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Aston Martin is ending the bloodline of the DBS, but not before saying goodbye to the current model with a spectacular special edition. This is the Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate, Aston Martin’s strongest production car ever.
Ford will soon stop the Fiesta and Aston Martin will also cut a model name that seems inextricably linked to the brand from its portfolio. The car that started its life as a DBS Superleggera and which is now simply called DBS will soon be retired. There will be no new DBS and that means that the DBS bloodline will come to an end. This Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate should make the disappearance of the DBS a lot more festive.
The Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate will go down in the books as the strongest production Aston Martin ever. Just like in the regular DBS, there is a 5.9 V12 in the long nose of the DBS 770 Ultimate, but that twelve-cylinder does not deliver 725 hp as in the regular versions. The mighty V12 has been increased to 770 hp and 900 Nm. With that extra muscle, the Coupé hits 100 km / h in 3.4 seconds. The DBS 770 Ultimate will also be available as an open Volante. That convertible needs 3.6 seconds for the 0-100 sprint. The top speed of both variants is a not-so-nauseous 340 km/h. For the extra power, Aston Martin has adjusted the intake path and increased the turbo pressure, among other things.
Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate.
The 770 British horses find their way via an eight-speed automatic transmission and a limited-slip differential to the rear wheels. The ZF transmission is tuned differently and has to shift faster than the box in the regular DBS. Carbon-ceramic all-round brakes are standard. But there’s more. For a more direct steering feel, Aston Martin gives the DBS 770 Ultimate a completely new steering column. The manufacturer promises that the 770 Ultimate is even stiffer than the original and also indicates that it has recalibrated the adaptive dampers.
Aston Martin will build a total of 499 copies of the DBS 770 Ultimate. Of these, 300 are a Coupé and 199 are an open Volante. You can recognize them from the outside by modified air intakes for better cooling, new splitters at the front and a modified diffuser at the bottom of the buttocks. You will also not find the 21-inch wheels under any other DBS.
The current DBS in fact succeeded the Vanquish, but it is certainly not the first DBS. For example, Aston Martin supplied the DBS V12 between 2007 and 2012, the top model of the brand based on the DB9 at the time. If we look further back into Aston Martin’s past, we come across the DBS and DBS V8 built between 1967 and 1972.
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