Aston Martin: DBS vs DB9 and Vanquish | Top Gear
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2014
- Jeremy test drives the flashy Aston Martin DBS.
Taken from Top Gear Series 10, Episode 6.
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I gotta say, more than 10 years later the DBS still looks absolutely stunning.
And the new Aston Martins look awful sadly
@@LewisMcLeod1 speak for yourself, i love what they've done with the range
The 2007 DBS looks like shite lol
I’d have the V12 Vanquish personally. Before the DBS it was the flagship Aston
@@CYMotorsportare we talking about the same car bond walked up to in casino Royale?
Aston Martin Vanquish S will go down in my list as one of the greatest looking cars, ever.
The Vanquish S is by far, the best Aston EVER.
It has the best sound too, and a top speed of more than 200 mph, the DBS can reach only 191.
Vanquish S feels magical and only 1086 were ever built (2005-2007).
For sure a collectable car, its value is currently increasing.
***** The Vanquish S was the last Newport Aston. That in itself makes it verrry special. If it would have had a manual gearbox and have the steering from the DB9, then it would be the best Aston ever. If you get over the nostalgia though DB9/S are much better cars and their more of drivers cars and less of Muscle cars is how I view it. However those cars were heavily influenced from the first Vanquish. The first Vanquish is like the grandfather of all newer Astons. I don't think the AM310 should be considered a "Vanquish" because it's too much of a sports car and not all big arched in the back like the real Vanquishes. That's what made them sexy. I felt like they should have kept the DBS since it was aimed at a different customer than the first-gen Vanquish and then they should have made the Vanquish in to some kind of muscle car like the first one. It could have been manufactured at the heritage center in Newport Pagnell in memory of the first generation. I love the Vanquish history and such but the DBS is the one that would best suit how I like to drive. They should have never destroyed that factory though!
***** Hello Vizenz, I agree with you... except that a DBS gets murdered by a Vanquish S in straight line performance, not only in top speed (more than 200 MPH for the Vanquish S, and "only" 183 for the DBS) but in acceleration (just look at the drag race of Top Gear, the DBS can not follow the mighty Vanquish S). On a track though, I admit the DBS would be quicker because it is lighter. For sure it was a big mistake to re-use the name "Vanquish" for the new one AM310. Let's hope Aston won't make that mistake again and won't call the future version "Vanquish S", I don't think they will. Exactly, the new AM310 remains a tuned DB9 and it is not an entire new model as the Vanquish was back in 2001. DB9, Virage, DBS, AM310, Rapide, V8 Vantage... those Gaydon cars all look like the same, and share approximately the same interior as well. That's why the Vanquish/S is unique. The 2006 Vanquish S benefits from the new dashboard, very modern.
Of course the Vanquish S will remain one of the most iconic Aston, not only because it is the last hand-built Aston at Newport Pagnell factory, but because only 1086 were ever built (2578 Vanquish of which 1086 were Vanquish S), one of the fastest Aston ever, and the most beautiful engine sound. I had the chance to have a ride in a 2007 Vanquish S with a DBS, the engine sound of the Vanquish S was so loud and powerful that it was hiding the one of the DBS... magical. The DBS is a good car but the DB9 2013 has the same horsepower (510 BHP), more modern technology and suspension... and both look almost the same again... the DBS only has the fact that it appeared in James Bond movie, but it is not iconic, not historical, I mean that it didn't bring anything new when it was launched in 2007. As you said, the Vanquish in 2001 announced all the current models. By the way, we can notice that prices of Vanquish (especially S model) are rising up... no doubt this car will cost a lot in the next years.
***** Ya. For me though it would have to be a DBS or V12 Vantage manual. I love the old Vanquishes but it's just not made for the kind of driving serious car enthusiasts like. The old Vanquish is more of a rolling piece of sculpture and beauty. It's a car you rather be seen in but the other two are a car you would look forward to driving more. That's how I see it. I just wish the old Vanquish had the handling and manual transmission of the DBS. But the old Vanquish is obviously a completely different animal than the DBS and I should appreciate it for what it is and in many aspects I do.
The 2013 DB9 is much more similar to the DBS than it ever has been previously but it doesn't have the aggressive stance, you can't get it in manual and it doesn't come with all those nice carbon fiber bits and doesn't handle as good. So that crosses it off the list for me. The DBS seems to be the Aston with all the best traits. It's not the quickest Aston, it's not the most exclusive, but in terms of all things it can accomplish it's really a great all rounder. The old Vanquish seems to only be better in certain parts but overall the DBS can accomplish more. Don't get me wrong though I love the Vanquishes a lot and it should be considered a godfather Aston in my book. It's just a completely different driving car which is strange because underneath their not exactly as different as one might think.
***** I had the opportunity to be the passenger in a Vanquish S on a racetrack, even though the car is a bit heavy, I can assure you that the chassis is incredibly stiff and that the car had so much power that it was playing with GT3 RS on large corners and straight lines. The Vanquish S can get the manual conversion by Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell but the automated-manual gearbox really suits the car and works perfectly fine. For sure a real manual is more involving but what a pleasure to shift at the steering wheel with the paddles !
To me, the DB9 2013 is better than the DBS because its suspension is more evolved and I prefer its look (I think the holes on the DBS hood are too much, looks too tuning, just as the V12 Vantage). The DBS doesn't have an unique style globally we find the same esthetic as a DB9. Anyway, it is not an entire new model, but a DB9 "S".
You're right, a DBS can not be compared to a Vanquish S, they play in a different league. The DBS is a great GT, the Vanquish S is a work of art and a piece of Aston Martin History and so, one of the greatest Aston ever made. Plus, it is really fast, faster than DBS as we can see in this video.
Nice to exchange with you, you know Astons pretty well and you have an interesting point of view.
God, that DBS is incredibly beautiful. Without a doubt, AM built the most elegent cars money can buy. I like the new 911, too, but those Astons are a completely different league...
Aston Martin's for me ARE the best looking cars.
i agree tho the vanquish is the only one i find kindda meh. it has a lotta potenital tho
@@tg2439 the vanquish is easily the most beautiful. one of the most beautiful cars of all time for me
The blue one from the race to the Mexican border did it for me. Absolutely gorgeous car. I'd rather be in that car than Jessica Alba.
Pagani if we’re talking best looking hypercars.
Jeremy Yeo they never produced the ugly car
Imo, the DBS and V12 Vanquish are the most beautiful Aston Martin models. Timeless classics!
Cant agree more!
I'd throw in the vantage as well, they just had it right during that era
@@houseking9211 I think many Aston Martin cars are beautiful; I personly love the db6 and the db9 the most but I agree the vantage is just as pretty.
i find that aston martins are a different appeal to italian cars. the italians are all about the soul stirring experience, it steals you and you fall in love. the aston is just down right cool, and it makes you feel like a spy, i think thats why astons are so cool. its just a bad ass machine that makes you feel cool and special because its an aston. personally id have to go with italian but i love these astons, so different from everyone else.
+Adam Othman true
Adam Othman Ild also add that no one hates an Aston Martin driver, while some lambo and Ferrari drivers seem like douchbags to some people.
aston are like bond..a good looking guy in a suit..flamboyant hypercar are like ricardo milos..a muscle buff oiled up dude
Bond product placementwas money well spent i guess. Looking at its influence on people
I know this comment is old but I have to agree. I've never been a huge fan of European exotics. I feel the average person calls them "beautiful" or "works of art" just because of the badge that they wear and because it's a status symbol. But Astons are just plain beautiful. They can toe the line between handsome and sexy so well that it's a real renaissance man of a car. Like a Gen 2 Viper that has more etiquette and no need to stab you to death because they can kill you with good looks alone. They might not be the fastest but they truly are beautiful cars.
What? That Aston has a manual gearbox? That's a very rare sight, and it's getting even more rare by the minute.
It's over now.
@@nodo7575 vantage still has a manual as standard
Aston has vowed to be the last manufacturer to release a manual car, look it up ;) it'l be around
Bonds car in casino royale... that seals it for me. Amazing
@Nicolas Broszky yes that must be so painful. Owning multiple supercars, and never getting to drive one of them again. Not quite sure how you can carry on living tbh
Funny enough, Die Another Day was what turned me onto the Vanquish S.
@@twotailedavengerI’ve loved the Vanquish the most since I got to drive it in 007 Nightfire & Everything or Nothing😌😌😌😌
DBS is such a beautiful car. I think no Italian nor American car manufacturer made car that looks better then this. Of course other people opinions may differ.
I prefer the db9
+Laurynas S. I preffer the Vanquish S, and I heard you can take it to Aston Martin and install a propper manual gearbox(like the DBS)
+Laurynas S. i do love italian super cars ! as i test some of them as the Ferrari and Lamborghini ! but i have much respect to the English cars ! i own also a vintage MGA MKII, and i love the aston DBS, thinking about buying it also !
+xsbgtr You can. Aston Martin works dept will do a manual conversion using the DBS gearbox.
***** Did he upload a video of that machine?
This and the Alfa Romeo 8C are, for me, the best tests by Clarkson. They pushed me into work hard in order to get both of them in my garage.
3:41 , The best sound on youtube.
To me this DBS is the best looking Aston Martin ever made. I just love it!
I don't mind the front engine it's still a great car. Would love to drive it around town, feeling like James Bond.
The DBS is a car I would happily own in 10 years time. The Vanquish's rear lets it down.
Put a DBS and a Vanquish S side by side, a Vanquish has more presence and charisma. And its engine sound is MUCH more impressive.
someenglishguy But it has one of the biggest turds of a gearbox in history
This period was peak Top Gear
I've always liked the look and feel of Aston martins
Sentence of the year:
"10 stone is what, the weight of a medium sized woman"
Coupled with "she's not as pretty as her sister". Man just hits the clichés
We miss you already Jeremy.
Alistair Kinnear He's coming back -- on Amazon Prime!
The Aston Martin dbs is a timeless piece.
Love this car, people are forgetting this came out 7 years ago, it was a great car when it came out & it still is today
Is it just me or does AM have the best-sounding V12 engines
Its how they design their exhaust system that is why they sound so good. But nothing will ever beat a Lexus LFA in terms of exhaust note. Lexus actually hired Yamaha acoustic company to design the exhaust note on the LFA. It sounds just like an F1 car screaming down a straightaway at full speed....simply magic
Zondas
@@tjk9263 Lexus/Toyota have been working with Yamaha for decades. They do more than just exhaust. And it wasn't the acoustic branch that developed the exhaust, it was their engine building company.
Nope!. The F50 sounds best.
For me the Lamborghini V-12s are the best. The sound like barely contained demons.
Wow such good looking cars. The only thing to make these cars look better is real HD video
HQ =/= HD
***** Oops
I saw one of these when I went school shopping. It indeed is bite the back of your hand beautiful.
What kind of school did you buy?
The James bond cars man i love aston Martin so much
As an Italian, It kinda bothers me to say it: Aston Martin made some of the best cars ever, the design and the engines (british ones have the upper band imho) are simply a work of art
A lot of us here in America lust after Astons too. I'd kill to have a silver, 6 speed DBS. Might even get the balls to do a twin turbo setup and go McLaren hunting on the freeway since depreciation will be a factor for the next several years
4:29
the aston v12 startup will always be my favourite startup of any car ever
It is my only material dream to one day own a DB9.
So amazingly beautiful, timeless and even now I'd take it over any other car out there.
That has to be in the list of the best sounding V12’s
when you arrive somewhere in a dbs, it tells something about you that any ferrari, porsche, lamborghini won't tell. it makes all the difference.
Exactly it tells you what kinda person you are same goes for the mazda rx
I love the DBS, I mean it was James Bond's car from 2006-2008 and it looks slightly cooler than the DB9. But you can't deny the logic: same engine, minor improvements, and more expensive? Just get a DB9 instead.
Yeah price/value, then the DB9 is the pick
best and most honest review iv ever seen jeremy perform ! all super cars are way out of my reach but do love the astons and the jags !
I saw a DB9 for sale last year. An 05 matt black model with less than 50k on the clock. FSH and just over £31,000. I did the lotto that night but no joy. Bet the insurance is wicked?
You take this design, you apply the basic package on the DB9, you make everything a bit better on the DBS, and then you crank things up even more and add lots of carbon fibre for the Vanquish.
manual!
I think the DBS is more attractive than the DB9. Don't get me wrong, the DB9 is breathtaking, but the DBS has so much more road presence.
the DB9 and Vanquish S are the best looking cars together with the Ferrari F430 from the 2000s for me
You sir have good taste
Probably one of the very few cars that really is timeless and beautifuly design. And it's one of the few cars beside Alfa Romeo Brera that i just can't mess around with the design when i play it on the video games. Not even changing the wheels
This is basically just the way of the manufacturer. "Brand new car.....All new concept" Only difference is the tail lights and some of the interior. He put it right, DB9S. The price should be 10,000 more at the MOST.
Irk where you live, that not only one but two Aston Martins just pull up to the same light and it's like, just a casual day. But that sounds like a great place
These DB9 and DBS are deffinately going in top 10 cars of 21st century!
this was probably the best Aston to set foot on tarmac since the db5 and vanquish S well until the the one 77 arrived.
Simply wonderful!!!! Asto martin( especially DB 9 and Vantage) are dream cars, and there's no doubt! Greetings from Italy by Saverio from Cisternino, in the south of Italy.
"They call it (the key) an 'emotional control unit.'
I've got one of those already. It's called a government and I don't like that either."
Why so many comments about the hellcat? This car is far better build it has a soul, it's build with passion, it's not mass produced! Either way good luck affording the insurance to drive it or getting an insurance company to Insure it
"affording"
That's exactly why there are so many comments about the Hellcat. Because most people actually would have some hope of being able to afford a Hellcat at some point in their lives, the same can't be said for the Aston Martin. Aston is a better car, sure, but barely anyone would be able to get it.
Shazbotacus Dodge is not known for reliable cars or even engines, why they have used Mitsubishi turbo engines in there eagle talon's and cummins in there trucks because they can't build one of there own that people would buy. Dodge was so embarrassed they took there name off of there trucks, who does that when it's there biggest seller? idiots! why they went bankrupt in the first place
I love ASTON MARTIN,
Great video! I love Aston Martin!
Nice video and I just wish that the BBC do another race with the Aston Martin DBS vs a French TGV & a Spanish AVE Train with James and Richard going London St. Pancras-Channel Tunnel-Calais Frethun-Paris Gare du Nord-Gare de Lyon-Barcelona Sants if they wanted a race from London to Barcelona a distance of 970 mi and this video from 5:20 to 5:50 mentioned the DB9 going from Dunsfold to Cafe de Paris Casino Square Monte Carlo Monaco back in series 4
I think the DBS is way too underrated.
Isn't it good that this car doesn't create the sense of 'terror'. That is what supercars should do. They should take you to top speeds without making you feel uncomfortable. The DBS is one of the most beautiful cars.
This is more of a GT car or a sports car not a supercar
DBS looks a lot better than the DB9 in my opinion. I don't really like the DB9, but DBS is one of my favorite cars.
Change rims and they will be the same.
***** Rebuild whole body?? DBS just have lip on front bumper, black mirros, differnet rims with lower et and darker color, and lip spoiler on trunk. This stuff is in any aftermarket shop online you can find it. After 10 minutes of work you wont see any diffrence between them.
***** Well yeah... so new car should be "dbs R" with only, stripe on bonnet with adition 60k pounds.
DB9 looks better than DBS.
Astons may not be fastest or quickest. But they are the most elegant and the most luxurious performance cars in the world
I spotted both these cars yesterday on the m8 going to Edinburgh.
That vanquish S looks HUGE in comparison to the DBS
I prefer the DBS still
Proper English engernering.... love that car :)
In my lifetime I dream of driving any type of Aston Martin across the UK or the Italian Lakes. This I will make as my supreme bucket list.
Tbh i'd buy that Aston Martin just because it has the "Diamond" key, because it just looks so good.
Love my DB9 And my ECU is a bonus!
If I was to make a list of the top 10 best looking cars this century, these three would all be in it.
Aston Martin is British essence and these cars are the best examples of this.The DBS is really nice
My dream car is an Aston Martin 😍
It’s now 2024 and the DBS still looks fantastic and a manual gearbox version still commands around £50k over a similar year/mileage DB9
Please can someone tell me the name of the music which begins at 4:45, it sounds amazing
The first time I saw the Db9 in bond Pierce Brosnan era I sat in the cinema and said I will have that one day
DBS looks much better than the DB9...
As far as cars go they might as well be copies
I like the fact the DBS is a manual.
Music at 4:57? It sounds familiar.
3:09
I was wondering for some time from which Clarkson's review that line was and here it is!
DBS is the best looking Aston!
After all this time, next to the DB5, this is still the best-looking car Aston has ever built.
the db9 man love that one
I'm going mad. What is the name of that song @ 1:04 that keeps playing? I can't find it anywhere...
Darude sandstorm
Only thing I don’t like on the Astons are the tail lights :/ everything else is perfection
The spec on that DBS is GOLD
Aston Martin is my favourite car brand.
holy sh*t it's so sexy, I'm literally melting
that sound!
6:35 Yes, DB9 S is what it should be called. When that car was launched, Aston Martin had already make an S version of the Vanquish and the Vantage.
The reason why the Aston doesn't have the same wow factor is because it's tame, precise, understated, but it is in fact, the prettiest.
This is the perfect aston for me: its a manual v12 bond car. What more do you want? Its wonderfully oldschool and beautiful.
It's 2023 and this car still looked pretty
I want one now 💯
Thank u chever
thanks
Jokes on you Jeremy, I don't have to be next to an Aston Martin DBS at a stoplight to feel inadequate! ha!
I think the key is really cool
Yeah but the power, beauty, soul thing is downright unneeded.
I like the V8 Vantage which just used a Mondeo key!
Omg u are the Deadmau5 guuuy lol
@@CockatooDude At least it's true!
@@raedsakly2463 You know what, good point.
I miss top gear I miss something I enjoyed
I hate to toot my own horn, but I was thinking "instant future classic" the minute I first saw the DBS back then. The main reason why I would prefer it however has nothing to do with looks or the Bond-connection - it's because it came with a manual transmission.
The problem with the argument that the DB9 is just as good, is that history hasn't shown that to be true; DB9's of this vintage range from as little as $30k to $40k. Current resale for a DBS is still around $100k....
Didn't you upload this before??
boy oh boy the dbs looks soooo good
I'm a proud American and a believer in the Constitution, but I do see a unique element of sophistication with the British whether it's BBC's productions, their cars (Power...Beauty...Soul), or even their women. Especially the blonde lady to the right of Richard at the end. Whew!
The DBS is lovely but how on EARTH did they get those leaves to blow backwards TOWARDS the car?
Ferraris are your track or weekend type car. Astons are you pull up to dinner in a suit and make every woman's jaw drop typa car
Puff Diddily?!?! Jeremy knew before any of us
what is Jeremy constantly going up and down changing gears? any one know
I just wonder why does it says HQ but goes only till 480p :\
Re-upload??
Not use to seeing a stick shift any more haha