Some DB6 Mark 2 were built with the optional Vantage engine – only distinguished by a discreet badge on the wing vent. Instead of the triple SU HD8 carburettors and 8.9 to 1 compression ratio, the Vantage engine has three Weber 45 DCOE’s and a compression ratio of 9.4 to 1; enough to produce 325bhp, or so it was claimed. Another option, fitted to 46 of the cars was the AE Brico fuel injection system although this was not properly developed and many of these cars were later converted to Weber carbs by the Service Department. It is very rare but not impossible to see a DB6 Mark 2 complete with it’s original fuel injection system.

One think of note is that the DB6 Mark 2 uses the figure ‘2’ in it’s name which is at odds with updated versions of previous cars which used roman numerals such as the DB2/4 Mark II and Mark III.