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Absolute Perfection – Aston Martin DBS

By George Skentzos |

Highly acclaimed as arguably the world’s most beautiful car, the DB9 was the pinnacle of Aston Martin performance – until now.

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The first glimpse of this beast came in the movie Casino Royale and ever since then die-hard enthusiasts have been eagerly anticipating its public debut.

Powered by the same venerable 6.0L V12 engine found in the DB9, the engine has been tweaked to produce 380kW – almost 20kW more than the DB9. These modifications include a ‘by-pass’ engine air intake port that opens above 5500rpm to allow more air into the engine, and re-profiled air inlet ports that further improve airflow into the combustion chamber.

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On top of the power increase, a generous amount of carbon-fibre has seen the DBS shed nearly 65kg over the DB9 to a weight of 1695kg. The performance coupled with the weight reduction hurtles the DBS to 100km/h in just 4.3 seconds and on to a 191mph (302km/h) top speed, making it a true supercar.

Stay tuned in the coming week for a full and comprehensive review of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage.

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All images of the DBS in this article are hi-res (~1.0MB) as God intended.

Source: MotorAuthority


 
  • Keith

    This car is just incredibly beautiful, both inside and out.

  • Myke

    Amazing,
    It was so sad to see this car getting totaled in Casino Royale, especially considering JB had only driven it for like 10km’s, didn’t even get close to it’s first service :D !

  • falcon

    This car is on top my list of my dreamcars list, its stunning, really those pictures are just car porn

  • Frugal One

    Give me a Ferrari anyday, a 599 Fiorano would shit all over this.

    AND, it has pedigree history etc etc

    Cheers

    F-0

  • JW

    I think this looks infinitely better than a 599, Frugal One.

  • Foggy

    hubba hubba… this will go down in history as another AM classic, it’s not just about raw performance, it just oozes class.

  • falcon

    putt a 599 and this DBS next to each other, the aston makes the ferrari look butt ugly, and 10 bucks says you would pull a bigger crowd with the aston then you would with a ferrari

  • jbot

    I’d take the DBS (or a DB9 for that matter) over a 599 anyday. It looks absolutely stunning, and as Foggy said they ooze class. And seriously, you wouldn’t even notice the difference in performance between the 599 and the DBS. 0-100km/h time difference of 0.6s (4.3 to 3.7) would not be noticable unless you were on a track racing the two cars.

  • Grumps

    The Aston is all class whereas the Ferrari is all ass :)

  • http://www.caradvice.com.au George

    You don’t compare cars such as Ferrari’s and Aston’s, you just buy one for everyday of the week.

  • http://www.caradvice.com.au tony

    the 599 is one of my favourite cars and yes, it would probably out perform the DBS on a track, if that’s your thing.

    That said, the 599 will never look like an Aston Martin and that’s why I’d take the Aston in a heartbeat, given the choice.