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With development of the second-generation of DB 6-cylinder sports cars nearing its end, Aston Martin turned to the Italian Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, creator of the original DB4 of 1959, for the next model. Touring built a pair of two-seater prototypes, one right- and one left-hand drive (2661R and 2662L, respectively) which were displayed at the Paris, London, and Turin Motor Shows in 1966. The struggling Italian firm was already in receivership and would close at the end of the year, making these unique Aston Martins the last of its important commissions.Touring’s Superleggera-bodied prototype 2662L had appeared on the Aston Martin stand at Earls Court, alongside the DB6 Volante, wearing DBS number plates, this break with existing nomenclature being justified by the fact that the “fast two-seater” was intended for only limited production. Logically, the mainstream production model that followed should have been called the DB7, but by the time it appeared in 1967, the press and public had got used to the name DBS, which was duly retained for the William Towns-designed four-seater.To avoid confusion, the Touring two-seaters were subsequently redesignated DBSC by the factory.
