Aston Martin DB9 GT review: 2015 first drive - Motoring Research

Meet the final hurrah for the longest-running modern-era Aston Martin still on sale. Aston Martin is about to enter a new modern era, you see, and this car’s replacement – 2016’s DB11 – will see the firm embark on an ambitious future with multiple new models, all-new architectures (and more than a little Mercedes-AMG tech for good... It signalled the arrival of the ultra-pro Aston Martin fit for Bond and proved to be an ever-desirable lynchpin around which the firm regularly sold more cars than ever before. Thousands of new ones have been delivered each year since its launch back in 2003 and, like Reggie Perrin’s boss CJ , Aston didn’t get where it is today without the DB9. How fitting for this new Aston Martin DB9 GT to be the most powerful... Aston Martin’s got plenty of other things to be doing than be spending time unnecessarily adding fripperies to a still-beguiling design. Black anodised brake calipers and a GT-branded metal fuel filler round exterior tweaks out (unless you choose the special Scintilla Silver AML paint, mind: until this, that’s not been offered on the DB9). Inside, there’s special fluted leather... Source: www.motoringresearch.com