Automatic Or Manual? Comparing Two Aston Martins - Fifth Gear

Tiff was already a fan of the DBS, but could the Automatic live up to his expectations?
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[@ravisriram6746]

I like these older Astons, they're so much nicer-looking than the current, overstyled ones. I like Tiff Needell's presentation, too.

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

@@Daniel_Martin777 Only the db11 looks alright imo. Still nowhere as beautiful as the db9. They've lost it :(

[@ailrasyid1029]

@@ASLUHLUHCE agreed

[@brandonlamar718]

@@ASLUHLUHCE and that's why Andy Palmer was given the boot. Not certain but it seems as if they were listening to pseudo influencers downplay a car company with products they don't own or could hardly ever afford.

[@paulstuart487]

Couldn’t agree more

[@wl2486]

For real, the DB9 and DBS are timeless. They'd look modern if they were released today.

[@omarr6021]

the DBS design is so gorgeous and aging very well

[@_financial_regret_]

Omar R this car is the ultimate British analogue super car in my eyes

[@astonmartin4360]

Thank the DB9 designers for the DBS.

[@AndorRadnai]

A manual DBS in Casino Royale silver! Oh, what a Dream!! There is one on Classic Driver at the moment, and I want it more than my next breath!!

[@Ben_Mayall]

FIFTH GEAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED SO THERE CANT BE ANY NEW VIDS ONLY THROWBACK VIDS. THIS IS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT KEEP COMMENTING ON WHY THEIR NEW VIDS ARE OLD AND NO NEW VIDS ARE ACTUALLY BRAND NEW

[@morganendean8539]

manual any day

[@tubaSiBemolle]

all the life, in traffic jam too..

[@_financial_regret_]

Just more exciting than flicking a lever

[@DarkKnightwing75]

Manual because they’re worth way more now

[@benlotus2703]

Old school

[@mescko]

To me there's nothing more detestable that caring what your car is worth to someone else. Caring about how much you can make selling it on, e.g. caring about at it as an investment, should be enough to get you flogged. That attitude has left countless cars out of the reach of us that want to use, that is, DRIVE THEM.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Love the DBS and Tiff is great as always. Shame he isnt presenting Top Gear

[@jh77sly]

Speakers go up Speakers go down #RegularCars

[@TheLeeattwood]

I’ve got a DB9 but would love a DBS but they are silly money now .

[@FAT8893]

Manual all the way. ;)

[@lancehbradley3088]

I always preferred Fifth Gear to Top Gear

[@Darthadios]

My previous car was an Audi A4 with the tiptronic automatic gearbox, and that gearbox was great, really smooth and nice to drive. Just put it to D and drive.

[@robbey300]

Compare Tiff, Quentin Wilson and Jason Plato to existing Top Gear presenters! ( Chris Harris is great and well worth the watch). Porsche have the PDK when will Aston produce an equivalent?

[@thefilmandmusic]

Really like 5 th gear,, thanks production and cast people

[@carsonking5549]

Obviously supercar buyers are wankers who buy cars to impress rather than drive. Poor sad people, bit like Roman Abramazich (or how ever you spell it). The guys owns a top Premiership football club but sits in his box every game like Billy Nomates. I'd rather be me, I've always wanted a GT3, now I want a GT4, I can't afford either but it wouldn't be about the money and you can spot a wanker as he will say 'poor mans Porsche', not 'ah, thinking mans Porsche'. Manual all the way, I'll have an auto when I'm really really old. Nah, if you can't drive a manual, you shouldn't be allowed to drive.

[@TheBloodyCyclist]

As a cyclist it's one of the very few cars I get excited about, great video clip guys.

[@HMCarReviews]

Saw one of these on the road the other, amazingly with passengers in the rear.

[@MartinIrwin]

no back seat belts...?

[@ChristophePeytier]

I would chop off my legs to be able to get a ride in such a car, no problem... :)

[@hummer149]

The traumatronic gearbox is slow as fuck...

[@martinblomqvist1870]

Where’s the comparison?

[@kevanpaton924]

What year is the latest manual you can buy?

[@colinwalker8171]

Tiff ya did not say, unless I missed it. Which one you would have if you were having to buy with ya own money the Dbs manual or auto. Also on the auto does it actually give you the gear and at the time you want it when coming down the box. For eg if we’re approaching a corner at a fast speed and asked for third or second does it actually give you it there and then or do you have to wait for it to say when you can have it. Then it’s too late and spoilt the corner or worse.

[@Christ_Enjoyer]

I don't see the appeal in an automatic sports car?

[@jonathantaylor147]

Skeptz I love manuals. But I had a db9 for a while and getting stuck in traffic Jams and the constant stopping and starting and changing gears I’ve always said I’d have auto after that.

[@liamandrewartha4803]

changes gear just as fast with the paddles, have to remember these Astons are more GT cars than all-out sports cars.

[@marcoscelestrino3676]

Achei muito legal o vídeo! A cada vídeo que vocês postam eu fico mais impressionado ainda! Continuem assim👍

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

That green DBS is the best looking Aston I think ever made.

[@senshibat8920]

a proper tour de grande u lucky devil.. the new ones are all video game screen and millennial. of course its practical but less smexy sir.. the bezel watch jewelry is class and the key if not cracked is beautiful brag piece of sapphire lux.

[@jbrenofficial]

The manual DBSs aren't worth much on the US market and you can pick one up for less than most new well-optioned AMG GTs

[@robertcomella3587]

Joel Brennan they will keep going up

[@jbrenofficial]

Robert Comella no, I know that, but they haven't yet so I'm happy.

[@Roddy_Zeh]

Manual is the way to go, but I wouldn't say no for a nice deal on an auto example.

[@Leaptab]

Manual coupe and auto volante is the only way.

[@farishanafiah8461]

Isn't it the same gearbox Aston Martin used in the DB9?

[@_financial_regret_]

I got a top gear ad on a fifth gear video

[@itaytabib4665]

video uploaded 2 mins ago but it feels like it's been up from 2009

[@FAT8893]

It's Throwback Thursday, so that explains the vid quality.

[@itaytabib4665]

Farhan Ahmad Tajuddin ohhh yh that makes sense

[@apo0od1]

how old is this

[@nleighton1485]

What happened to 5th gear? It's not on tv in UK anymore.

[@FrecklesAviation]

what happened to the crash tests?

[@mohammedhussain4907]

That noise

[@SethPetero]

Here we go!

[@Rottensteam]

Nerd.

[@SethPetero]

Rottensteam With A Camera!

[@byalpz]

Having your aston martin in manual is like wanting comfort but not. lol

[@erepsekahs]

Oh! they copied Bamford Rose, the Aston Martin people, but generally, a great advertisement.

[@danielladd10]

Why re-upload?

[@nathanielfoo7835]

Zlupper. throwback thursday

[@carsonking5549]

Ha ha ha. It's not as if they don't have enough material, it's really pathetic.

[@nathanielfoo7835]

Carson King ERM the entire fifth gear series has been cancelled so

[@carsonking5549]

So ? What difference does that make? They have loads of material and the sooner it goes up, the quicker it will give them some revenue, KZbin may vanish up it's own ass in the very near future, make the money now.

[@deacondavis5098]

I WANT ONE

[@kobrien4121]

Tiff has constant Helmet Hair, why?

[@MissDancingDiva5678]

Is manual the same as stick?

[@danielc3281]

Thomas Deal yes as long as it has a foot clutch. That what defines a manual in the uk

[@MissDancingDiva5678]

Thx for telling me dude

[@360zm4]

Yes, but it gets more complicated with Lamborghini. Because Lambos use steering wheel paddle shifts instead of an actual foot clutch.

[@charliegreenwood8148]

1

[@virgin26]

Drop the key and it 2k to replace

[@gtrman9706]

Not on this model.Just the crystal start button.The Emotional control key was introduced in later models but has been ditched completely in the new range. 👍 👍

[@Woodsypedia]

It's about Aston Martins. End of discussion.

[@FAT8893]

More like, it's about the gearbox.

[@RazeenMujarrab]

What rubbish is that gauge cluster? The speedometer going one direction and tacho going the other? It'll make one go mad in less than half an hour of driving. smh

[@domallen1451]

Razeen Mujarrab Aston have made it like that for years i have never understood it

[@visionist7]

Tradition

[@paulstuart487]

I love it...the individualism of it

[@abuharb931]

Hell yeah fifth gear we want a new episode more recents than this old crap 💩

[@nathanielfoo7835]

throwback Thursday

[@jesvinjoy2122]

Ummm. the series is now cancelled...

[@bartvanriel6767]

Jesvin Joy WHYY?

[@jesvinjoy2122]

Apparently, it's due to a lack of funding...

[@willemkauffeld7679]

that isn't a automatic but a sequential gearbox. A automatic you don't change gears at all (yourself) while you had to use a lever at the steering wheel.

[@FAT8893]

Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) allows you to change the clogs. You can leave the gearbox in Auto mode all the time, or change it manually in case if you wanted to have fun. ;)

[@adriananzano2292]

under 1000 views club

[@bid84]

Adrian Anzano seems lonely at the top

[@DANRADIATION]

i prefer automatic gearbox

[@joshbriggsDayZBeast]

DAN RADIATION9988/daniel harmin American alert!

[@krocialblack]

Josh Briggs funny you say that, when it's the Americans who are the ones who over glorify driving a manual.

[@joshbriggsDayZBeast]

krocialblack nope.

[@peanuts2105]

Auto all the way