When launching a new car most manufacturers are content with a grand unveiling at a motor show followed by a mass-media advertising bombardment. The world got its first glimpse of the Aston Martin DBS as it barrel-rolled across the silver screen in Casino Royale. The car's muscular appearance caused as much speculation in the motoring press as new Bond Daniel Craig's did in the gossip columns but it was a lengthy wait before the production model was ready for the road and its full specification revealed.It would be easy to think of the 'S' as a DB9 that has been the subject of a rigorous training programme to bring it up to fighting trim. Its intentions are signalled by the adoption of the motoring equivalent of lycra and training shoes; spoilers, scoops and carbon-fibre. A wider stance, beefier wings and bigger wheels work together to distance it from the DB9 but the bling rear lights and renaming the key an 'Emotion Control Unit' are rather over the top. Aston Martin would rather you thought of this car as a road going version of its Le Mans winning DBR9 racer. Perhaps the truth is somewhere in between.
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