2004 Aston Martin DB9

The vendor has owned this car since 2007, when it was supplied by the Stratton Motor Company of Norwich with 6,939 miles on the clock.

Some 18 years later, the odometer reading has only advanced as far as 57,691 miles.

The car boasts a full Aston Martin service history to go with its impressively low mileage.

It also drives very well indeed, as we can attest.

It starts on the button, is reassuring free of any errant squeaks, groans or rattles that we can detect and, when asked a serious question by your right ankle, it answers with all the thunderous urge and monumental torque you could hope and wish for.

It also handles, grips, steers and stops perfectly well, in case you were wondering.

Aston Martin hasn’t made an ugly car (even the SUVs aren’t too bad) for decades and the DB9 can hold its own in what is now a portfolio of seriously good-looking cars.

The bodywork is straight and true, and there are no dimples, dinks or dents of any note anywhere that we can see.

The panel gaps and shut-lines are consistent and even, and the doors close with decent levels of weight and precision.

But it’s not perfect, and there are one or two largely cosmetic issues to consider as you cast you gaze over the car’s Midnight Blue flanks.

The issue that we imagine will need addressing first is the bubbling to be found along the base of the driver’s door.

There’s also a lesser outbreak of bubbling at the leading edge of the roof where it meets the windscreen. We imagine this started off in life as a humble stone chip.

Elsewhere, the paintwork has plenty of light scratches in evidence, not least around the driver’s door handle, but they generally look to be of the sort that might capitulate if threatened with a decent polishing machine and some proven detailing products.

There are some deeper scratches along the sill on the driver’s side, some scuffing and scraping along the lower lip of the front valance, and some scuffs around the rim of the o/s/f wheel-arch.

You’ll also find a few scratches and scuffs along the nearside flanks and around the rear bumper.

The wheels are a bit of a mixed bag. The n/s/f and o/s/r wheels are doing well and look fine.

Their o/s/f and n/s/r counterparts have fared rather less well. There is scuffing and kerbing in evidence on both and there are sizeable patches of missing paint and lacquer on the o/s/f wheel.

The matching Bridgestone Potenza tyres look to have plenty of life left in them, as you would expect of tyres that were fitted new last year.

Some black paint has flaked away from the wiper arms and we’re of the opinion that the front number plate could do with some re-attaching.

The lights, lenses, badging and all other exterior fixtures and fittings look pretty good to us, although the door handles have lost some paint and the boot lid handle feels a little loose.

Finally, the boot lid hydraulic struts feel as if they need re-gassing.

The interior is pretty much following the same script as its exterior counterpart in terms of condition: ergo it’s mostly good but there are some minor issues here and there.

The Sandstone leather upholstery has weathered the passage of time with commendable stoicism and has just a few creases and some light discolouration to show for its years of service.

The rear ‘seats’, unsurprisingly, don’t look as if they’ve ever played host to much more than the occasional bag of shopping.

The door cards are good, as is the headlining, although there are a couple of light stains in evidence.

The pale wood veneers on the centre console have been a little compromised, we think by some lifting in the protective plastic coating.

Consequently, there’s some fading around the edges, the veneers look a little discoloured in places, and there’s a crack in the plastic cover next to the pop-up display.

The carpets and mats are in reasonable condition throughout, as is the interior of the boot.

All dials, knobs, instruments, levers, switches and controls look good to us and, as far as we’re aware, everything does what it’s supposed to do, including the AC, althought we did note that the navigation system does not appear to read the disc.

There’s a split in the rubber trim along the top of the driver’s-side kick-plate.

There’s not much to see under the cowls and covers in the very full engine bay, but rest assured that underneath them resides a hugely potent naturally aspirated 5.9-litre V12 engine, producing plenty of push and twist, and sending it all to the rear wheels as efficiently as possible.

The car’s undersides are shrouded by covers and cowls, but everything we can see appears to plenty of structural integrity, and nothing we’ve spotted has given us any cause to shake our heads or tut.

The car comes with a consistently stamped-up (all main dealer) service book, plus plenty of main dealer invoices, bills and receipts covering services not noted in the book.

There are also bills aplenty attesting to repairs, maintenance and trouble-shooting carried out over the years, mostly at main dealers.

The car had four new tyres and a new battery in 2024.

It comes with the official handbook/service book, full sets of keys, a clear HPI report and an MoT that’s valid until 28.6.25.

This is a low ownership, low mileage example with a very good service and maintenance history.

It drives very well and feels properly mechanically sorted and well screwed-together from what we can tell.

It seems to us that the jobs that need doing are at the lower end of the right scale – i.e., the one that doesn’t call for any mechanical heavy lifting and largely involves some cosmetic tweaking and bodywork fettling.

We are happy to offer this car for auction with an estimate in the range of £20,000 - £25,000.

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