New 2022 Aston Martin DBS deals

2022 Aston Martin DBS deals

Full length Aston Martin DBS Superleggera video review with market value analysis

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Aston Martin DBS Superleggera

You'll need £225,000 to get yourself this DBS Superleggera Coupe. The alternative Volante version of this car costs a cool £247,500 but, as with this Coupe, you'll be up to and beyond the quarter of a million mark once you've added in various essential extras.

But let's get back to this standard car. You'll need some Aston Martin range perspective to understand its positioning. This 715hp Coupe model's asking price represents a £50,000 premium over the brand's DB11 AMR, which uses a lower-tuned 630hp version of this car's 5.2-litre V12 engine.

There's a £75,000 premium if you're comparing against a 510hp V8-powered DB11 - or an enormous £124,000 premium if you compare against Aston's entry model, the Vantage, which uses that same V8 engine.

As for rivals to this DSB Superleggera, well as we've been saying throughout this test, the most obvious one is Ferrari's 812 Superfast model; obvious in the sense that in concept, that Ferrari is, like this Aston, a thoroughbred large-capacity front-engined V12 Super GT with a 211mph top speed.

Actually though, the two cars are pretty different. The Superfast is lighter, more accelerative, 75hp more powerful and very much a track-focused machine. The DBS is more of a GT and responds with much greater torque (900Nm plays 718Nm) and greater refinement, plus the Aston is on offer at a £36,000 lower asking price, should that be significant for you.