Aston Martin bought by Peter Ustinov after Oscar win set for £1m auction - Daily Mail
140mph Aston Martin bought by Peter Ustinov after he won Oscar is set to go under the hammer for £1million DB4 put British cars back on map going 140mph and 0-60 in nine seconds Bought in 1962 after Ustinov won best supporting actor Oscar for... This is £570,000 MORE than the price paid for the Aston Martin when it was sold at a London auction in 2011. Engineers had fitted the car with a 3. 7-litre engine developing around 240bhp, giving it a 0-60mph time of nine seconds and a top speed... It was the first Aston Martin to be produced in Newton Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, which is where it will go on sale at Bonhams auction house on May 9 at the annual Aston Martin sale. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
