Aston Martin DB4, DB5 and DB6: The Complete Story (Crowood AutoClassic S.) - Softcover

The legendary Aston Martins, including the James Bond DB5 and the Zagato-bodied DB4 GT, are chronicled here with complete specs, road tests, driving impressions, photos and illustrations. Get the lowdown on the creation and evolution of the models that made the name, and the personalities behind the cars. Contains specially commissioned color photos and tips on buying and restoration.

Jonathan Wood has been writing and researching the history of the British motor industry all his working life. He has some 35 books to his credit, has twice won the Guild of Motoring Writers' Montagu Trophy, and is a two-time recipient of the US-based Society of Automotive Historians' Cugnot Award. A founder member of the staff of Classic Car magazine, he ran an MGA as his company car. Over the past 30 years he has given illustrated talks on motoring history to old car clubs and branches of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. In 2005 he presented the Institution's Sir Henry Royce Memorial Lecture to mark the publication of his biography of Alec Issigonis, creator of the Morris Minor and Mini. Now living in Ludlow, Shropshire, he combines his automotive enthusiasms with writing and lecturing on local history.