There’s a lot to find fault with here. For such a quintessentially British car, the driving position is distinctly Italian, offering insufficient room for your right leg and a steering wheel that only adjusts for rake when it really needs reach control too.
No one would question the DB7’s elegance, but nor would they call its rear cabin room generous. The truth is, no adult will complete a journey in the back of a DB7 in anything less than acute discomfort. Many won’t be able to climb into the deeply dished buckets at all. Forget teenagers and, indeed, anyone who finds short trousers embarrassing.
The boot is rather small and shallow by class standards, but should suffice for two on an informal holiday.Airbags won’t be available until next year – a bad omission in a luxury car costing £80,000. All the other essentials are there, from leather to air-conditioning, although we were surprised to see the CD stacker came from the options list.
If the finest materials wrapped in a beautiful shape are more important to you than gadgets, you will have little problem convincing yourself of its value.
