The Aston Martin DB2/4 is a 2+2 hatchback / 2-seat drophead coupé / 2-seat fixed head from Aston Martin, built from 1953 to 1957, at the height of the post-war boom. Under the bonnet: 2.6 . Frank Feeley drew it.
Where it came from
The Aston Martin DB2/4 is a grand tourer produced by Aston Martin from 1953 until 1957. It was available as a 2+2 hatchback saloon, drophead coupé (DHC) and 2-seat fixed-head coupé. A small number of Bertone bodied spiders and a coupé were commissioned by American businessman Stanley H. Arnolt II.
Under the skin
Power comes from 2.6 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 99 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Aston Martin DB2; its successor was the Aston Martin DB Mark III; assembly was at Feltham. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Corvette, the Cadillac Eldorado, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Aston Martin catalogue sit the Aston Martin Mark II and the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Aston Martin DB2/4 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.