The New Aston Martin DBS is expected to look like familiar, as it should, sharing its basic underpinnings with the Aston DB9 sports car. But the car got some changes and looks like that one, that was revealed in the latest film about James Bond Casino Royal. Aston’s new flagship also gets bulging wheel arches to house the standard, 20-inch Pirelli P-Zero tires.
The DBS’s 6.0-liter V-12 makes an impressive 580 horsepower, enough to launch you to 60 in just 4.3 seconds. That’s a full half-second faster than the brand’s previous speed king Vanquish.
The new car is not only quicker, but better braking and better handling than the Vanquish. Perhaps as significant as the 0-60 times, the DBS pulls a full half-minute off lap times at the grueling Nuerburgring, in Germany.
Thus Aston expected to hit a record 7000 this year in sales. They want to open the automaker’s first design studio, which will help support a product development program that has actually been stepped up since Aston spun off from Ford Motor Co. earlier this year.
Only one car per dealer - a total of 124 worldwide - will be produced, and only in a unique silver paint scheme.
Then there’s the V8 Vantage N400, which honours the Nurburgring. Getting a modest performance boost, it’s going from 380 to an even 400 horsepower.
2009 Aston Martin DBS Specifications
| 2009 Aston Martin DBS Base Coupe Performance & Efficiency Standard Features | ||
| - 5,935 cc 5.9 liters V 12 front engine with 10.9 compression ratio, double overhead cam and four valves per cylinder - Premium unleaded fuel 91 - Multi-point injection fuel system - 20.5 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 17.1 - Power: 380 kW , 510 HP SAE @ 6,500 rpm; 420 ft lb , 570 Nm @ 5,750 rpm | ||
| 2009 Aston Martin DBS Base Coupe Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features | ||
| - Four-wheel ABS - Brake assist system - Ceramic brakes - Four disc brakes including four ventilated discs - Electronic brake distribution - Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management - Immobilizer - Rear limited slip differential - Driver selectable responsive suspension - Stability control - Wishbone front and rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs - Tire kit | ||
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