{"id":1779677,"date":"2026-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1779677"},"modified":"2026-02-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:00:00","slug":"lunaz-has-restored-an-aston-martin-db6-and-given-it-a-5-0-litre-straight-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1779677","title":{"rendered":"Lunaz has restored an Aston Martin DB6 and given it a 5.0-litre straight-six"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A company that earned its spurs restoring and outfitting classic British motors with electricity has revealed its latest project: a classic British motor with \u2013 [gasp!] \u2013 a stonking great petrol engine.<\/p>\n

Lunaz is back, and for its 50th commission has ushered in its old friend, the Aston Martin DB6. But where its previous DB6 commissions were electrified, this one \u2013 for the first time \u2013 ups the ICE power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And where it was once a 4.0-litre straight-six with around 282 horsies, it is now \u2013 as you\u2019ve no doubt gathered from the headline \u2013 a 5.0-litre straight-six. With 350bhp.<\/p>\n

Lunaz has tweaked the suspension, brakes and steering, too, and gone to town on the DB6\u2019s shapely form. The client who commissioned this particular car \u2013 the first of only a \u2018limited\u2019 number of \u2018First Edition\u2019 cars \u2013 wanted a unique green paintjob, sculpted arches, and soft gold accents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Inside the restored cabin you\u2019ll find silver switchgear, mother-of-pearl inlays, cashmere, suede, and of course leather.<\/p>\n

While Lunaz\u2019s previous chapter was a fairly tumultuous one (shuttering the bit that aimed to electrify bin lorries and buses, sending staff home), this 5.0-litre DB6 marks \u201ca new chapter\u201d for the Silverstone-based company. A new chapter that now appears to be open to both ICE power and electrons in a \u201cpowertrain-agnostic approach\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe founded Lunaz to preserve, enhance, and reimagine the world\u2019s most celebrated cars, allowing them to be driven and cherished for generations,\u201d said boss David Lorenz. \u201cThis DB, our 50th commission and the first petrol project leveraging our Formula One derived expertise, is a watershed moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Downtown Abbey: across London in the electric Lunaz Phantom<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A company that earned its spurs restoring and outfitting classic British motors with electricity has revealed its latest project: a classic British motor with \u2013 [gasp!] \u2013 a stonking great petrol engine. Lunaz is back, and for its 50th commission has ushered in its old friend, the Aston Martin DB6. But where its previous DB6 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1779677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1779677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1779677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1779677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1779677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}