A classic 1963 Aston Martin DB4 GT model has sold for £620,000 ($1,001,000) at an auction in Arizona.
The classic Aston headlined a massive £12.1 million haul as part of RM Auctions� �The British Are Coming� sale held in Pheonix last week.
View images of some of the star cars of the £12.1 million car auction in Arizona
The gorgeous Aston Martin DB4 GT is the last GT model to be built and sold by Aston Martin�s Newport Pagnell factory, and is one of only six GTs known to have full factory lightweight construction details.
The DB4 GT comes with a 3.7-litre straight-six engine developing 302bhp � up from the standard car�s 240bhp � making it one of the fastest cars in the UK in its day.
The modified DB4 will complete the 0-62mph sprint in just 6.1 seconds � 0.2s off the pace of a 2009 Ford Focus RS � and will top out at 153mph.
But this DB4 GT isn�t just about monster pace � inside the glorious Aston gets �Connolly� leather and Wilton wool carpeting, together with an additional oil temperature gauge and rev counter which goes up to 8,000rpm.
These GT-badged Aston Martin DB4�s �represented a strong challenge to the dominance of Ferrari in GT racing�, and enjoyed massive success driven by the likes of Sir Stirling Moss and Jim Clark.
The DB4 GT was one of a host of priceless motors which preceded the two-day event in Pheonix, including a 1991 Ferrari Testarossa, a Shelby Cobra and a 1933 Rolls-Royce.
Click on the image gallery to view cars which sold at last week�s auction.
Vijay Pattni.
We were at the 2009 RM Auctions event in Battersea - which raised a whopping £10.9 million. Click below for images
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