2005 Aston Martin DB9

This Aston Martin DB9 has the 6-litre V12 engine and a 2005 numberplate. Having covered just 46,000 miles from new it’s a great low mileage example of the classic GT. It’s finished in Onyx Black, has clear rear light lenses installed, and a gorgeous black leather interior.

It also has the Sport Pack fitted, so comes with 19in alloy wheels. It had new brakes fitted all round only 1000 miles ago, has a full Aston Martin/specialist service history (19 stamps in total), a recent MoT (next due September 2023) and the personalised number plate fitted to it is included in the sale.

The owner says:

‘I bought the car as it was a long term dream of mine to own one. I’m now selling it as I wasn’t really using it enough and I wanted to try a Tesla since I’ve been driving in the congestion charge zone a lot!

The leather seats are in really good condition for the age of the car. The leather hasn’t rubbed away where the driver slides in. The alloy wheels are from the Sports Pack. I personally love the clear rear lights – they’re much better than the usual red ones. ‘I’ve really just used it locally. I haven’t done loads of miles in it. It’s an original car with its factory fitted engine – it’s beautiful car too, the V12 sounds amazing, it’s super powerful and it’s definitely a real head turner. And it’s rare to be able to own a car of this spec for this price. It might be a bit older but it hasn’t lost any of these characteristics.’

We can’t argue with the owner’s assertion that the DB9 is a beautiful car. And this is a beautiful example, too. Black cars can be a pain to keep clean, but my they do look fabulous – especially when the shape is as slippery as the DB9’s.

Apart from being tricky to keep clean, black paint shows imperfections up alarmingly, so it’s pretty easy to see that this car has very few, and those that it does have are very minor. There’s a stone chip on the leading edge of the bonnet. A decent bodyshop would make light work of eliminating it.

Slightly more visible is some paint degradation on the driver’s door mirror support. A similar issue has arisen on the passenger door mirror support, but not to the same extent. Either way, these could be sorted at the same time as that bonnet, or a competent DiY enthusiast could sort them out with a few hours work and some black aerosols.

But these are minor issues and the overall impression is of a car in very fine shape. The 19 inch Sport Pack alloy wheels add a particularly muscular look to this purposeful coupé, and they are also in excellent shape, as you can see from the pictures.

Those clear rear light lenses really suit the car too, which certainly isn’t always the case. But on the DB9 – especially in black – they work really well.

It’s relatively unusual to find a black car with a black interior – more often, black paint on the outside means a beige or red cabin hue. But this is a genuine black on black DB9, as the Americans would say.

And the black leather is in lovely condition too, with some very slight signs of the years and miles on the driver’s seat bolster, but nothing untoward, and with a good dose of hide food it would probably be almost invisible.

Ford owned Aston Martin from 1991 up until 2007, and there are hints of this in the cabin with some of the switchgear, but the instrument pod is all Aston Martin. It’s cracking looking too, with a rev counter that spins anti-clockwise, nicely complimenting the clockwise speedo. Little touches, but they make a difference to the driving experience.

With the bonnet up and looking inside the engine bay – the intake runners could do with a clean up, as could the black panel sitting over the middle of them. And some of the smaller alloy parts have very light surface corrosion, but this is all purely cosmetic. The engine itself starts and runs sweetly, as you’d expect from such a low mileage car.

Underneath the car we couldn’t see anything to worry about at all, although large areas are covered in plastic undertrays and the car is very low slung, so it’s not easy to get a clear picture. We always encourage prospective buyers to come and take a look for themselves.

That said, the car comes with a recent MoT certificate so we strongly suspect that the underside is just as well preserved as the upper surfaces.

Along with that recent MoT the seller tells us the car has a full service history, with the work being carried out either by Aston Martin themselves or aftermarket specialists. He says:

‘The car has been very well looked after. It comes with all the service history. I got new brakes added about 1000 miles ago, which was expensive, and a number of service items were also completed at that time. This is a beautiful looking and sounding car that turns heads wherever we go. The car has low mileage, has been well looked after, and both paint and interior leather are in great condition.’

At this price point we reckon this Aston represents terrific value for money – especially bearing in mind the low mileage and the fact that it’s a well cared for car. Of course, for similar money you could buy yourself a brand new Ford Focus with a 1-litre engine, but we suspect if you’ve read this far you know that would be daft.

Besides, prices of Astons always rise in the long term, something that can’t really be said for the Focus. So if you want to feel special, do the right thing and treat yourself to a cracking example of a classic Aston Martin DB9. You know it makes sense.

We estimate this Aston Martin to fetch between £25,000 - £30,000 in auction.

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