Driven: Aston Martin DBS

9 March 2009

Last week we shot it, this weekend I drove it. The Aston Martin DBS is the meaner sister to the DB9, lighter, rougher and sportier. Despite the weight loss and power increase, the DBS still feels rather big and intimidating on UK roads, and would be more at home on an empty motorway in Oman. The blistering speed and acceleration was clearly enjoyable, but made me wish I was making use of it at Le Mans, where the DBR9 proved that Aston was serious again about motor-sport.

Definitely one of the most beautiful contemporary cars, no doubt:

Got to love the “emotion control unit”, sorry the $1,000 key fob made of sapphire crystal, stainless steel, and piano black trim. Plug it into the dashboard and push for a mesmerizing combination of V12 sound and instrument panel light display: