The most beautiful David Brown Speedback GT to take America by storm, and it deserves success.

• Following huge success in Europe, Speedback GT launches in the USA for £495,000 (currently $753,000)
• Speedback will showcase the best of British craftsmanship to American audience at the exclusive Quail Motorsports Gathering rally and concours event
• Announcement of North American launch rounds off Speedback’s recent 1st anniversary celebrations since its European unveiling

Launched in March 2014, Speedback GT from David Brown Automotive heralded a new era for GT models, showcasing a classically styled car with modern mechanicals, reliability and comforts.

Designed, engineered and hand-crafted in Britain, Speedback GT is now launching officially in the United States, after triumphing in Europe both via media reaction and sales.

Displaying at The Quail, the famed motorsports gathering located at Quail Lodge in California, the event will be the perfect place to demonstrate Speedback GT’s merits to the American media and public for the first time. Initially showcasing at the Quail Rally Welcome Reception on 10th August, it will participate in the Rally on 11th and 12th August before the main Quail event on 14th August where it will feature on a stand.

Company founder and CEO David Brown said: “It’s been a fantastic year for Speedback GT since its launch. Having had such a warm reception at a number of world-leading shows in Europe, it is a natural progression to bring the car to an American audience, where we’re sure there will be plenty of fans. We have already received a lot of enquiries asking when we would be bringing the car over so we’re really excited to finally be making the journey across.

“The Quail is the ideal venue to exhibit Speedback GT, with its luxurious, elegant, classic setting that encapsulate the car’s virtues and is full of true  car enthusiasts.”

The culmination of an idea David Brown has been working on for many years, Speedback GT was created by the David Brown Automotive team, including highly-experienced Head of Design, Alan Mobberley. The car, which is hand built in Coventry, proudly uses traditional British materials and craftsmanship. Made to order, Speedback offers an array of exquisite detail including hand-formed panels and hand-crafted interior, as well as some special features such as a fold-down picnic seat.

 “This car appeals to anybody who desires a truly individual sports car, which can boast a fine British pedigree and which will only be produced in limited numbers, thus ensuring the kind of exclusivity associated with Britain’s once proud heritage of traditional, high-quality, automotive coach- building,” commented David.

He added: “Speedback is the realisation of a dream for me, and is the result of skilful and dedicated work by a team of highly talented designers, engineers and craftspeople. The Speedback name perfectly reflects the classic sports car tradition of the past, while also doing justice to the sophisticated silhouette of the car’s hand-built body and unique styling which features among plentiful detail, including a fold-down picnic seat.” 

Priced at £495,000 (currently $753,000), Speedback GT promises exceptional performance and handling, hosting a 5.0-litre V8 supercharged unit with 510bhp and 461lb ft, hitting 0-60mph in 4.6 seconds with a top speed of 155mph.

The David Brown Automotive Speedback GT is one year old, here are some numbers !

• To celebrate the Speedback GT’s first birthday, the David Brown Automotive team has pulled together some impressive year one statistics

No modern car better embodies the wonder of British craftsmanship and the beauty of high-quality, bespoke engineering than the incredible Speedback GT. 

Launched in March 2014 to huge international acclaim, it seems only right to celebrate the first anniversary of the car by looking back at 12 months of amazing achievements and staggering statistics. 

As such, the David Brown Automotive team has been running the numbers on what has gone into creating one very full year of British automotive history. 

It’s a story of fun, hard work and perhaps just a little frivolity!

The lovingly created infographic tells the full story, but there are one or two numbers worthy of note:

• No less than 3,200 man hours go into the production of just one Speedback GT
• Each car boasts 142 bespoke, handcrafted panels
• 15,151 miles of exciting motoring has now been covered by the prototype car
• 237 engineering improvements have been incorporated into Speedback from the prototype to the production model
• 43 journalists have driven the car and, to date, generated 3,467 pieces of worldwide media coverage
• And – in case you wondered – ‘Real Good Looking Boy’ by The Who, was the most played track on the prototype’s sound system!

“It’s been an amazing first year for us; it’s been immense fun, and the blood, sweat and tears shed by the whole team, have all been worth it”, says CEO and Founder, David Brown. “Developing a new car of this quality is no small undertaking and we knew from the outset that it had to be absolutely right. 

Pulling all of these statistics was something we really wanted to do – just to put some numbers on an incredible launch year for the company.”   

The Speedback is currently on display at Retro Classics in Stuttgart, taking place between the 26th and 29th March at Stuttgart’s Landesmesse.