DB3 (United Kingdom, 1951)

The Aston Martin DB3 was released in 1951 just in time to replace the larger DB2. Some important efforts had been put into the concept of the race-purpose DB3 and it was a completely new car, even though it used some parts from the DB2 model.
The DB3 series was a project that consisted on the production of 10 cars, which were built with the specific goal of competing on the tracks. The cars raced for two years with limited success and set Aston Martin to begin focusing on the production of race-specific cars. Five of those cars were eventually sold to customers.