1996 Aston Martin DB7

Fitted with the supercharged 3.2-litre straight-six that offers 330bhp and 369lb-ft of torque, ‘P400 TKH’ comes with a run of MoT certificates that verify the 38,700 miles recorded on the odometer.

Finished in Buckingham Green with a Parchment hide interior, it also benefits from a recent £12,000 recommissioning service by Riedling & Mouser plus other four-figure work later in the year by George Edward, an independent DB7 specialist.

Running beautifully, it’s only being offered for sale because the seller has unexpectedly lost four of his garage spaces and isn’t prepared to put them into storage: “I’d only be worrying about them, and it doesn’t do them any good anyway.”

As a result, both this and the Stornoway Silver DB7 GTA we’re also offering have to go, so they’re being offered with no reserve and will be considered sold after the very first bid has been placed.

The Buckingham Green coachwork, an interesting twist on the ubiquitous British Racing Green, looks terrific with a healthy shine to the paintwork and an overall air of well-being.

It helps that the underlying panels are in such a good condition – and very well aligned. Shutlines that could’ve been drawn on with a fine-tipped Sharpie conspire with an absence of car-park dinks and scrapes to show off Ian Callum’s lines to perfection; it’s aged well, we think straddling the line between contemporary and classic better than most of its peers.

The 18-inch, 12-spoke alloy wheels have been refurbished and are still in a stunning condition. With a significant dish to their design that allows you to admire how broad they are, the recommissioning also included a set of new and matching Bridgestone Potenza tyres. New in June 2025 and with only a few hundred miles under their belt, they’re still like new.

We will never get tired of telling you that experience shows that matching high-quality tyres are an infallible sign of a caring and mechanically sympathetic owner who is prepared to spend the appropriate amount in maintaining their car properly.

The lamp lenses, badges, and glazing are all excellent too with barely a mark between them. The good news continues as the window and door rubbers are still firm and pliant, and even areas such as the door mirrors and the four corners of the bumpers are free of marks.

Other things we like include the ‘Grange Aston Martin’ decal in the rear window, an Aston Martin ‘Works Prepared’ sticker in the windscreen, shiny exhaust tips, neatly aligned parking sensors, and good chromework on the handles and front wing vents.

All of which means our final section, where we talk about the DB7’s flaws, is short. In fact, all we could spot – and we looked VERY carefully – is a small scuff on the offside front wheelarch, a small scratch below the offside door mirror, and a small scratch above the tailgate lock. The nearside rear wing has had the paint touched-up near the fuel filler flap but that’s the extent of the coachwork’s issues.

The Parchment and green interior might be of-the-period but it’s an Old Money colour combination that hints of a country pile in the West country rather than the vulgarity you might find in an oligarch’s Bentayga.

The Parchment hide front seats, which are heated and electrically adjustable, are in a fine condition with nothing more than light creasing to their face material. The two-tone design on the back works well and the rear face is in a great condition, including the taut elasticated pockets.

The rear seats are in an even better condition but then the DB7 is more of a 2+2 than a full four-seater, so they tend not to see anything like as much use as the front seats.

And they too are a beautiful design, swooping around to create a cradle to protect your loved ones – and if you’ve got small children in the family, they’re going to love the cocoon-like atmosphere.

But then everything in here is a visual and tactile treat with the majority of the surfaces you touch being covered in either walnut veneer or soft leather.

The use of hide extends to the door cards, dashboard, transmission tunnel, and pretty much the entire rear cabin, and it is all still soft and free of any significant aging.

The suede-like headlining is, just like the wool carpet, clean and undamaged.

The Alpine radio-cassette player in the dashboard also operates the boot-mounted CD-multichanger.

Speaking of which, the boot is as well-trimmed and clean as the rest of the interior. It also contains a car cover and a Gtechniq cleaning kit in addition to the factory umbrella that everyone else hangs onto when they sell the car.

Lifting the false floor reveals a space-saver spare wheel and a warning triangle, plus what looks like an unused tool kit and compressor. There’s an Alpine CD-multichanger too.

Returning to the Aston’s condition, the lettering on the controls and switches is still bright white, and everything seems to work as it should, including the coolant temperature gauge that George Edward sorted out only recently.

As for issues, the leather on the nearside footwell could be more neatly finished where it meets the central dashboard but that’s about it – but then after having seen how few issues we found with the coachwork, you weren’t expecting any significant problems inside, were you?

The DB7’s service history is recorded as follows:

· 19.01.1998 – pre-delivery inspection by Aston Martin Works

· 18.02.1998 and 1,023 miles – service by Aston Martin Works

· 12.08.1998 and 8,062 miles – service by Grange Aston Martin

· 13.01.1999 and 13,225 miles – service by Aston Martin Works

· 26.06.2000 and 22,036 miles – service by Grange Aston Martin

· 19.05.2001 and 24,380 miles – service by Grange Aston Martin

· 17.11.2014 and 34,620 miles – service by Longmans Motors

· 28.06.2025 and 38,382 miles – a recommissioning service including a gearbox service, fresh brake fluid, new oil in the differential, a fuel filter, front brake discs and pads and rear brake pads, a battery, wiper blades, a radius arm, reconditioning of the alternator, a new windscreen, four Bridgestone Potenza tyres, underseal/Waxoyl, recharging of the air-conditioning system, and a three-stage polish by Riedling & Mouser at a cost of £12,332

· 27.11.2025 – miscellaneous electrical work, primarily inside, by George Edward, an Aston Martin DB7 specialist, at a cost of £1,541

· 12.01.2026 – new battery, bypass actuator, and fuel pump kit by Riedling & Mouser at a cost of £2,477

The engine fires into life and settles into an immediate steady idle. It shows a healthy charge to the battery too, as well as good oil pressure. There are no unexpected noises or warning lights, and it revs with the silky smoothness only a straight-six (or a V12) can deliver.

The engine bay is very clean, but then given the quality of curation over its life and the recent significant investment in recommissioning, did you expect anything less?

We did spot the odd rusty bracket and fastener but remedying those would be straightforward and cheap – assuming, that is, they bother you enough to do anything about them.

The freshly re-protected and Waxoyl’d underside looks good, and this extends to the underneath of the vulnerable front spoiler, which is free of scuffs, scrapes and damage.

A previous auction listing suggests the first owner sold the car to Aston Martin Grange in June 2000 with 22,100 miles on the odometer. It also suggests the second owner purchased it from them, and it stayed with him and his brother until 2025.

The seller purchased it only last year. A self-confessed fastidious collector, he was thrilled to find such an original car: “I wanted a perfect DB7”, he sighed, “and I found one. I only wish I could keep it.”

He drove it for a while to shake-down any teething issues before consigning it into George Edward’s hands to sort out the few niggles that remained.

This lifelong attention to detail is reflected in the car’s MoT history, which is nothing but clean passes with no advisories. This includes the current one, which is valid until July 2026.

Unsurprisingly, the recent Vehicle History Check is clear, and the car comes with two sets of keys.

The history file also includes a V5 Registration Certificate in the seller’s name, the Aston Martin wallet and service history booklet, a photo album, lots of old invoices, some expired MoTs, and even an old tax disc.

With a guide price of between £13,000 and £16,000 – or about the same amount that’s been invested in the past year to recommission it – we’re again reminded of how cheap Aston Martin DB7s are now.

Surely we can’t be alone in wondering how long this can go on for?

And, because the seller has to sell his beloved DB7, he’s happy to offer it with no reserve, so it’ll be going to a new home after the very first bid has been placed.

If you’ve ever lusted after a DB7 (and who hasn’t?), this is the time to put your money where your dream is.

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