![]() The restoration of an original DBS, registration JRA615H was featured in the first episode of series 2 of the Channel 4 series For the Love of Cars, screened in April 2015. Kenneth Haigh as Joe Lampton drove a DBS in the television series Man at the Top. In 2013 the Aston Martin DBS was an invited participant at two of Europe's most exclusive motoring concours, the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este at Lake Como, and the Salon Privé Concours in London. Moore and co-star Tony Curtis both signed the underside of the car's boot lid (rear luggage compartment): Moore at Pinewood Studios in May 2003 Curtis at Cheltenham Racecourse in October 2008. It was restored to a very high standard in recent years by the Aston Martin factory, and is currently owned by divorce lawyer and noted art collector Jeremy Levison. After filming ended it was sold by the factory, via HR Owen in London, to its first private owner. ![]() ![]() Supplied by Aston Martin to the show's producers, the car used the personalised number plate "BS 1" (except for one scene in the episode "The Gold Napoleon," where the car has its original UK registration number PPP 6H instead), courtesy of the plate's real owner Billy Smart, Jr. It can be seen in the background being fitted with small missiles at Q Branch whilst Bond is talking to Q on the telephone.Īnother DBS was later used in the TV series The Persuaders! (1971–1972), in which Roger Moore's character Lord Brett Sinclair drove a distinctive "Bahama Yellow" 6-cylinder DBS (chassis number DBS/5636/R) that, through the use of alloy wheels and different badges, had been made to look like the DBS V8 model. Ī second DBS also appears in a brief single scene in the next Bond film, Diamonds are Forever. In the final scenes of the film, Bond's wife, Tracy, is shot and killed whilst sitting in the car. Unlike Bond's previous car, the Aston Martin DB5, no gadgets were seen in this car, other than a mounting for a telescopic-sight rifle in the glove compartment. The DBS was used by George Lazenby's James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The production models adopted a single-headlight treatment with a Lagonda "horseshoe" grille in place of the twin-headlamp treatment of the prototype. The car originally ran a prototype 5-litre V8 engine but this was quickly replaced by an early 5.3-litre production quad carb version (VS4008EE).īetween 19, seven Lagonda four-door saloons were produced based on the 1969 prototype. The prototype was allocated chassis MP230/1 and was retained by the factory until 1972 and used by Sir David Brown as his personal car, registered JPP 5G. In 1969 the Lagonda name was briefly resurrected, appearing on a four-door prototype of the DBS model. The DBS was the last Aston Martin to be developed under David Brown's control. Trademark Aston design features, such as a bonnet scoop, knock-off wire wheels with 815X15 Crossplys or 205VR15 Pirelli Cinturato CN72 Radial Tyres, and side air vents with stainless steel brightwork were however retained. The DBS was intended to have a more "modern" look than the previous series of Aston models (the DB4 through DB6), and it incorporated a fastback style rear end and squared off front grille, atypical of Astons at the time but very much then in vogue in automotive design circles of the late sixties. William Towns was then hastily brought in to design the new car. The DB6 was incapable of accommodating the planned V8-engine and had to be replaced. In 1966, Touring of Milan was commissioned to design the DB6 replacement and produced two prototypes before the design house went out of business. Claimed engine output was 280 bhp (209 kW 284 PS), but a Vantage engine option used Italian made Weber carburettors, increasing output to an advertised 325 bhp (242 kW 330 PS). It was a larger coupé than the DB6, with four full sized seats, but was powered by the same 4.0 L engine as the previous car. ![]() Powered by a straight-six engine, it was produced from 1967 until 1972, eventually being phased out in favour of the Aston Martin V8. The DBS was intended as the successor to the Aston Martin DB6, although the two ran concurrently for three years. The Tadek Marek-designed inline-six engine of a DBS
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