1969 Aston Martin DB6
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Baujahr1969
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AutomobiltypCoupé
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LenkungLenkung rechts
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ZustandGebraucht
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Markenfarbe außenWeiss
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InnenfarbeSonstige
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Standort
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AußenfarbeSonstige
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GetriebeManuell
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Antrieb2wd
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KraftstoffPetrol
Beschreibung
Coys Auction - True Greats
Royal Horticultural Halls
Elverton St
Westminster
London SW1
Thursday 4th December 2008
The DB6 marked Aston Martin‘s first real departure in body shape from a design that first appeared as the DB4 in 1958. The DB5 that followed was a truly beautiful car with impressive performance but Aston Martin felt that a wider market required increased front and rear leg room, always a criticism of the DB4/DB5. In order to achieve this the platform chassis was lengthened, increasing wheelbase by almost four inches. This also meant a change of structural design at the rear of the car, like the DB4, the DB5 used the Superleggera method of construction by stylist Touring of Milan, whereby aluminium body panels were attached to a lightweight steel tube frame, but the DB6‘s extended rear necessitated a stronger and more rigid structure using folding sheet metal frames.
Power was provided by the same 3,995cc twin o