Given that three quarters of DBS buyers will choose this new automatic version of the Aston Martin, it seems odd that Aston Martin has made them wait nearly a year for it. Offering the DBS as a manual only at first at least reinforced its macho credentials and put some clear water between it and [...]

By 1965 the lithe and elegant Aston Martin DB4, via the more refined and faster DB5, had become the bigger heavier and more brutal DB6. It was a car that almost forced you to admire it instead of charming you with its refined elegance as its predecessor had been renowned for doing, but it was [...]