Road Test
Aston Martin DB9
Test date Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Price as tested £106,000
For Brilliant transmission, looks, packaging
AgainstHeavy brakes and steering
The DB nomenclature was created when David Brown bought Aston Martin in 1947. There was no DB1, and the DB2 went into production in 1950, with the DB2/4 (a 2+2 and therefore the spiritual predecessor to the DB9) arriving in 1953.
Next was the 1958 DB4, which spawned arguably the most evocative Aston of all: the DB4 GT, and the stunning Zagato-bodied version. Then things went downhill: DBS, DBS V8, Lagonda and Virage brought a reputation for surfeit weight and plutocratic excess. The 1996 DB7 was the turning point under Ford’s stewardship, and in 2001 the Vanquish previewed the future.
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