2012 Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black Edition - Car and Driver
You have to look closely, but the carbon fiber DBS is different than the DB9. An extra dose of power for the 5. 9-liter V-12 and different suspension tuning make this something of a honed DB9 coupe. Instrumented Test - 2012 Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black Edition We understand that the Vanquish has replaced Aston’s long-running DBS as the “high volume” flagship for 2013, but we recently had a chance at a last fling with a very special DBS. Special, that is, because it is draped in a shimmering black hue so fetching you might wonder why every Aston doesn’t come painted this way. Aston says it takes 50 man-hours to apply the paint. A 2012 DBS Carbon Black Edition , if you were to find one still for sale, would cost you no less than $289,291. That’s with the six-speed automatic. Our test car came with what might possibly be the most expensive satellite-radio option on any car, at $1495, plus an upgraded alarm system ($450), a suede-wrapped steering wheel ($450), and a smoker’s kit ($570). But what does the Carbon Black... The rest of the DBS’s equipment list almost sounds as if the Rolling Stones’ song Paint It, Black were blaring on an iPod during the product-planning meeting: The 20-inch wheels have been trimmed in black, interior bits are black, the front grille... Source: www.caranddriver.com
