type limited company industry automotive founded 2013 headquarters coventry england products limited edition automobiles owner david brown website www.davidbrownautomotive.com david brown automotive is a british manufacturer of limited edition automobiles in coventry england belonging to british businessman david brown british entrepreneur . the company announced the speedback its first model in march 2014 in london . 1 the vehicle s public debut was at the top marques show in monaco on 17 april 2014 . 2 3 despite sharing a similar background in engineering and the same name as previous owner of aston martin there is no family connection between the two companies . contents 1 speedback gt 2 see also 3 references 4 external links speedback gt edit speedback gt at goodwood revival september 2014 speedback is the first model announced by david brown automotive . launched at the top marques show in monaco in april 2014 it is an aston martin db5 or db6 styled car built on a jaguar xk alloy platform . 4 the announced price is 495 000 plus local taxes . 5 the company sources its production to british based suppliers and builds the cars on jaguar supplied xkr rolling chassis complete with powertrain but without a body . the company has announced it will never produce more than 100 speedbacks . speedback was designed by ex jaguar land rover designer alan mobberley . 6 the bespoke bodies of speedbacks are produced using traditional coach building methods ; the aluminium body panels are hand beaten and then rolled over an english wheel . the bucks over which the panels are beaten have been milled out using a 5 axis cnc milling machine from cad data . the drivetrain is a 5.0 litre jaguar aj v8 engine generating 510 bhp 380 kw ; 517 ps with a six speed automatic transmission . it can accelerate 0 to 60 mile per hour 0 to 97 km h in 4.6 seconds . 7 see also edit list of car manufacturers of the united kingdom references edit wolfcale james 12 february 2014 . david brown automotive is building a new jaguar based sports car . road & track . retrieved 12 february 2014 . zientek henryk 5 april 2014 . david brown automotive s speedback recalls classic aston martin db6 . the huddersfield daily examiner . retrieved 7 april 2014 . gibbons duncan 17 april 2014 . look gorgeous new supercar built in coventry makes monaco debut . coventry telegraph . retrieved 17 april 2014 . rendell julian 27 march 2014 . david brown automotive speedback sports classic looks modern performance . autoweek . retrieved 27 march 2014 . 495k list price for david brown automotive speedback gt . msn cars . retrieved 23 april 2014 . graves stephen 11 april 2014 . david brown speedback gt is an aston martin db5 for the 21st century . stuff . retrieved 11 april 2014 . garlitos kirby 10 february 2014 . 2015 david brown automotive project judi . top speed . retrieved 12 february 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title david brown automotive & oldid 737508908 categories car manufacturers of the united kingdomhidden categories use british english from october 2014use dmy dates from may 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 september 2016 at 08 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view