2007 Aston Martin DB9

The DB9 we can offer you here is a well cared-for UK example with just over 60,000 miles, a good main-dealer history and little recent use. It was bought earlier this year by the vendor from a friend of his who had owned the car for some years as part of a collection. Our vendor hadn’t even got round to re-registering it before he was offered a Porsche 911/991 GTS that he wanted rather badly, and with only one spare spot in his garage, the Aston has to go.

It’s covered only 6000 miles in the last five years and only a few hundred since the beginning of 2018, so it’s time someone enjoyed it to the full. The vendor tells us that the MOT expired during lockdown and he actually submitted it for a test on the way to The Market headquarters. With two new front tyres, it passed and was complimented by the tester as ‘cleaner underneath than any I’ve seen’. As neo-classic luxury bargains go, it’s very promising.

The paint is apparently a special order – it’s a silver metallic but not Aston’s normal silver metallic. There is a small scuff to the offside front bumper, right down in front of the wheel, where it’s perhaps touched a high kerb. Any decent paint shop should be able to return this to perfection with ease, but be sure to find the correct code for this paint!

Elsewhere, we couldn’t find anything to complain about. The bodywork is in excellent, un-marked shape and all the lenses (including another special-order feature, the colourless rear lamp covers) and glass looks to be as good as new. New Bridgestone Potenza 235/40 19s have been fitted on the front, as mentioned, and the rears have plenty of life left.

If you’re in the mood to be a nit-picker, the alloy wheels show a few minor marks and their centre caps are losing a little lacquer from the edges. Overall, it looks lovely.

Rather like the outside, there is little to discuss – it looks great and we can’t find any faults. The seats have the minimum of creasing to the black leather on the bolsters and the carpets look clean rather than new. The dash and centre console have escaped without scrapes, nicks and so forth.

Automatic DB9s have a dramatic set of buttons across the centre of the dash – that illuminated Engine Start button in the middle, then Neutral and Drive to the right and Park and Reverse to the left. Nothing as old-fashioned as a gear stick, though there are two shift paddles on the steering wheel for when you want a change from sedate to sporty.

The only additions are an extra 12v charging socket on the side of the centre console behind the driver, and the Pure DAB radio unit mounted on the centre console. It works well, receiving digital signals and re-transmitting them on FM which is then picked up by the Aston’s own radio. There is also a CD player and a factory sat-nav; a pop-up unit in the top of the dash that functions as it should.

In the boot we were pleased to find the car’s umbrella still resting in its clips, together with the warning triangle in the boot. The carpet liner is still clean and fits well.

It goes like the clappers…as you would expect. It’s also quiet, refined and comfortable if you choose to drive in a more restrained manner. We couldn’t fault its on-road behaviour. There is, perhaps, a slight noise from the fan in the cabin that you can notice if it’s running when the rest of the car is silent.

The engine bay is dry and clean but not detailed as such, though it’s not far from being immaculate – get rid of a bit of dust on the plastic covers and the odd bloom on the aluminium parts and it would sparkle.

Underneath, our photos show quite a bit of moisture but that’s from the car’s journey to our facilities – it’s a few puddle splashes rather than any leaks. We’ll go along with the MOT’s tester’s assertion that it’s all very clean and tidy. Only Aston’s occasional use of non-stainless fixings (here and under the bonnet) sometimes catch the eye, but if you can’t forgive a 14 year-old car the odd rust-coloured nut or bolt, you’re hard to please…

We include an online HPI report run at the auction start which shows no finance outstanding and no insurance markers for theft or damage.

There’s a handsome DB9 leather wallet and a service book to encourage any buyer: stamps from the supplying dealer (Stratstone of Cardiff) and then from Aston Martin Works Service at Newport Pagnell, including anti-corrosion inspections. We think the last service came at 58,000 miles.

There’s also an HPI check that a previous owner has commissioned, several recent MOTs and of course the V5C. That is still in the name of the current vendor’s pal, and it shows three owners previous to him.

This should be a bargain for someone. We’re used to Aston Martin V8 Vantages selling in the low to mid-twenties, but the grown-up V12 sibling, the DB9, is now within range for those buyers too.

The trick is to avoid a high-owner, high-miles car with a patchy history. We think this garaged, carefully serviced example should sell between £23,000 and £30,000, which makes a bit of a nonsense of buying anything cheaper…why try and save a grand or two on the purchase price only to let yourself in for big bills?

If Ferraris seem too flashy and Porsches too predictable, here’s the answer. Driving a DB9 turns heads in admiration of its pretty shape, rather than anything negative. You also get thundering performance, a cosseting cabin, a useable boot and perhaps best of all, the chance to say things like ‘Tonight? Sure…I’ll pick you up in the Aston.’

Viewing is always encouraged, and this particular car is located with us in Abingdon. To arrange an appointment please use the ‘Contact Seller’ button at the top of the listing. Feel free to ask any questions or make observations in the comments section below, or try our ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.