Aston Martin DBS V12
The 2007 DBS sharpened the VH grand tourer with a 510 bhp V12, standard manual transaxle and carbon-ceramic brakes.
AM DBS V12 IAA 2007.jpg · Linus Egger · CC BY-SA 2.0
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More than a set of wheels.
Aston Martin revived the DBS name for a new flagship revealed at Pebble Beach in 2007. Its body and cabin remained recognizably related to the DB9, but carbon-ceramic brakes, adaptive damping and extra V12 output gave it a harder purpose. The page names the year and V12 generation because 'DBS' also identifies a very different 1967 car and a later Superleggera.
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The production DBS followed the car's appearance in Casino Royale; Aston Martin records seven rolls during filming as a world record at the time.
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A name reused across two eras
The first DBS arrived in 1967 with William Towns styling. The profile here is explicitly the 2007 V12 revival, preventing a familiar badge from mixing two unrelated generations.
Source: Aston Martin · DBS & DBS Volante ↗The brakes are part of the flagship story
Aston Martin specified carbon-ceramic discs with six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers. The hardware is not decorative trivia: it is a direct response to managing repeated high-speed braking in a 510 bhp grand tourer.
Source: Car and Driver · 2008 Aston Martin DBS comparison test ↗Where these facts come from
Selected facts checked for this edition. Some source pages link to broader model families. Last reviewed October 21, 2026.