The green DBS...

[bobfredstinker]

Apologies for my ignorance etc. but this is not my usual part of the forum!
I love the green coloured DBS, but have never seen one for sale. I have only ever seen images on google. Do many exist? Was it an original colour available from new? Do any of you know of anywhere else there may be one up for sale (other than the obvious) etc?

Thanks in advance.

[yeti]

The AM press car was Green

DB9Volantedriver, despite his name, has a green DBS but he's in the US of Americans.

Otherwise there is a bit of a lack of them

[tonyhall38]

looked for 2 yrs for one....never saw or even got a sniff of one....settled for Lighning Silver instead..

[bobfredstinker]

That's a shame. It's my favourite colour. What about the red? Are there only a handful of those too?

[AMDBSNick]

bobfredstinker said:

That's a shame. It's my favourite colour. What about the red? Are there only a handful of those too?

Like this one

https://used.astonmartin.com/en-GB/Search/Details~...

[bobfredstinker]

AMDBSNick said:

Like this one

https://used.astonmartin.com/en-GB/Search/Details~...

Yeah, I've seen that one, but I think it's the only one I've ever seen.

[zepe]

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype...

[George H]

zepe said:

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype...

That price can't be right can it? $91k? That's only about £55k?

[DB9VolanteDriver]

George H said:

zepe said:

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype...

That price can't be right can it? $91k? That's only about £55k?

Obvious scam.

[bobfredstinker]

Yeah, doesn't look quite right. Plus that must be a custom paint job. And the interior... well, let's just say it isn't subtle!

[DB9VolanteDriver]

bobfredstinker said:

Yeah, doesn't look quite right. Plus that must be a custom paint job. And the interior... well, let's just say it isn't subtle!

That's a standard Aston colour.

[bobfredstinker]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

That's a standard Aston colour.

Was it standard on the DBS though? The DBS green is a different shade to that in all the pictures.

[DB9VolanteDriver]

bobfredstinker said:

DB9VolanteDriver said:

That's a standard Aston colour.

Was it standard on the DBS though? The DBS green is a different shade to that in all the pictures.

For a 175K UKP car, Aston is/was very accommodating at painting your DBS any new/old Aston colour, or any other non-Aston colour. The DBS green you are referring to was never a 'DBS' specific green; just one of a myriad of Aston shades of green available.

[Little Donkey]

tonyhall38 said:

looked for 2 yrs for one....never saw or even got a sniff of one....settled for Lighning Silver instead..

Sorry for interrupting..........Tony, Did you get my P.M?

[bobfredstinker]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

bobfredstinker said:

DB9VolanteDriver said:

That's a standard Aston colour.

Was it standard on the DBS though? The DBS green is a different shade to that in all the pictures.

For a 175K UKP car, Aston is/was very accommodating at painting your DBS any new/old Aston colour, or any other non-Aston colour. The DBS green you are referring to was never a 'DBS' specific green; just one of a myriad of Aston shades of green available.

I see. So is it just by coincidence then that most DBSes are black, quantum or silver? It just seems odd that hardly any were sold in any other colour than those if they offered so many. Do you know if many/any were sold in the colour I was initially referring to perchance?

[DB9VolanteDriver]

bobfredstinker said:

DB9VolanteDriver said:

bobfredstinker said:

DB9VolanteDriver said:

That's a standard Aston colour.

Was it standard on the DBS though? The DBS green is a different shade to that in all the pictures.

For a 175K UKP car, Aston is/was very accommodating at painting your DBS any new/old Aston colour, or any other non-Aston colour. The DBS green you are referring to was never a 'DBS' specific green; just one of a myriad of Aston shades of green available.

I see. So is it just by coincidence then that most DBSes are black, quantum or silver? It just seems odd that hardly any were sold in any other colour than those if they offered so many. Do you know if many/any were sold in the colour I was initially referring to perchance?

Of course there were several colours marketed as 'DBS' specific like Lightning Silver, Quantum Silver and Casino Royale. And of course many, many were ordered in those colours by dealers as stock. As mentioned here, you'll see very few non-black, non-grey, non-silver cars out and about.

The only hope of finding a green one (or for that matter any other non 'standard' colour) is to find one that was factory ordered by someone (even a dealer) who was unafraid to be 'different'.

It is my observation that you are more likely to find a non-typical colour in the USA than in GB, for example.

Here's a colour you don't see on a DBS very often (this very well could be the only one). But I think it is wonderful and I'd have it in an instant.

[yeti]

bobfredstinker said:

Was it standard on the DBS though? The DBS green is a different shade to that in all the pictures.

Looks like Ghillies Green with Kestrel tan leather?

Aston will and do paint cars any colour you ask for. There is a large pallet of colours but they are sadly underused. Everyone wants to play secret agent so they're mostly silver and grey

[George H]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

Here's a colour you don't see on a DBS very often (this very well could be the only one). But I think it is wonderful and I'd have it in an instant.

I was just thinking of that one. Mako blue is stunning, bet it looks brilliant in the flesh.

Another rare colour is this one in Rosso Corsa


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C221796#

[George H]

yeti said:

Looks like Ghillies Green with Kestrel tan leather?

Looks like just British Racing Green to me. Ghilles is darker than that. I think it's Kestrel Tan interior though

[bobfredstinker]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

Of course there were several colours marketed as 'DBS' specific like Lightning Silver, Quantum Silver and Casino Royale. And of course many, many were ordered in those colours by dealers as stock. As mentioned here, you'll see very few non-black, non-grey, non-silver cars out and about.

The only hope of finding a green one (or for that matter any other non 'standard' colour) is to find one that was factory ordered by someone (even a dealer) who was unafraid to be 'different'.

It is my observation that you are more likely to find a non-typical colour in the USA than in GB, for example.

Here's a colour you don't see on a DBS very often (this very well could be the only one). But I think it is wonderful and I'd have it in an instant.

But then of course the problem is that the steering wheel would be on the wrong side! There seems something wrong with having a LHD Aston Martin in Britain! But that colour is certainly quite unusual, albeit extremely pretty. I still maintain that I want the Aston press car green though. The dark red may even be a close second.