Road Test
Aston Martin DBS
Test Date 13 February 2008
Price When New £160,000
Verdict
By putting such distance between it and the DB9 in price and name alike while mentioning it in the same breath as its Le Mans class-winning DBR9 racers, Aston Martin is making promises about the DBS that it has difficulty honouring at times. But none of this makes it a bad car or even, once you’ve figured it out, a disappointing one.
It is, if you like, the optimal DB9, a touring car that’s been honed to have a sharper edge but whose natural environment remains the open road, not the mountain pass.
Calling this car the DB9S and charging £30,000 less for it would have reflected its positioning and abilities with much greater accuracy and resulted in a more positive outcome from this test. Even so, with time and miles it soon becomes clear that it is, in fact, Aston’s greatest GT to date.
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