Editing DB (car) (section)

==Light-weight engineering==
The business produced light [[sports car]]s, originally in steel or aluminium but subsequently with [[Glass-reinforced plastic|fibreglass]] bodies mainly powered by [[Panhard]] flat-twin engines, most commonly of 610, 744, or 848&nbsp;cc. Deutsch was a "theoretical engineer who had a natural instinct for aerodynamics," while Bonnet was a more "pragmatic mechanical engineer".<ref name="A-Z">{{cite book | title = A to Z of Sports Cars | first = Mike | last = Lawrence | publisher = Bay View Books | location = Bideford, Devon | pages = 91–92 | year = 1991 | isbn = 1-870979-81-8 }}</ref>

The fibreglass bodies covered a tubular central beam chassis made from steel, with front wheel drive and four wheel independent suspension directly lifted from the Panhard donors.<ref name=scimp>{{Cite book | title = Standard Catalog of Imported Cars, 1946-1990 | first = James M. | last = Flammang | publisher = Krause Publications, Inc. | location = Iola, WI | pages = 184–185 | year = 1994 | isbn = 0-87341-158-7 }}</ref> Until 1952 all DBs had been intended for competition purposes only.