The car has killer looks and that might be due to the prestige associated with the brand. More related to James Bond than any other car (well in one movie he used a Mercedes and controlled it with a Nokia Communicator), the brand has become synonymous with cutting edge technology and sleek stylish looks inside and out.

With a chassis made up mainly of aluminum, magnesium alloys and carbon composite materials (which has been the trend to increase fuel efficiency making them lighter and stronger than steel) the car truly is a product of cutting edge research into alternative materials that have begun to go out of the space industry. An all alloy engine with quad-overhead camshafts, 48 valves, 5935 cc. V12 it is one of the most powerful and complex engines around. The brakes are also out of the sci-fi box with six pistons which would be needed for it has a maximum speed of almost 200 miles per hour.

The steering has servotronic speed-sensitive power assisted and the suspension, well, it has double wishbones in front with incorporated anti-dive geometry, coil springs, anti-roll bars and monotube adaptive dampers. For the rear, we have double independent double wishbones with anti-squat and lift technology (mostly derived from F1 Racing technology as most European cars have under the hood). The nice thing about this monster, it has settings for road and track making racing as easy as pie with the switch of a button adjusting all suspension, steering, engine and braking systems accordingly.

The headlights are high intensity discharge adaptive lights that are now becoming standard on most luxury cars allowing maximum illumination during the darkest driving hours. The rear brake lights are LED type with adaptive displays allowing maximum visibility on and of track. The Aston martin DBS, a breed on it’s own.

Written by Marcel on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment

A road monster of a car, its sleek looks comes with the stylish looks of a Mercedes, the performance from AMG and more innovations from it’s Formula 1 technology combined to make a true head turner. Its looks, from the front grille that has a low of area to allow the monster power plant to breathe, the chrome dual-tailpipes, bi-xenon headlights that illuminates beyond compare and the turbine looks of the specially designed mags on the wheels all make a good show of a car. Power without compare at more than 600 hp, it truly can be akin to its track counterparts.

The interior is a sensual blast with supple leather seats and controls that are always within reach (not forgetting the stick-shift one-button start) it comes with a 7-speaker Bose audio system for unsurpassed audio performance in and out of the car. The suicide doors open as if you are entering a spaceship on steroids. The engine is hand-made (which accounts for the low production rates) which delivers 0-60 in just under 4 seconds. The engine is placed almost mid-way giving a ratio of 50-50 for unparalleled handling and balance on the road making it a very much stable yet powerful car. Made almost entirely of carbon composite materials, the chassis and exterior offers the protection of Formula one for the road with more than four times the energy dissipation characteristics of steel making it one of the safest cars on the road (it should be at a more than $ 500,000. They also threw in 6 airbags for good measure).

Written by Marcel on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment