2003 Aston Martin DB7 GTA

Finished in silver with a cream and black interior, this car has covered just 41,730 miles in the course of its well-documented (and clearly well-curated) existence.

The car has clocked-up only 7,000 miles in the last 13 years.

It is in very good condition, inside, outside and underneath.

We have driven the car and can attest that, 20 years after it rolled off the production line, it still feels properly screwed together, solid and sorted.

The build quality is, if anything, notably superior to some more modern models from the Aston stable.

The car presses on with poise, balance and more than enough urgency for most people.

It’s really a very classy GT car and one that still has the power to turn heads today.

It is also rarer than teeth on a particularly endangered breed of hen.

The vendor, who runs an international heavy plant spares business and has a proven eye for fine classic cars, took this and another car in exchange for an E Type he’d had subjected to a nut and bolt restoration.

He is putting it up for auction because he’s just got himself as Aston Martin Vanquish and now wants someone else to enjoy the undeniable delights of the GTA.

The previous owner, who’d had the car for around 8 years, is and was particularly fastidious in the care and maintenance of his classic cars – which goes some way to explaining exceptional condition of this sparingly used DB7 GTA.

The condition of the bodywork is really very good indeed.

There are no dinks, dents or creases of any significance and the paint has plenty of shine and lustre.

There are just one or two marks here and there, none of which seriously detracts from the vehicle’s excellent overall aesthetic.

The panel gaps and shut lines are consistent and even.

Aside from one or two very small marks the wheels have clearly been kept at a respectful and judicious distance from kerbs and other obstacles.

The matching Bridgestone S-02 tyres look to have plenty of life left in them.

The lights, lenses, badging and exterior trim are all fine.

The silver paintwork is similarly impressive and is far more a reflection of the car’s low mileage than its age.

There are a few scratches on the n/s/r wing behind the door and a more substantial scratch on the sill beneath the driver’s door.

There’s a tiny patch of micro-blistering inside the driver’s door handle and another inside the lower lip of the boot opening.

One or two stone chips are in evidence on the ‘nose’ of the car and around the front valance.

There are a couple of paint chips on the rear edge of the passenger door and the bodywork immediately behind it.

The good news continues uninterrupted on the inside, where everything appears to have survived the passage of time with commendable fortitude and resilience.

The leather upholstery is in excellent order and only the driver’s seat has any creases to attest to its use and years on the planet.

The rear seats, unsurprisingly given that the rear of a DB7 is hardly capacious, look as if they’ve barely ever been troubled by the weight of a human posterior.

The seats are comfortable and supportive both front and back.

The carpets and mats are in excellent order.

The door cards are fine, as is the headlining.

The wood veneers are in very good fettle and the only fault we’ve found in them is a tiny split next to the ashtray.

The dashboard padding above the instrument binnacle is a little wrinkled and scuffed-looking.

The CD/radio/nav unit has developed sticky button syndrome in the manner often more readily associated with Maranello products of a similar vintage.

As far as we can tell, all switches, knobs, levers, toggles, buttons, dials and other electrics are behaving themselves and doing what they’re supposed to do.

The boot is clean, tidy and in good order.

Everything in the engine bay is clean, dry and seems to be in its right and proper place.

The undersides of the car appear to have a good deal of structural integrity and seem to us to be untroubled by either time or use.

While the car doesn’t come with an Aston Martin service book, it does have receipts, bills and invoices for all manner of services, maintenance and repairs, most of which were carried out by respected Aston specialists.

The car was last serviced around a year ago and has covered very few miles since then.

It has a full set of keys and an MoT which is valid until 29.2.24.

It has been fully HPI checked and cleared.

This must be one of the best DB7 V12 GTAs out there.

And given how few GTAs exist at all, that makes this a very special vehicle indeed.

It has covered very few miles for a car that’s now 20 years old and is in excellent condition even for its low mileage.

We think this is a very desirable example of a rare and very capable model – one that should give its next owner many years of classy and exhilarating motoring pleasure.

We’re confident to offer this fine car for auction with an estimate of £38,000 - £44,000.

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