Aston Martin DBS Volante Spied

Topless Bond car in the cold

by Frank de Leeuw van Weenen
January 21, 2008 3:26 PM
Filed Under: Aston Martin, European, Spy Photos

Topless Bond car in the cold

Without a single Aston Martin DBS having been delivered to customers, Aston Martin have taken a convertible DBS prototype into Northern Scandinavia for cold weather testing. The steel roof of the DBS will be replaced with a soft top and the layout of the side windows will be altered, but otherwise the DBS Volante (or so we expect the cabrio to be called) is identical to its coupe brother.

The engine will also be the same as in the coupe, the 6-liter 12-cylinder powerhouse produces 517 bhp with 570 Nm of torque. Top speed lies beyond 300 km/h and a 0 – 100 km/h time of just over 4 seconds should be within its capabilites.

Pricing is expected to be around Euro 300,000, but more on that when the car is revealed. We are not expecting the convertible to make it to London this summer. So will the home show then be solely used to debut the Rapide? Let us know what you think.

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i love those electric boxes in the backgound... there for heaters to keep the water from freezing, no?

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by smokeonit1 | January 21, 2008 3:43 PM

No. We have anti-freezing liquid for the radiator. The electricity is for preheating the engine before startup in colder places. ItÂ´s better for the engine and makes it easier to start.

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by cronan | January 21, 2008 5:21 PM

what we've all been waiting for: the perfect car

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by dbehmoaras | January 21, 2008 7:57 PM

Aston must really be working hard with all these new cars coming out! The DBS itself isn't even out yet. Are you sure this isn't some custom tuning job like the Ford GTX1? Also, why in the snow? Also, who took these pics, because it's way up in Northern Scandinavia, so do you guys work for Aston or Something? If you guys took these pics yourself, how come you didn't wipe the snow off, espescially where is supposed to say "DBS" Please answers these questions, I really want to know.

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by carfreak805 | January 21, 2008 9:23 PM

1. aston is not owned by ford anymore; it is now independent, so the ford comment is irrelevant 2. because it is in fact a spy shot, aston hides the badge 3. no this is not a tuning job because based on db history, it only makes sense to release the dbs as a volante as well 4. if one of us did take the photo, which none of us did, we would probably tell you 5. snow because no matter the car it should be able to run in the snow nowadays 6. bmw hasn't released the new m3 coupe but they are ready with the convertible and the sedan (a first by the way)--point: cars do not have to already be on sale first then have other versions available--another example: audi a5 to be released after audi s5

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by dbehmoaras | January 23, 2008 1:51 AM

Aston is not independant. The BMW M3 Coupe is out and in showrooms, the sedan is not something new the E36 came in 4 door sedan.

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by Radmeister | January 23, 2008 7:15 AM

aston was sold by ford; the m3 coupe may be sitting in the showrooms but it has not been sold yet, audi did that with the r8, just because its in the showroom it doesn't mean its being sold yet the clubman also has yet to be sold; ur right about the sedan thing tho

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by dbehmoaras | February 25, 2008 1:34 AM

Aston Martin is independent and isn't owned by Ford. Richard Hammond from Top Gear even said this during his road test in the DB9 Volante.

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by Aygo | February 2, 2008 5:47 PM