2000 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage

The new millennium saw Aston Martin revamp the DB7 to engineer the Vantage you see here, with its newly-developed six-litre, 414bhp V12 engine channelling its power through either a five-speed automatic or a six-speed manual like this one.

Finished in Aston Racing Green with a Parchment and Green leather interior complete with burr walnut veneer trim, ‘W622 TTF’ has had just four previous keepers and still shows only 32,000 miles on the odometer.

It also comes to market fresh from a £4,000+ service, in possession of a long MoT, and accompanied by an inspection report from Rikki Cann, a well-respected independent Aston Martin expert.

The seller bought it from a work colleague in 2005, so he knows the car well and has looked after it appropriately. He also told us: “It has never been driven in the rain, or with snow or salt on the roads.”

Is this the perfect example of a perfectly-spec’d DB7, the Aston Martin so many of us consider the British firm’s most underappreciated and undervalued grand touring car?

The Aston Racing Green coachwork, paint code 1140, presents very well indeed. Of course, it’s a lovely shade in its own right, and the paint has weathered very well, but the panel alignment was the aspect that struck us first, especially the shutlines around the doors, boot lid, and bonnet.

Take a look too at how the rear lamp surrounds line up with laser-like accuracy against the creaseline of the boot. Admire the way the rear bumper provides a consistent gap across its full width, and note the accuracy of the reflections the paintwork casts thanks to an absence of ripples, dents, or dinks to disrupt them.

The lamp lenses are also free of cracks and chips, and the rear units are still bright and colourful. The badges haven’t faded either, and the glass is almost flawless, including the door mirrors and windscreen.

As for the 18-inch alloy wheels, they too are free of scuffs, scrapes or any other indication that it’s been driven with anything other than an unusual degree of care and precision.

However, because the car hasn’t really been used in the past eight years, the three Bridgestone Potenza S-03 tyres are showing their age (the front tyres are cracked, and the nearside rear is worn) and need to be replaced. The offside rear is a newer Bridgestone Turanza date-stamped 2021, and this is in a good condition. 

As for cosmetic issues, apart from the usual minor marks and stonechips every car accumulates over the years, we spotted the following: a scuff on the nearside front wing; chips to the rear edge of the nearside door; rust breaking out where the nearside rear wing meets the rear bumper; rust around the drain hole under the fuel filler cap; chips on the boot lid; scuffs and chips to the rear bumper; rust forming on the offside rear wing and a scratch near the rear lamp unit; chips to the trailing edge of the driver’s door plus a small scuff; scratches to the offside door mirror casing; and various chips and scratches to the offside front wing.

You could be forgiven for thinking that a Green and Parchment leather interior might look a bit, er, period.

Which it does but in the most glorious way – and if you’re going to buy a classic sportscar then you want to go all in surely?

In any case, there’s no need to make the sort of excuses some 1980’s Porsches demand of their Kermit Green and Clown Nose Red interiors either because it is so beautifully designed, installed and curated that the effect is one of wonder rather than shock.

This one has got lashings of burr walnut veneer too, which adds yet more charm to what is already one of the more characterful cabins of its time – and this one has stood the test of time better than most. 

So well, in fact, that we’re happy to introduce its cosmetic flaws much earlier than usual: We spotted colour loss to the outer edge of the driver’s seat, a bit of a patina to the green leather gearknob, and a stained carpet in the nearside front footwell and on the nearside of the transmission tunnel plus a mark to the hide finish of the latter.

The rest is little short of magnificent, including the front seats which are both electrically adjustable and heated and manage to balance the competing demands of lateral support and comfort better than almost anything in its class.

The rear seats are in an even better condition and appear to have seen little use. The matching door cards are also free of any serious wear ‘n’ tear, as are the carpets, which have even managed to retain an intact driver’s heel protector. 

The boot is both a good size and well-trimmed. It also contains a space-saver spare wheel, something that’s become something of a rarity these days, plus a tool kit, jack, warning triangle, and a few spares. Lifting it all out reveals only a solid and well-painted metal floor too.

Other notables include an Alpine radio-cassette player with a matching amplifier and CD multichanger in the boot. 

The headlining is also clean, taut, and undamaged, the alloy pedals are engraved with the Aston Martin name and logo, and the top of the dashboard and the parcelshelf are both free of cracks, peeling leather, and warped trim.

As for actual faults you might want to rectify, the only one we are aware of is that the front seats do not tilt forward. Everything else works exactly as it should.

The DB7’s service history is recorded as follows:

• 23.03.2000 and 122 miles – pre-delivery inspection by Lancaster Reading
• 30.06.2000 and 1,575 miles – service by Lancaster Reading
• 11.01.2001 and 2,947 miles – service by Lancaster Reading
• 03.01.2002 and 6,989 miles – service by Lancaster Reading
• 08.11.2002 and 8,860 miles – service by Lancaster Reading
• 04.11.2003 and 14,320 miles – service by Grange Aston
• 05.11.2004 and 16,857 miles – service by Grange Aston
• 07.10.2005 and 19,909 miles – service by Rikki Cann including new front tyres and brake discs, suspension bushes, and more
• 05.12.2006 and 22,948 miles – service by Rikki Cann
• 04.06.2008 and 25,853 miles – service by Rikki Cann
• 08.07.2009 and 27,269 miles – service by Rikki Cann plus much more including rustproofing and new radius arms
• 03.10.2013 and 29,006 miles – service by Simpson Autocare
• 01.07.2014 and 29,974 miles – service by PMW Ltd
• 30.06.2015 and 30,661 miles – service by Formula One Autocentres
• 10.04.2017 and 30,808 miles – service by Lookers
• 07.12.2017 and 31,262 miles – service by Stratton Motor Company Ltd
• 22.03.2021 and 31,983 miles – service by Universal Tyre and Autocentres
• 30.04.2025 and 32,287 miles – service plus much more by Rikki Cann (see below for details)

The DB7 did very little between 2017 and 2025; while it was MoT’d every year, it only added another thousand miles in eight years before being serviced again. As the seller himself puts it: “The car has mostly just sat in my garage for many years, and I really don’t use it regularly.”

Nevertheless, he submitted it to Rikki Cann in April 2025 for them to go through it. This resulted in a service plus new fuel pumps and filters, a new battery, and new rear radius arms at a cost of a little over £4,000

There is also an invoice on file for a clutch replacement by Rikki Cann in September 2018 at a cost of £4,631.

The air-conditioning compressor and front brake hoses had been replaced by the Stratton Motor Company in February 2018 at a cost of £1,720. A new steering rack was also fitted in February 2011, with the fuel pumps and other miscellaneous fuel supply components, sparkplugs, and the ignition coil being changed a year earlier. 

As you’d expect given this level of fettling, the engine bay presents well. There is a little rust here and there, but this seems to be limited to metal brackets and the like, so getting rid of it wouldn’t be too onerous. 

More importantly, as the video demonstrates the Vantage’s engine starts well, idles with the smoothness only a V12 is capable of, and barks and snarls like the pedigree it is. 

It also does it all with good oil pressure and a healthy charge to the battery as well as one of the best exhaust notes of the 21st century.

There are no warning lights illuminated on the dashboard either, and our test drive went well, although it did feel like it wanted to jump out of second gear and the steering is slightly off-centre to left and has a tedency to pull to the left when driving. 

Which brings us neatly to the subject of faults. The most recent MoT included the following advisories, which we report alongside the owner’s comments:

• Service brake fluctuating, but not excessively: “this has never been mentioned before.”
• Reg plate insecure, but not likely to fall off: “I had a private plate until just before the MoT and put the old plate back with sticky pads.”
• Both front seats didn’t tip back: “I hadn’t noticed this.”
• Front Tyres slightly damaged/cracking.
• Coil spring corroded front: “Mechanic said this wasn’t really a problem as they are robust pieces of metal.”
• Tyre worn on rear nearside.

The DB7 also comes with an inspection report from Rikki Cann, which was written following the service it carried out on the 7th of May 2025. As you can see, there are things to do still, although the seller has carried out the more urgent items. We would also point out that his honesty in supplying the report is admirable, not least because no one would have been any the wiser if he had omitted it!

Finally, the underside looks to be in above-average condition with only the usual surface corrosion to the steel suspension and steering components plus light rust inside some of the wheelarches.

The latter doesn’t appear to be anything more than unsightly at the moment and it certainly wasn’t mentioned during the last MoT; in fact, the seller tells us that the last MoT tester commented that the underside was in the best condition he’d seen in a long time. Even so, it would be sensible to get it professionally treated and protected sooner rather than later. 

The underside of the front bumper is a bit scuffed too, as is the black plastic undertray. This is inevitable and not visible unless you crawl underneath.

The DB7’s MoT certificate is valid until June 2027 and the recent Vehicle History Check is clear.

The history file includes the leather-bound Owner’s Guide, the stamped service history booklet, some expired MoT certificates, and a bunch of invoices for servicing and repairs. 

Achingly beautiful and yet still surprisingly contemporary, the DB7 currently occupies the hinterland between barely-five-figure bargains and the rarified atmosphere both earlier and later Aston Martins occupy.

It therefore also occupies the sweet spot between accessibility and (perhaps) being on the cusp of breaking into the big leagues it deserves to play in.

This one is also well positioned to capitalise on any moves in the market, not least because collectors tend to appreciate the earliest and the latest examples first – and this one, being a well-specified late model in a good colour combination and with a good history, stands head-and-shoulders above even the already well-respected DB7 Vantage.

And all this could be yours for between £17,000 and £22,000, which is the sort of absurdly small sum that could lead to much gloating in the years to come.

Viewing is always encouraged, and this particular car is located with us at The Market HQ near Abingdon; we are open weekdays 9am-5pm, 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’.