The Aston Martin DBS was originally available between 1967–1972. It was offered
with two engine options: the regular six-cylinder DBS and the DBS V8. The new Aston
Martin DBS was released in 2007. The current Aston Martin DBS is also sometimes
referred to as the DBS V12.
The original DBS is best known for its starring role in the James Bond movie On Her
Majesty’s Secret Service. It was a successor to the DB6, although both were
produced simultaneously for three years. The DBS was bigger and thus heavier than
the DB6 yet, in the beginning, both shared the same 4.0-liter inline-six engine.
The engine was good enough for 282 hp, although a no-cost option called the Vantage
produced 325 hp. You can spot the DBS with the six-cylinder engine by its wire wheels.
In 1969, Aston Martin shoved a V-8 under the hood and called the car the DBS V8.
Where it took the six-cylinder auto seven seconds to get up to sixty 60 mph from
a standstill, the V-8 car only required a little bit less than six seconds. The
top speed of the six-cylinder car was 141 mph compared to the 160 mph for the V-8
car. When production of the six-cylinder car ended in 1973, the DBS V8 became known
as simply the V8. It is calculated that the DBS cars produced from 1967 to 1972
total 787 units.
Today, the DBS is the unofficial replacement to the Vanquish. The modern DBS was
presented to the public in the James Bond movie Casino Royale. The chassis
of the new car is comprised of bonded aluminum. The body of the auto is composed
mostly of carbon fiber; a first for Aston Martin. It is equipped with a 6.0-liter
V-12 producing 510 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque. That much power coupled to a six-speed
manual but weighed down by a curb weight of 3,828 pounds equals a zero-to-60 time
of 4.0 seconds and on to a top speed of around 200 mph. To slow all that speed to
a halt, the car uses huge 15.7 ceramic brakes up front and big 14.2 in the rear.
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