Competitors in the Crosshairs
2008 Aston Martin DBS
With the Vanquish vanquished, Aston Martin needed to make a compelling argument to those cross-shopping GTs at the quarter-million dollar mark. The largest and most expensive remaining Aston, the DB9, was therefore made wider, meaner, and faster. Slashed with strakes and scoops, the DBS takes styling cues and mechanical inspiration from the Le Mans-winning DBR9 race car. The DBS generates the numbers promised by a vicious exhaust note and steam roller tires, sprinting to 60 in 4.3 seconds and topping out at 191 mph via a 510-horsepower V-12 generating 60 more ponies than the standard DB9.
Aston is big on the tactile experience; to prod the DBS’s engine to life, you employ a sapphire and stainless steel “Emotion Control Unit”—not an ignition key. The DBS wears a full carbon-fiber suit, a first for Aston, and—borrowing from the competition world—gets carbon-ceramic brakes and adaptive dampers.
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