DB2 sets pulses racing by fetching Aston-ishing pounds 550k at auction.AN Aston Martin Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury performance cars, whose headquarters are at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England. The company name is derived from the Aston Clinton hill climb and one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin. DB2 has sold for a record price of pounds 550,000 at an auction where almost pounds 11million was spent on rare motors. The 1950 car raced at Le Mans and took part in the Mille Miglia. It was one of 84 classics featured in the RM Auctions event in London, held in association with Sotheby's. The top sale was a 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR The Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was a supercar and race car built by Mercedes-AMG, performance and motorsports arm of Mercedes-Benz. Intended for racing in the new FIA GT Championship series in 1997, the CLK GTR was designed primarily as a race car, with the road cars necessary in order Roadster, the only righthand-drive example built, achieving pounds 616,000, followed closely by a 2005 Mercedes CLK CLK Clock CLK Clerk CLK CDC2-Like Kinase CLK Corel RAVE (file extension) CLK Chep Lap Kok (Hong Kong airport) CLK Ceska Lekarska Komora (Chech) GTR GTR Guitar GTR Gamertag Radio (gaming community radio show) GTR Guided Tissue Regeneration GTR General Theory of Relativity (physics) GTR Génie des Télécommunications et Réseaux Coup, selling for pounds 522,500. Another Merc, a 1969 600 Pullman Landaulet Lan`dau`let´ n. 1. A small landau. , surpassed its pre-sale estimate of pounds 60,000 to achieve a remarkable pounds 308,000. RM Europe managing director Max Girardo said: "It's fair to say that the collector car market is still remarkably strong." CAPTION(S): RACING TO A RECORD: The Aston Martin DB2, above, once took to the track at Le Mans. Only 411 of these models were built between 1950 and 1953 |
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