition, a raised roofline, one-piece windscreen, larger bumpers and other detail styling changes differentiated the newcomer from its predecessor. Otherwise, the DB2/4 remained much the same as the DB2, employing the latter's rectangular-tube chassis, trailing arm independent front suspension and well-located live rear axle. The 2.6-litre six-cylinder twin-cam power unit - designed under W O Bentley's auspices while the great man was at Lagonda - came in tuned (125bhp) Vantage specification as standard for the DB2/4. A total of 565 DB2/4 MkI cars were produced before the arrival of the MkII in October 1955. The vendor advises us that this right-hand drive example was in the USA for 5-6 years - seeing only gentle use there - before returning to the UK in the recent past. Finished in red with black interior, the vehicle is presented in good condition in every respect and offered with Swansea V5 registration document.