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Aston Martin DBS - James Bond’s latest wheels for the road
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:50 am
by Neil
Aston Martin has recently unveiled the company’s latest movie star called DBS, as the famous secret agent 007’s next super car. It will be driven by Daniel Craig in the movie Casino Royale which will appear in the cinemas in November this year.
This new Aston Martin DBS continues the long-time association with the James Bond franchise from which an Aston Martin DB 5 made its first appearance in the Bond movie “Goldfinger” back in 1964. While Bond’s fictional vehicle will be unique for the movie, Casino Royale, Aston Martin is about to set up an additional small 300 unit production line of a DBS road version, pictured here during high speed testing at Nürburgring.
The DBS is based on an uprated version of the DB 9, has a wider track and lower ground clearance, bold scoops and air intakes in the front, and according to rumours the V12 engine’s performance was boosted from 450 bhp to over 500 bhp. It is expected to cost no less than £130.000.
Aston Martin V8 Roadster
Now that the Aston Martin V8 Vantage coupe has been officially launched, the next variant is a convertible. One prototype was recently caught on photo during tests at Nürburgring while others were sighted at various places in Great Britain. The car is expected to come onto the market within the next six months. Not much is estimated to change during the switch from a hard top coupe to soft top cabriolet. The same 380hp V8 will be under the hood and it will send the power to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual transmission. According to rumours the car will be called V8 Roadster.
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:55 am
by ND4SPD
oh...dats a nice info...it seems like it came two version...one with da hard top and da other one is convertible!!!is dat right???
newayz...nice collection though!!!
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:51 am
by zoheb
great info Neil. thanks for posting.
btw, James Bond is like a perfect guy.......I mean in his movies, he gets the job done right on time......so i guess with 50 extra hp, he can get the job done few seconds b4....like getting away from an explosion or something...
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:55 am
by Neil
well said zoheb.
O.T check out the Casino Royal trailor on Movie section, if you haven't seen it yet.
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:00 pm
by arnab
zoheb wrote:great info Neil. thanks for posting.
btw, James Bond is like a perfect guy.......I mean in his movies, he gets the job done right on time......so i guess with 50 extra hp, he can get the job done few seconds b4....like getting away from an explosion or something...
true but our new James Bond cant drive Manual.
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:02 pm
by Neil
arnab wrote:zoheb wrote:great info Neil. thanks for posting.
btw, James Bond is like a perfect guy.......I mean in his movies, he gets the job done right on time......so i guess with 50 extra hp, he can get the job done few seconds b4....like getting away from an explosion or something...
true but our new James Bond cant drive Manual.
he is worst then Timothy Dulton.
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:03 pm
by arnab
No the other guy, the one before Timothy....
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:46 pm
by sakin_uttara
I don't knw why but.. V8 roadstar looked beautiful to me...
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:27 pm
by NFS_MW
beautiful car
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:52 am
by Abdul
yes very nice cars.Yesterday I spotted in Brussels a DB9 coupé grey colour near the Studio which sells Maybach and SLR