2010 Aston Martin DBS V12 Volante

The DBS made its Bond debut alongside Daniel Craig in Casino Royale in 2006, reappearing in Quantum of Solace in 2008. Hugely popular, it was inevitable that Aston Martin would offer a Volante, which arrived a year later.

Appropriately enough, ‘LN60 DWY’ is finished in Quantum Silver Metallic. It also benefits from being fitted with a red leather interior and having spent the first seven years of its life in the benign Jersey climate.

It’s been in the seller’s care since 2024 and is still showing just 13,000 miles on the odometer. It’s got a comprehensive service history too, including invoices for £20,000 within the last eighteen months for servicing and tidying up the bodywork.

The seller spent almost £18,000 with Aston Martin Works to refresh the bodywork in September 2024, a significant investment that has left it looking stunning.

The invoice is online for you to view but, in brief, the work comprised:

· Repairs and paint to the front bumper and splitter, including the carbon extensions

· Strip and refit the front wings, both doors and rear quarters, the offside sill, and the tonneau cover

· New Pirelli P-Zero tyres and centre caps for the refurbished alloy wheels

· New numberplates and bonnet vents

As you’d expect given the scale of the remedial work – and the seller tells us that it was remedial work to sort out stonechips and the like rather than repairs – the DBS’s coachwork is immaculate with no scratches or marks much less any dents or dinks – and given it was undertaken by the same folk who built it in the first place, it’s little wonder that the panel alignment is spot-on with tight and consistent shutlines and mm-perfect alignment.

The dark paintwork is subtly lifted by visible carbonfibre mirror stems, front valance extensions, and a rear diffuser. Chrome accents on the front wings too, plus shiny chromed mesh intakes on the bonnet and front wings.

The lamp lenses are also bright and free of chips and cracks, and the badges are as good now as they’ve ever been.

As are the 20-inch alloy wheels, which were refurbished in 2024 and are still free of scuffs, scrapes and other damage. The brake calipers are discreet white-on-black jobbies that get the job done as unobtrusively as possible by clamping down on carbon ceramic brake discs.

The tyres are matching Pirelli P-Zero. Made in 2022 and 2023, the rear tyres are 295/30ZR20, with the front being slightly narrower at 245/35ZR20.

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 folding black hood is in great shape. It fits well, rises and falls at the touch of a button, and tucks itself neatly away. There’s a proper glass rear screen too, including a heating element, ensuring you’ll be able to use your DBS all-year-round.

As for the rest, the rubber door and window seals are pliable, the door mirrors are unblemished, and all the apertures are clean.

In fact, the only issues we can see are a few spots of surface rust to the windscreen header rail and minor marks on either side of the tonneau cover.

The interior is in such a good condition that we feel confident in leading with the fact the driver’s seat is very slightly rumpled and has a small area of colour loss on one outer bolster.

Electrically adjustable, both front seats are supremely comfortable and yet grip tightly as you’d expect of a car that has sufficient performance to set a new world record for the number of barrel rolls it completed. (Seven, if you were wondering, at Millbrook Proving Ground.)

The rear seats, of course, are smaller yet still capable of seating children in comfort or adults for short journeys. Their condition is even better than those in the front, and we struggled to find a single sign that they’ve ever been used.

The same Lords Red leather is used for the transmission tunnel, dashboard, door cards, rear quarter panels, and even to cover the seat belt buckles. All is in an excellent condition, including the top of the dashboard, which can be prone to sun damage, although not here.

The steering wheel is covered in black leather, and its fat rim fits the hand nicely. Flappy paddles lie behind it, giving you the option of manually intervening should you feel the need to do more than press the buttons on the dashboard.

And that dashboard is stylish yet still conveys its information in the clearest way possible using a beguiling blend of analogue and digital instruments.

Speaking of which, carbonfibre door pulls where you’d normally find walnut veneer adds modernity, but then the DBS is a resolutely modern interpretation of the grand touring convertible.

The pleated headlining is clean and undamaged, as are the plush burgundy carpets.

Speakers are by Bang & Olufsen, the alloy pedals are suitably racy, and everything we tested worked as it should, including both door lights and the cute-as-hell pop-up sat-nav that lives in the top of the dashboard.

The DBS’s maintenance history is recorded in the service history booklet as follows:

· 24.03.2026 and 13,010 miles – service by Aston Martin Dorset including fresh oil in the differential, new handbrake pads and a pollen filter, and an anti-rust treatment for the rear subframe

· 12.04.2023 and 12,026 miles – service by Crown Garage Kingston

· 28.01.2022 and 11,337 miles – service by Nicholas Mee

· 09.02.2021 and 10,204 miles – service by Nicholas Mee

· 29.01.2020 and 9,312 miles – service by Nicholas Mee

· 21.02.2019 and 8,006 miles – service by Nicholas Mee

· 31.10.2017 and 7,660 miles – service by Aston Martin Welwyn

· 31.05.2016 and 7,054 miles – service by Jacksons of Jersey

· 20.10.2014 and 5,737 miles – service by Jacksons of Jersey

· 20.02.2013 and 2,776 miles – service by Jacksons of Jersey

· 17.10.2011 and 1,466 miles – service by Jacksons of Jersey

· 04.11.2010 – pre-delivery inspection by Jacksons of Jersey

Impressive, huh?

No surprise then that the V12 barks into life and continues the aural theatre throughout the entire rev range; few engines sound better than this – and even fewer sound this good while remaining perfectly balanced when the needle dances around the red line.

The engine also idles like a Swiss watch and there are no warning lights or messages on the dashboard.

As for the exhaust note, it’s worth the price of entry to be able to hear it whenever you fancy – and you aren’t alone if your mind turns to a road trip to the South of France so you can bounce it off the cliffs with the hood down.

The engine bay is spectacular in design and condition. Very, very clean and immaculately presented, we can’t see even the most fastidious needing to do anything other than perhaps sort out the slightly rusty nearside wiper mount.

The underside is similarly clean, and you’ll be pleased to hear that both the front and the rear carbonfibre undertrays are free of scuffs and scratches. The metalwork is clean too, including the fasteners, which isn’t something you see very often.

The Aston Martin’s MoT certificate is valid until March 2027. It was also issued with no advisories, but then that’s no surprise given it’s only incurred one in the nine MoT tests it’s had.

The recent Vehicle History Check is bar a marker for not being taxed.

It also comes with two key fobs, and the history file includes the stamped service history booklet and some invoices.

It’s easy to be sniffy about Bond cars but few enthusiasts would turn down the chance to have one in their garage – and when it’s a DBS Volante that been so comprehensively and recently refurbished, the case becomes irresistible.

Of course, being one of the most desirable 007 cars of them all brings with it a suitably upmarket price tag: We think this one will sell for between £70,000 and £80,000, which isn’t exactly pocket money but when you factor in their traditionally strong residuals, the cost-per-mile may end up being considerably less than you think.

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