DBS values

[Bincenzo]

divetheworld said:

cayman-black said:

Its gorgeous if only it was manual.
http://www.bavariamotors.be/nl/wagens/1387-aston-m...

303km? That might actually be a crime!

That's outrageous! I'd be terrified of getting a car with such low mileage, particularly one that's 8 years old. It is a lovely car though, although the manual variant is certainly the one that is commanding a premium at the moment. That said, it's not for everybody.

[chrisstern]

I've done 20K miles in the last 18 months because I just love driving it. So far so good and not really costing much more to run than my previous Vantage Roadster....with the bonus that it's value is dropping more slowly! Sad to see people have them but don't drive them - they're cars not artworks! Awesome.

[AMDBSVNick]

chrisstern said:

I've done 20K miles in the last 18 months because I just love driving it. So far so good and not really costing much more to run than my previous Vantage Roadster....with the bonus that it's value is dropping more slowly! Sad to see people have them but don't drive them - they're cars not artworks! Awesome.

Just back from an 800 mile hoon in Brittany

[RobDown]

Good work!

[Dobie177]

AMDBSVNick said:

chrisstern said:

I've done 20K miles in the last 18 months because I just love driving it. So far so good and not really costing much more to run than my previous Vantage Roadster....with the bonus that it's value is dropping more slowly! Sad to see people have them but don't drive them - they're cars not artworks! Awesome.

Just back from an 800 mile hoon in Brittany

Sounds like a great trip but, err, you might need to give Francis a call...

[trigbush]

Bincenzo said:

That's outrageous! I'd be terrified of getting a car with such low mileage, particularly one that's 8 years old. It is a lovely car though, although the manual variant is certainly the one that is commanding a premium at the moment. That said, it's not for everybody.

I know this dealer very well. I have bought at least three cars from him and he has bought one from me. I highly recommend them. Very decent, trustworthy and nice to deal with. No BS, no quibbling. And I have made a claim against them under a warranty and they did not even blink. That 303km DBSM is the real deal - whilst I am also concerned about its drive condition - it comes from a very high net worth individual's collection and has been meticulously maintained. It's essentially in new condition (as I have seen it myself). With other dealers on the continent asking 195k for driven in 30,000km Carbon Black Editions, this one would seem to be good value - and with a warranty so if it drives like a pig you know they will sort it...

[L0TT0]

AMDBSVNick said:

Just back from an 800 mile hoon in Brittany

Nail.......

[jonby]

AMDBSVNick said:

chrisstern said:

I've done 20K miles in the last 18 months because I just love driving it. So far so good and not really costing much more to run than my previous Vantage Roadster....with the bonus that it's value is dropping more slowly! Sad to see people have them but don't drive them - they're cars not artworks! Awesome.

Just back from an 800 mile hoon in Brittany

Now that's a good looking car !

Apart from the fact it's a DBS which means it looks great to start with, there's nothing quite like the look of a well used sports car. You've done the same mileage in one hoon incidentally, that a certain V12V the subject of another thread has averaged each year !

[mikey k]

L0TT0 said:

AMDBSVNick said:

Just back from an 800 mile hoon in Brittany

Nail.......

Better sell it to me for £80k to get it out the way

[L0TT0]

mikey k said:

L0TT0 said:

AMDBSVNick said:

Just back from an 800 mile hoon in Brittany

Nail.......

Better sell it to me for £80k to get it out the way

mates rates then

[Purso]

Not much activity on here recently, the dbs hysteria seems to have calmed considerably and there are a number of dbs manuals for sale. Does anyone know of any that have sold in the last couple of months?

[Zod]

jonby said:

AMDBSVNick said:

chrisstern said:

I've done 20K miles in the last 18 months because I just love driving it. So far so good and not really costing much more to run than my previous Vantage Roadster....with the bonus that it's value is dropping more slowly! Sad to see people have them but don't drive them - they're cars not artworks! Awesome.

Just back from an 800 mile hoon in Brittany

Now that's a good looking car !

Apart from the fact it's a DBS which means it looks great to start with, there's nothing quite like the look of a well used sports car. You've done the same mileage in one hoon incidentally, that a certain V12V the subject of another thread has averaged each year !

My V12V has done 31K in six years, all driven by me. Such a waste not to drive these cars.

[dbs2000]

Purso said:

Not much activity on here recently, the dbs hysteria seems to have calmed considerably and there are a number of dbs manuals for sale. Does anyone know of any that have sold in the last couple of months?

No idea, mine is one of them. I’ve not spoken to the dealer for a couple of weeks to see if there has been interest or not. It looks one of the nicer ones that’s for sure

[Purso]

best of luck with the sale mate, is it advertised on pistonheads?

[vpr]

My local says there's still lots of interest in DBS manual or TT.

[Upperworks]

The silver car at Chiltern certainly looks "cheap" at £117k with 16k on it. Most others seem to be sticking with the mileage in the 20's or 30's but asking north of £120k

[dbs2000]

Purso said:

best of luck with the sale mate, is it advertised on pistonheads?

It's with AM Birmingham so has appeared on here as well. I've not spoken to the dealer for couple of weeks so may call and see if there has been any interest.

[Purso]

Best of luck hope you get what you want especially as its similar to mine

This time last year you couldn't get near a manual, guess prices were a lot cheaper then as well though.

[dbs2000]

I think they're just in a weird place at the moment. V12VS' can be picked up for less, new Vantage is coming, Vanquish 2.2 money and also the DB11 isn't that much further up the price chain.

Walking into an AM dealer with 130k will certainly have you spoilt for choice at the minute.

[ammac]

dbs2000 said:

I think they're just in a weird place at the moment. V12VS' can be picked up for less, new Vantage is coming, Vanquish 2.2 money and also the DB11 isn't that much further up the price chain.

Walking into an AM dealer with 130k will certainly have you spoilt for choice at the minute.

Hi all, just recently had that dilemma but ended up picking up a 09 DBS in manual gearbox (versus a 15 V12V) so I am quite interested in this thread. I'm a long time AM fan (08 V8V, 09 V8V Volante) but spent the last half decade in a 12C and 650S. Happy to be returning to the AM ranks.



I've noticed the values of the DBS are *much* lower on the US side and also especially in Canada. A poster recently referred to the "unicorn", a manual trasmission Ultimate Edition.

http://www.autotrader.ca/a/Aston+Martin/DBS/NORTH+...

Well, there's one in Toronto for $100k USD. Clearly there must be something wrong with it? Or is the demand in the UK for these vehicles just that much higher? If so, then our LHD models will probably not hold value as well as the RHD counterparts? Love to hear what other owners' thoughts are.

Cheers.