This Aston Martin DB4 GT is a modern tribute to an F1 legend

This is a 2018 Aston Martin DB4 GT Continuation, a retro-modern take on an iconic car driven by Sir Stirling Moss in the 1950s.

Inspired by the original GT driven by Sir Moss, this DB4 GT looks like it was built in the 1950s, but it’s actually a modern car.

Each car takes around 4,500 hours to complete, and only 25 were built

This one is available from SBX Cars.

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The DB4 GT you see here is a tribute to the original DB4 GT that won at Silverstone in 1959 with Sir Stirling Moss at the wheel.

It was shorter, lighter and more powerful than the standard DB4.

The engine a 4.2-liter inline-six with a four-speed manual, produces 340 horsepower, which is plenty enough even by today’s standards.

It’s also important to note that Aston Martin built these DB4 GT Continuation cars as track-only cars, but this one is actually street-legal.

It was modified by a company called R-Reforged to make it usable in the UK and the EU, and the process is fully reversible.

Only 25 were ever built and this one, finished in Moonbeam Silver with a brown leather interior, has only done three kilometers, which means it is effectively brand new.

Why the Aston Martin DB4 is underrated

Also, perhaps a bit counter-intuitively, the DB4 and the DB5 had a lot less in common than people assume.

It had a totally different engine, and it didn’t use a tubular chassis.

Aston built 1,204 DB models in total, which makes it just as rare as the DB5.

But because of the James Bond factor, or – in this case – lack thereof, the DB4 is sometimes overlooked, but it is an extremely valuable car.

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