Whilst certainly more masculine in appearance than its sister, the DB9, many thought the V12 Vanquish had a visual edge. Yet, point to point, the DBS V12 was claimed to be a faster car which is probably correct — it was 0. This does not include the eight known prototype and development cars and neither does it count the six known DB9 prototypes that were used during the early development of the DBS V Where the car becomes especially interesting is in the range and combination of basic specifications.
In , part way through the MY run, the Touchtronic 2 gearbox became an option which by MY became the default choice. Whilst the permutations are by no means endless, the mix of model year, hand of drive, transmission and seating configuration actually make studying the DBS V12 really very worthwhile indeed.
The raw figures are this, built over a 5-year period with being left-hand drive. This leaves with right-hand drive but not all of these were supplied for the UK market. The graph shows the MY split of righthand and left-hand drive. Almost all of the 30 MY cars were factory demonstrators. The MY cars are made up of three partial years, , The next important consideration is the split between those cars supplied as manual and those supplied with Touchtronic 2 transmission.
The manual is the scarcer of the two but maybe not as much as many would expect. A grand total of DBS were built with the manual gearbox , which is more than a third of the total build.
Of course, to begin with, the car was launched as manual and significant numbers of Touchtronic 2 cars were only produced from about chassis number E A few words about the seating configuration. If space allowed, we could keep breaking down various combinations of cars but you would probably soon get bored, so, we will give you a flavour of the most common and also the rarest combinations that you may encounter.
For the UK only 27 cars with two seats and Touchtronic 2 were built. The Carbon Edition was a later development of the Carbon Black but with the additional options of Flame Orange and Ceramic Grey in either gloss or satin paint finish. In total 84 were sold, all but two with Touchtronic 2 transmission; both of the manual Carbon Edition cars were left-hand drive, built for the North American market.
Rarest of all are manual Ultimates: of the 59 built, so far as we can ascertain, there is just one with a manual box and that is also a left-hand drive North American spec car.
Of the rare highly limited UB coupes 10 built and Dragon 88 coupes eight built all were built with Touchtronic 2. Being a Bond car twice over, the colours used on the film cars were very popular. This number actually includes the 10 especially made for the film so making them especially desirable, even though these cars are not actually a licensed product.
Black is the most prominent colour, skewed by all the Carbon Black cars. The single most common colour is Storm Black closely followed by Casino Royale , the launch colour Lightning Silver and Quantum Silver There are 36 other colours used that only feature on a single example.
Sandwiched between the iconic V12 Vanquish and the more advanced Vanquish it has maintained its desirability because of the Bond connection, its sharp styling and the dirtiest of exhaust notes.
It also featured some notable and interesting Aston Martin firsts. The economic slowdown that affected sales of high-end cars including Aston Martins limited the production of the DBS V12 for its entire lifespan. This is perhaps why it is such a rare car and especially desirable with the now trendy old school manual gearbox.
Tim Cottingham has published another Registrars corner in Aston Martin Quarterly Magazines Winter edition, and they have allow it to be republished with permission here click here. Interested in the almighty V12 Vantage and its Production numbers? You can find that article here. Check out the information here. Tim is the Aston Martin Heritage Trust registrar and keeper of the data.
Tim also runs the great website AstonMartins. When I am on his site hours disappear as I read through the great information and photos. You should definitely check it out. You can learn more about the AMOC including how to join at www. AMQ magazine is one of the great benefits of membership and you can read more articles like this written by other Aston enthusiasts.
Very informative. The DBS is something I would love to aspire to but the difference in cost however and the frequency I use my 9 would probably mean my other half would have Micky fit. Lovely never the less. Like Like. Never knew that only one was made in that colour. The manual DB9 was first offered in the US starting in From it was an option to have a DB9 made with a manual gearbox with only about total units produced.
There are only about that were actually brought to the USA. It would be nice the have an accurate breakdown of car options and production figures like you had in your DBS article since the ones I mentioned are not precise. Hi Jay. I agree, it would be great to see more details on the DB9 models.
Thanks for the information. As an owner I often pondered the question. My dealer did send me an advert for a similar spec car to mine. Hello Jean-Nicolas. Thank you very much Tim! You are soooo lucky to have access to this database.
I would play with it for hours and hours. Many thanks! The Trust is finding a way, even in these times of GDPR to make the information more available to marque enthusiasts. I served my apprenticeship on AstonMartins. Many auto journalists have said over the years that the DB9 was the prettier of the two cars and I definitely agree.
The DB9 was never a numbers car. No one bought it because it was the fastest or most advanced luxury GT available. So why make a marginally faster and uglier car in the way of the DBS?
Just have a moment to share some info on the DB9 manual. It is a very rare car. Of the 10, or so DB9 coupes, less than were manual. Of the 6, odd Volantes, a shade over were manual. The AMHT only has raw data at the moment. Later this year when I get more time, I will have the opportunity to look more closely at the DB9. Like Liked by 1 person. Seller information. Contact seller Contact seller. See other items See other items. Item Information Condition:. Time left: 2d 23h The listing has ended.
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