A BIG DEAL

Martin van der Zeeuw meets the Atom, the unique prototype that convinced David Brown to buy Aston Martin

‘Sutherland had personally owned 90 cars, and was determined to combine their best features in his prototype’

Photography Simon Clay
THE ATOM


It’s hard to believe that this is an Aston Martin. It doesn’t exactly set the heart aflutter, and its styling is neither in the tradition of the pre-war Astons nor particularly indicative of what was to follow. But there’s no denying that the...

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