{"id":490711,"date":"2009-06-01T13:30:58","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T13:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=47017"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:45:58","slug":"the-db-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-db-era\/","title":{"rendered":"The DB\u2008Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ArtEvans.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-769194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ArtEvans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ArtEvans.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ArtEvans-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ArtEvans-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ArtEvans-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>During the fifties, Aston Martin produced sports cars with the designation, DB, which, of course, stands for David Brown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to the 2-door hardtops\u2014called saloons by the factory\u2014a series of open sports cars, actually sports racers (later called sports racing cars), were constructed, raced by the factory and sold to private entrants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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