The Aston Martin DB6 is a 2-door 2+2 coupé / four-seat convertible (Volante) from Aston Martin, built from 1965 to 1971, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Under the bonnet: 4.0 . Federico Formenti at Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera drew it.
The story
The Aston Martin DB6 is a grand tourer made by British car manufacturer Aston Martin and was produced from September 1965 to January 1971. The "DB" designation is from the initials of David Brown who built up the company from 1947 onwards. The DB6 succeeded the Aston Martin DB5 and featured improved aerodynamics and specification over its predecessor.
What is underneath
Power comes from 4.0 . It weighs 3250 lb. It shifts through a 5-speed ZF Friedrichshafen / ZF Manual transmission / manual / 3-speed Borg-Warner Automatic transmission / automatic. 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 101.5 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Aston Martin DB5; its successor was the Aston Martin DBS (1967–1972) / Aston Martin DB7; assembly was at Newport Pagnell, England, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Ford Bronco, the Ford Transit, the Nissan Silvia — 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 DB6 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.