Aston Martin
DP214

Why it matters

The two DP214s were Aston Martin works GT cars built to take on Ferrari's GT entries. Although each carried a DB4GT chassis number to satisfy the regulations, the chassis was entirely different from standard. At Monza, Roy Salvadori's DP214 beat the works Ferrari 250 GTO.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Photos

Exterior, interior and detail photos with their licences.

• Aston Martin DP214 (Wikimedia Commons: Aston Martin DP214)
  Photo: Calreyn88 · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Aston Martin DP214 (Wikimedia Commons: Aston Martin DP214)
  Photo: Kevin Decherf from Nantes, France · CC BY-SA 2.0

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

The DP214s followed DP212 with a further enlarged engine moved back eight inches, a David Brown S432 four-speed gearbox, and a weight 13 kg below DP212. Both cars raced through the 1963 and 1964 seasons. They won the Coppa Inter-Europa and the Coupes de Paris, and at Monza in the three-hour race supporting the Italian GP Salvadori's car beat the works 250 GTO.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

The two works cars carried DB4 GT chassis numbers, 0194 and 0195, to satisfy GT regulations, although the frames were not standard DB4 GT items: the box-section chassis was drilled and fitted with aluminium floorpans, and the engine sat eight inches further back. The bodywork has a low nose cone with a smaller radiator opening and a large Kamm tail. At Daytona in 1964 chassis 0195 wore a pale orange nose and door stripes to tell it from 0194. Only 0194 survives; 0195 was scrapped after its 1964 Nurburgring crash. Three replicas exist: one built in 1991 and wrongly presented as a rebuilt 0195, and a 2010-2014 build on a 1961 DB4 (DB4/618/R) that carries that DB4's chassis number and registration. A car offered as a DP214 therefore has to trace to 0194.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   1963 Aston Martin DP214 - Images, Specifications and Information Level B ultimatecarpage.com

   • Numbers built: 2
   • 3.7 litre version of the familiar straight six, which produced a hefty 317 bhp

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   RM Sotheby's lot catalogue: 1963 Aston Martin DP215 (Monterey 2018) Level B

   • 2 DP214 project cars created

   Accessed 2026-11-11
3. 3
   1961 Aston Martin DP214 Replica GT Competition Coupe, lot 38 Level C Bonhams · 2017-03-19

   • The only surviving DP214 (chassis '0194') is in a private collection
   • surviving DP214 ... has a 3,760cc unit

   Accessed 2026-11-12
4. 4
   1963 Aston Martin DP215 Grand Touring Competition Prototype Level B RM Sotheby's

   • fitted with a David Brown S432 four-speed gearbox
   • David Brown S432 four-speed gearbox

   Accessed 2026-11-11
5. 5
   1963 Aston Martin DP215 Grand Touring Competition Prototype, Monterey 2018 Level C RM Sotheby's

   • box-section chassis was drilled, aluminum floorpans attached

   Accessed 2026-11-12
6. 6
   1963 Aston Martin DP214 Level B Supercars.net

   • 317bhp car to achieve 186mph down the Mulsanne straight

   Accessed 2026-11-12