4 Road & Performance for sale

The 40 valve 3.5 litre V8 rocked the motoring world when it was released with many people considering it to have one of the most extraordinary engine notes of any production car before or since. Producing some 280kw at a screaming 8500rpm, the F355 was light years on in performance, driveability and appeal over the outgoing 348. The Spider version brought that incredible engine just a bit closer to the occupants with the swift-acting retractable roof. Produced in considerably lower production nu

An Exercise in Excess Just occasionally a car gets made to celebrate what can be done when a bunch of engineers get together and tear up the rule book. With the impending move towards electrification and hybridisation, the boffins at Aston Martin huddled together and talked in hushed tones about the idea of taking the mega twin-turbo 5.2 litre V12 from the DBS Superleggera and shoehorning it into the smallest car they make, the Vantage. What we ended up with after countless hours and millions

It becomes all too easy to use hyperbole and cliche when describing a particular car having “the best spec” or “no box left unticked” etcetera, however for this particular DBS we absolutely mean it! This Aston Martin DBS Superleggera is so jaw-droppingly beautiful that we should add the word “art" in front of “collector" instead of “car”. No matter what angle this car is viewed from it is a miracle of design and engineering where the aesthetic hasn’t been compromised by anyone in a lab coat. W