Le Mans, then the title
Five DBR1s carried Aston Martin's works sports-racing programme. One won Le Mans outright in 1959, when the team took the World Sportscar Championship. Each chassis is judged by works results, retained components and later race history.
Market value · road
$20M–$26M
Typical $23M · 0 sales
Market & Price
A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.
Records: 2 documented road sales on file · 2017–2017; estimate band $20M–$26M · good road cars. recorded sale prices · mixed hammer and premium-inclusive basis.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | +8.4% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | -0.4% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | $21M | $23M | $25M |
| +12M | $21M | $23M | $26M |
| +24M | $21M | $24M | $28M |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
2 of 2 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
Floor
$20M
Typical
$23M
Ceiling
$26M
Estimate band for good road cars. 0 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
Band, axis and sale positions shown in recorded USD. Indicative USD range anchored to DBR1/1's documented 2017 result; it is not a statistical market.
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
The ledger records a public auction result only. Private transfers among the other four chassis are not inferred.
Overview
Aston Martin began the DBR1 after the 1955 Le Mans race, moving away from production-based machinery. Ted Cutting drew the small-tube chassis, torsion-bar suspension and aluminium body around a new racing straight-six.
The single 1956 Le Mans entry retired after 20 hours. Wins arrived in 1957 at Spa and the Nürburgring; by 1959 the team had built five cars and resolved enough of the engine and transaxle weaknesses to mount a full title campaign.
Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby won the 1959 24 Hours in DBR1/2, with Maurice Trintignant and Paul Frère second in DBR1/4. Aston Martin also won the World Sportscar Championship before withdrawing its works team at the end of the season.
Reference
HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Aston Martin DBR1 file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
HICON Bids are a member instrument. Sign in to place one.
The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The hands
The people whose work shaped the Aston Martin DBR1.
Race car design chief
Designed the DBR1's spaceframe, suspension package and aluminium body, then led its mechanical development through the three-litre programme.
