James Bond to drive new Aston Martin DBS ??
 

Apparently a sepcial Aston Martin is being prepared for the upcoming movie called "Casino Royal" staring Daniel Craig. So far only one picture is available and it's a simple sketch:

http://www.leftlanenews.com/wp-image...jan17dbs_1.jpg

I wonder if this is just a one timer or if it's a new model. If it's the second option...it would be pretty stupid for a company to have 4 two-door coupes in it's line up.



http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=12949

The info is a repost ...


But yes i think its pretty stupid ... but you have the v8 vantage as the sports coupe , the db9 as the grand tourer ... and the vanquish another grandtourer but more extreme .

I bet the DBS will be the vanquish replacement ...

Ooops, sorry about that. But it's only my 2nd repost in 2 years ...not bad :D

i think thats what theyre gonna do. on aston's site it says the new model DBS, so im gonna guess its gonna be a production model at some point.

Aston Martin DBS - First Look
20th February 2006

James Bond fans will have to wait until November 17th 2006 to see the car in its full glory with 007 behind the wheel in "Casino Royale", but the first sneak peaks of the new Aston Martin DBS have appeared today.

http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articl...artin_dbs1.jpg

Details of the gadgets featured in the car are being kept under close wraps - but MI6 can confirm that they all reside inside the car, and are not the usual pop-up machine guns or rocket launchers. Despite the car featuring MI6 technology, Q will not appear in the film.

Last month, Aston Martin confirmed that Daniel Craig visited the Aston Martin headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, on Friday 13th January to view the featured car. While there he met Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ulrich Bez, and members of the workforce and also took the opportunity to take a short test drive.

Dr Ulrich Bez said: “It is great news that Bond will drive an Aston Martin again and we have built him something special to enable him to do his job in style.”

Why is it stupid? :|

what if its a db9 S ???
theres the Vanquish S, so DB9 S seems logical, DB9+S = DBS

damn Q isnt appearing? thats a bit sad he was always amusing specially when showing Pierce Brosnan the Vanquish in Die Another Day

Is this bond getting a mountain bike and a peddle car?

http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articl...artin_dbs1.jpg


If it's going ot look anywhere like this than I'm awfully dissapointed. I understand that the current design scheme is very stylish but they are going over the top, they should be a bit more innovative and not expect to be able to copy the same design till the end of time.The concept drawing looked so promising... :(

I think this is just some magazines photoshop interpretation of what it might look like based on the side view sketch, so i don't think its anything to worry about.

And bmagni, I think you might be right about the car being a DB9 S version, or I think it even might be a vantage S version. Since the lead designer Henrik Fisker who was responsible for the DB9 and the Vantage has left Aston, I don't think they are in a hurry to redesign their flagship models. But I guess we will find out soon.

Not far away from that...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006100330,00.html

Well since the side view sketch looks exactly like every late aston...I wouldn't be surprised if it looked the same...

but a DB9 S or Vantage S sounds more likely than a whole new car...

I don't like the look of that thing. It seems like they thought, lets use the same road as Ferrari and Lamborghini have. Ferrari with the 430, which is IMO a restyled and more radical 360. And the new lambo Murcielago 640, which is also a pimped version of the basic car.

Aston Martins are a different breed however. They shouldn't be pimped or have a dozen spoilers on them.

I think its an improvment on an already beautiful design. I like it a lot, but then again, I like all Astons but the DBAR1