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Last-of-the-line DBS is a stunning swansong for Gaydon’s full-fat grand-touring coupé
The Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate is what you would get if you plied the Toyota GR86 with anabolic steroids and then packed it off to the same finishing school as the BMW M5. All of which is to say that it’s mind-blowingly good.It’s a super collectible and alluring run-out special for the wonderful Aston Martin DBS. Only 300 coupés and 199 Volante convertibles were ever made.It has 12-pot fireworks, an artfully sculpted bonnet and extraterrestrial-looking carbonfibre seats. But its raison d’être is about holistic dynamic improvements, rather than simply being an end-of-the-line farewell with all the bells and whistles or gathering dust in some collector’s hermetically sealed garage.