Aston Martin DBS - Definitely Not a Thoroughbred | Car Review | Top Gear

[@xUdieToox]

Ten years later and this is still my dream car

[@chrish.7965]

11 years later and it’s still mine as well.

[@jonnnyren6245]

Amen.

[@zoltanfazekas5142]

Ten more years and you'll be able to afford it. Thanks to depreciation. :)

[@nicolasbocchino3761]

25052647 the one in the start of casino royale. I don’t know if that’s the same grey you’re talking about, but it looks quite good indeed

[@eoghanlacey6384]

Nicolas Bocchino that’s casino royals grey , the one he is talking about is the one in the movie quantum of solice

[@abhjnayak]

Who's watching this in 2020... After 12 years.. it still an amazing car to buy

[@unicorntomboy9736]

The new Tesla Roadster is better

[@AzaanPD]

Gentleman Gamer I’d rather have a V12 Aston Martin than a wallpaper

[@unicorntomboy9736]

@@AzaanPD I don't understand Also the new Tesla supercar, with its 700 mile range 100 klw Solid State Battery, will DESTROY and humiliate this old Aston Martin. It's no match for current generation 2020 supercars like the Tesla and Rimac 2.

[@AzaanPD]

Gentleman Gamer We haven’t heard anything about the Roadster since 2018. It’s all as fake as the devel sixteen

[@unicorntomboy9736]

@@AzaanPD The Tesla Roadster Mrk 2 makes the Aston Martin look antiquated in comparison.

[@NikoBell12]

The DBS looks better than the DB9 in my opinion. It just looks exquisite.

[@ActionJotaPe]

Ikr

[@bryanlim8614]

NikoBell12 It even looks better than the DB11.

[@netweed09]

I think the car in your profile pic is miles better than both!!

[@whatevernevermind5960]

Except for the new Vantage

[@philbegas]

You know what it is? It's the grey taillights. That's all it takes for it to look 20k fancier.

[@TheStallion234]

A beautiful white DBS parked next to me yesterday and it looks 100 times better in person, which is hard to believe considering how beautiful it looks here. Its a work of art.

[@НиколаНиколов-ь3и]

Most of the comments are about how pretty is this car... and yes everybody is right it is beautiful

[@Stierenkloot]

seriously, is there anyone apart from jeremy, who thinks that the db9 looks better??? I think that the dbs is one of the most beautiful cars in the world.

[@ShanesAutos]

Wilcows I love both equally, those 2 cars are the reason why I’m an AM fanboy. Think of it this way. The DB9 is the one you drive when you just want to cruise, it’s softer and more elegant and mature. The DBS is the more aggressive hardcore and powerful version that you drive in anger. They are both beautiful but the DB9 is more restrained and the DBS is more shouty and cooler.

[@adamspitfire]

DB9 looks cooler but the virage is crazy good looking

[@deleted_account3]

Me

[@silverhost9782]

Me

[@LargeLatLad]

14 years later and I’d still trade my entire close family for one.

[@tylerdurden1923]

😂😂😂😂

[@karimtemri1664]

If I was super rich and could have 10 cars: DBS, Alfa Giulia QV, 458 speciale, Vette z06, Ford f150 raptor, 2004 Vauxhall Monaro, 500 abarth, 2015 Mustang v8 convertible, E Amg 2014. What do you think?

[@lol6434]

So would I. Although, I would trade my fam for a loaf of bread as well.

[@strangerthanparadise]

Lol seriously? DBS still looks good even today, in 2016.

[@21335186z]

+Jason Tan Even better than db11

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

+8b64z agreed

[@naitsabes0010]

yes it was still made 5 years ago but it was designed 11 years ago...

[@Oblithian]

It aged better than the old vanquish.

[@MHCSS1]

Jason Tan I think it's the best looking British car on the planet

[@anantaboro7384]

2019 and I still think it is the most beautiful car ever built

[@PestoPathogen69]

I mean it’s very pretty. But it does sort of look like a Ford Mondeo in drag Edit: also the Vanquish S is in my opinion far more beautiful

[@alhdgysz]

@@PestoPathogen69 it is the other way aroundy the Mondeo looks like this

[@williamwadepaulus330]

In my opinion the 2012 to 2015 Jaguar xk xkr xkrs and gt models pretty close. Altho nvr seen a dbs in person and a former xk owner. But I do lean to the DBS

[@mycomputergl0wsblu]

Top 5 for sure

[@matthewgooch6892]

I've just bought a DB9 and it IS totally gorgeous and does 90% of what a DBS does at a third of the cost. Perfection ❤

[@yassirbelarabi1686]

DBS is one of the prettiest things made by humans.. its not an opinion, its a fact.

[@muchwow5782]

Yassir Belarabi Aston Martin engineers are artists

[@bilalsyed5310]

Yassir Belarabi what about the vanquish?

[@xsbgtr]

+Bilal Syed If the Vanquqish had come with that gearbox back then... maybe the DBS wouldn´t exist

[@Giratina1999]

+Bilal Syed the new vanquish looks better actually

[@bilalsyed5310]

Alex Moreno i agree

[@mycomputergl0wsblu]

Man these old top gear reviews are simply unmatched. Nothing could compare then and nothing could now.

[@Monarth]

This probably remains my all time favorite review Top Gear ever made. It's hard to describe, but there's just an air to how it's filmed and how Clarkson commentates on it trying to understand what it is. Once a year or so I get the urge to watch this again. Such a beautiful car.

[@Monarth]

"They call it, I'm not joking, an emotional control unit. Got one of those already. It's called the government and I don't like that either." I'm dead. That's too true, even here in Finland :D That line is so subtle it took me years before I actually heard it.

[@sonyviva308]

Mind control? Propaganda?

[@Monarth]

@@sonyviva308 The current Finnish government is a conglomerate cobbled together from four left-leaning parties plus a pussywhipped centrist party that's too desperate to have the dignity to step down, and simultaneously achieves nothing of their own goals. This formation, while being legitimate, is also problematic in itself as it ignores the second and third largest parties entirely. Most of the key figures in the government are women, including the prime minister, minister of education, minister of internal affairs, and minister of justice, and they're more or less making themselves feminist icons. The current government's achievements include: -Bringing ISIS children and their mothers to Finland, which are a high radicalization risk -Irresponsible handling of economy amidst the pandemic. Humanitarian goals like immigration and reduction of carbon emissions are prioritized over the well-being of the citizens. As a result a lot of jobs have been lost, taxes have been hiked and 30% of all welfare is leeched by illegal migrants. -Increasing national debt by 20% during the pandemic (over 20 billion euros), if not more, and not actually using all that debt to actually help citizens and local businesses, as mentioned in the prior statement, nor planning for how to pay it back. -Seeking loopholes to make illegal migrants legal, and wanting to bring 80 000 new immigrants to fill jobs despite the nation having over 200 000 unemployed people as is. -Following the path of Sweden in terms of immigration. Gangs are emerging and ghettos are an inevitability as all integration programs have failed. 90% of immigrants remain willingly unemployed. -Currently they're hiking the taxes of peat (for carbon reduction purposes), which has resulted in great reduction in production, and will in consequence hurt production of organic food. Despite being consantly questioned over all these problems, no one of the government have been able to provide straight answers or proposed solutions to any of it, but instead dance around the questions and resolve to gaslighting over international contracts, EU goals, sympathy and other mundane things.

[@sonyviva308]

@@Monarth WHOA

[@Jay-qm8cx]

I didn’t understand that when I was an 8 year old kid, but I sure as hell understand what Clarkson means now.

[@akshaysankarshana2405]

I get what he means that its stupid, but to me, its like the Secondary Top Speed Mode Key of a Bugatti Veyron Supersport. It just feels special, that the key turns into a start button, then you press it, there's a little delay and the V12 barks into life. I find it incredibly special, to be honest. It is indeed an Emotional Control Unit, if you ask me.

[@joeziadan]

Other supercars may be better and there are many cars that are faster in a straight line... but I would have this over any of them.

[@NikoBell12]

Joe Ziadan I can't stand it when reviewers (I still like Jeremy though) compare GT cars to super cars. Aston Martin weren't trying to make a Gallardo, F430, R8 killer. They were simply making a fiercer, more beautiful DB9 and I think they did a mighty fine job.

[@eoghanlacey6384]

Yeah I would take this over a Bugatti or anything it’s just perfect

[@contendedracer5861]

DBS is one of the best looking aston’s ever

[@aaronhussain3873]

Watching in 2019. Still my favourite Aston by FAR.

[@akshaysankarshana2405]

True, 100% Agreed. I don't care about any of the new stuff, and that's not just the V12 GT, its all their cars. They all have a Mercedes Heart, Mercedes Nerves all over the place, and they call it different. Since Dr. Ulrich Bez left, Aston has gone downhill, real hard.

[@coltenwimmer4861]

This is just such a truly beautiful car.

[@blarkdexture8899]

Back when the world was right

[@TheCdett]

Mr. White knows there's space in the booth.

[@rileynewton17]

The Dbs Looks much better than the DB9

[@elijahgrant3092]

True

[@vivekaaraga]

I miss these cars. :( Everything is overstyled these days!

[@zaccorpseman7366]

Exactly!

[@chechenwojak5671]

Nah, the new DBS is not worse at all than this one :D

[@akshaysankarshana2405]

​@@chechenwojak5671 You are clearly blind, my friend. That DB11S is more aggressive than beautiful, and nowhere near as simple in terms of styling compared to this thing. That car has a lot of really good individual design elements, but they don't add up to make a good-looking car. It looks over-styled and pointlessly aggressive-looking compared to this simple, elegant, beauty. Oh, and then it has a much smaller V12 with two poorly considered turbos on it that really tries hard to mimic the sound of this engine. Same with the 2018-present Vantage. The front looks like a fish that's very surprised, and it's got LEDs on it's ducktail ass, something that nobody asked for. Compare it to the 2006-2017 Vantage, and the newer one looks downright ugly. And then, to make it worse, it's an AMG Twin-Turbo V8 that Aston will say "has been slightly modified to sound different", and that's the biggest pile of sh!t I've ever heard from a car company. That engine sounds exactly like any other contemporary AMG, by which I mean choked, boring, and emotionless. Listen to the old Vantage 4.7L V8 compared to this, that's so much better. Overall, Aston have just ruined themselves, fcuked themselves royally since Dr. Bez left.

[@aviationlba747]

@@chechenwojak5671 The newer DBS is bloody hideous.

[@khaireddinekhmiri2334]

2017 still best car in the world.

[@GMGINTL]

khaireddine khmiri 2019 and still beautiful 👌

[@raedsakly2463]

the Vanquish is better looking

[@jarjeestariq8561]

the DBS is absolutely beautiful, like a symphony, a ballerina, or like poetry in motion just exquisite and a master piece. wonder when I will be able to afford one.

[@davidepicco5752]

still in 2020 this car represents one of the best ever built. I am considering buying a DBS with Touchtronich automatic transmission, the only concession to modernity, I believe the aspirated v12 engine is much more interesting than the subsequent turbos or Mercedes engines. It remains a supercar with fantastic performance that will hold great value in the future

[@thepimpnerd]

I got stuck in traffic today next to one of these (which is why I'm rewatching this now) and I have to say I could never have even imagined it would be that beautiful in real life.

[@Giratina1999]

Hands down, my favorite car

[@akshaysankarshana2405]

The DB11 and DB12 wished it was anywhere near this level of beautiful. I'd have this any day over the newer ones, including the Vanquish that came after it, because it was not available with a manual. It is really "bite the back of your hand" beautiful. Add to that an unforgettable, musical, hairy-chested V12 soundtrack, and I want it even more. Possibly one of, if not, the best car Aston has ever made. BTW, that key, to me, makes it so much more special, no way do I find it stupid.

[@slaub2]

The DBS is still bucket list car for me. It seems to be the complete package for weekend trips for two. Its beautiful, sounds incredible, has more than enough speed and power for driving on public roads, comes with a 6 speed manual, and they're selling for the price of a new base trim 911!

[@ThomasWilliams89]

still the best looking Aston Martin ever made. So beautiful that Aston could never improve on this. These old Top Gear videos are so nostalgic :(

[@nbookie]

My first AM was a BD9 with the dbs body kit, trunk, hood, mirrors. It was the DB9-S Clarkson spoke of. Chicago basketball player had updated it in 2010, upgraded the interior to match and blacked it out. Added headers, exhaust and intake plus a returned. Flawless car!! Paid db9 money for the Clarkson "s"!!!!

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjkl9280]

I just hope this makes a return in No time to die, it was gorgeous in casino royal. Bond cars should be sports/grand tourers not HyperCars .

[@_financial_regret_]

Nearly 13 years later, this car still has my heart

[@bakha0888]

Yes, It was a DBS. Both in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

[@albruce10]

Not the big crash in casino.. that was a DB9

[@theandroidhatsunemikuman]

@@albruce10 Wrong it was DBS James Bond he got car accident from Casino Royale

[@albruce10]

@@theandroidhatsunemikuman not quite true... They swapped out the DBS for a DB9 for the crash scene.

[@albruce10]

@@theandroidhatsunemikuman look it up. I'm not wrong. The car that was crashed was a DB9.

[@theandroidhatsunemikuman]

Al Bruce Are you blind it's not DB9 it was DBS you're wrong

[@motherfunction85]

I would never get sick of turning the engine on. Just that beautiful sound, and great start button push unit.

[@jeremyk5414]

2021 and still drop dead gorgeous

[@CarSpotterQVS]

Hello Clarckson, i hope you read this. Today i saw this car, it is now on Dutch license plate. The owner told me that you droved it, so this is the car you drived!

[@AkiraSRT9]

In silver, to me its that most beautiful car ever made!

[@YegoYTP]

3:00 Puff Diddly, that aged like wine haha

[@rayner40]

you definitely can on a new 09 model - test drove it today back to back with a db9- absolutely phenomenal. sooo much better to drive than the db9. so much more alive. much more midrange oomph. ignore the 0-60 minimal difference. in the real world, it is miles ahead of the db9. i am going to trade my techart 997 6oobhp twin turbo in for it. so much more, not as fast but seems it - great soundtrack , gutsy hand finished classy road racer.

[@davidamdbsvolante3339]

I have to disagree with Jezza, I had a DB9 Volante, and after 18months I had to upgrade it for a Carbon Black DBS Volante once I'd driven one, as it just is the better looking car, and the active suspension, handling and Ceramic Brakes makes a real world huge improvement and livability difference to that of the DB9. I still look back when I walk away from parking the DBS, my fiancé half jokes that I love it than I do her. Its close.......The car is that good!

[@DocHavoc0512]

i owned this car b4...then i had to wake up and go to school...

[@anant5014]

Lmfao I see what u did there

[@Jamo1098]

This and the Lockheed Blackbird are the two greatest looking machines ever made.

[@Shaunstonard]

To this day, the DBS is my favourite car

[@whatevernevermind5960]

The DBS is one of my all time dream cars. I’ve never had a thing for supercars, however he DBS is a breathtakingly beautiful, pure art, a car that’ll never age. I fell in love with this car from James Bond: Casino Royale & this review.

[@carsismeZ06]

Definetly one of my favorite GT cars. Better than an SLR I think.

[@JoseDelgado-cz4wh]

It's already 2021 and it still is one hell of a beautiful machine!

[@nodafy]

Still to this day it's better looking than a DB9

[@kaushikgaikwad6125]

I watched So much of Aston Martin in F1 past 2 weeks, KZbin recommended me an Old Top gear video which I had watched 2-4 years back and this car still feels like a newly launched car

[@1xXitachiXx1]

would love to get this in HD!

[@chapc1]

If anyone were to ask me to tell me I could have one car in my garage, one car and that's it. Any car you want, but you can only have one, I think I would choose this one. It is the perfect blend of beauty, craftsmanship, sportiness, speed, and luxury. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

[@xander9323]

4:54 He said it. He did.

[@vaughnsigal4560]

Amproks the term 'grand tour' or GT is used extensively in the automotive world, which is why they chose to name the new show after it. Not that surprising he'd said it at some point before hand

[@Pimms84]

apart from the db5 every aston looks slightly better than the last one. true gentlemans car.

[@LaHire42RS]

In white and black it' s the best car in the world ! Quelle classe et un v12 à l'ancienne que demander de mieux ? De plus la carrosserie est parfaite, tout ce que le passionné d’automobile aime, une vraie voiture passion ! Perso j'y laisserais bien des plumes pour la posséder !

[@AG-di9gl]

Thanks to google translate ...I agree.

[@ShanesAutos]

it does,its located oddly enough in the gap between the driver seat and door, normally were u find the adjustment for the seat.

[@ianhinkle1878]

When he said he had an emotional control unit I swear I thought he was about to say his wife

[@summertimeforever]

one of the most beautiful cars ever made

[@McBeamer94]

Excuse me, but Jeremy discovered that the DBS is not as good looking as its sister just by saying ''they look pretty much the same to me'' and ''it's only 10 stone lighter, which is the weight of a mid-sized woman'' ?????? These are totally irrelevant reasons for that, Jezza !!!!!

[@nathanbeccasharp7800]

2024 here, this thing doesn’t age does it 😍 still my dream car!

[@amansyan6319]

I still consider it a bad ass car ever made.

[@seanyworny104]

My dad has a DBS and the sound is sooo deep and like thunder!

[@Vucko100]

Just 1 sec slower then Mitsubishi Evolution FQ400 xD

[@ReroutedYearAD]

Ay, Vucko is a Top Gear fan!

[@karldiesen]

I wish Aston Martin began using the same suspension as that found in the new Mclarens! Very comfortable and with no body roll.

[@lifecinematography]

I think DB9 is the best and the most prettiest Aston Ever !!!

[@akshaysankarshana2405]

To me, it'll have to be the DB9S, 2006-2017 V8 Vantage, Rapide S, Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake.

[@ordnas1234]

v12 vantage looks better IMO. I actually like the look those vents give to the car. The best looking AM is the V12 zagato. I just love it

[@alolanstarboy]

that Keira knightley comparison would have worked so much better if he called the other car Natalie Portman, because those two are pretty similar looking too lmao

[@Gii1234]

Ahhh the good old days where cars were manual… what a lovely thing.

[@mitchellsanchez7377]

Its funny jeremy always say porsche is lazy designing cars but he doesnt say that about aston martin. They have a few cars out and every single 1 looks just the same like porsches. Aston is pretty lazy when designing

[@HawKgaming51]

I think he says that because he doesn't like the design of the 911

[@zyoungson]

Porsches have looked 'roughly the same ' for 50 years. Clarkson is full of shit - FYI .

[@prosincr]

Zac Youngson they kind of have. Not in a bad way though. It's just his opinion.

[@prosincr]

Mitchell Sanchez not really. You can tell all of its cars apart.

[@aviationlba747]

This and the DB9 GT are still the most beautiful modern automobiles in my opinion.

[@北田健吾]

素晴らしい !!!!!!!!

[@tf201086]

A typical top gear clip. perfect combination of sound, filming, music and a unique host. by the way, it is one of the world's most beautiful cars with one of the world's best sounds.

[@akshaysankarshana2405]

Agreed. It will go down in history as one of the best sounding V12s ever made.

[@Disinf3ctant]

Hahaha stig is listening to ZeFrank

[@devu31]

The curves on the DBS are better than those on the DB9! Small details like side skirts and side air intake design changes are beautiful!!!😍😍😍

[@bigtuna1]

Clarkson gimme a friggin' break. We know that you would rather drive this DBS than any Ferrari made today

[@gooddypm]

Riley Stansberry considering that this was 11 years ago, what has a Ferrari of today got to do with it?

[@TheClarksonFan]

Possibly the most fabulous car ever made (though the Vanquish that replaced it is also vying for that title I think) and I personally think way better than the current DBS Superleggera, and Clarkson agrees (even though his reason for preferring this DBS to the DB9 was the reason he preferred the DB11 to the current one).

[@iamacookiecow]

"Konegsegggggggggeggggeggggggggggeggggggg" LOL.

[@youssef_taghi]

“Some say that he knows two facts about ducks and both of them are wrong.” Can’t believe it’s been 10 years

[@MrDodu02]

The car is gorgeous but the green color is aweful!

[@senshibat8920]

today almost 10 years past an clarksen and co leaving TG its still a looker. the new ones interesting and they did well to retain more then jaguar did of the past beauty..

[@lorddarlo6194]

Now Jaguar, Aston and Mclaren all make beautiful cars the Ftype, DB11, 720S, P1, 12C

[@chrischoy9]

Why on earth is that a left hand drive?

[@SpiderPigRS]

Problem?

[@chrischoy9]

SpiderPigRS Yes, why would a English built car in the UK have left hand drive? It sounds strange

[@SpiderPigRS]

chrischoy9 now that you mention it, what is a British car in Britain doing with left side driving

[@chrischoy9]

SpiderPigRS wow, are you okay?

[@karl-rickbizoza2029]

Because it is for left hand drive country. They make them for the country of destination. Just check the James Bond movies, too.

[@farishanafiah8461]

6:50 I beg to differ, I still buy the DB9 Coupe as it's still not much different than the DBS Coupe. But if I want to get the convertible Volante version, the DBS is miles better than the DB9. Even both Hammond and Clarkson complained that the DB9 Volante is too soft and willowy.

[@ZiobroV]

In the end the best thing about this car compared to the DB9 is the gear-box. Automatic is fun and all, but manual is a cherry on the top of a fast driving experience.

[@charmingpeasant9834]

13 years later looks better than current Aston offering.

[@G1NZOU]

Same time as the Zonda, I know which one I want, the British, comfortable, beautiful and practical Aston.

[@timomomomo969]

Still one of the most beautiful modern front engine GTs.

[@jonnnyren6245]

So basically the DBS is a DLC of the DB9. I absolutely adore the new DBS Superleggera but this has a special place in me heart, just like how I adore the LaFerrari but the F40 will always take me breathe away and make me collapse in total love.

[@CRGB-ec3vu]

dlc for double the price

[@jomard67]

omg the noise 1:05 amazing, best noise to come out of a car

[@akshaysankarshana2405]

Yup.

[@Sevastous]

Being Rear wheel drive with Front engine 6 liter V12. Not low as your average supercar or stiff as a racecar. In the rain it still looked very agile , confident and planted. Amazing car this even though its not a footnote in history era while konigsegg's and veyrons dominated

[@kenjiklitsch6580]

Still my favorite car 10 years later

[@kempowarrior]

I love all of the current Aston Martin cars. Especially, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage and the DBS. The only thing wish Aston Martin would do is add more horse power to their cars. I hope the next Aston Martin V8 Vantage come out with at least 500 hp and the DB9 and DBS come with 600+ hp.

[@motosix-seven3100]

This car is timeless, beautiful and you can drive it across the country and run lap times with a Zonda. Amazing.

[@Akyuz1000]

Love watching random top gear videos and car reviews

[@monycarter71]

I like the steering, like the brakes, like every little thing of this magnificent work of art !!!!!!

[@matt6517]

I think that's one of my favourite cars. V12 + Stunning looks + luxury = I want one now!

[@jonnywalker3208]

2023 and I'd still do unspeakable things for one.

[@ztunelover]

i love the sound of the rev limiter bounce.

[@miked1997]

fav car ever! and when i go to england my aunts friend is a car club member and he has so many super cars including the dbs! i get to rid in ALL of them!

[@aabidamn]

Whoever wrote those Stig's anecdotal lines should win a Nobel Prize.

[@SuperStig1992]

The DBS is one sensational looking Aston Martin (as like the whole range). That colour scheme is so beautiful.

[@MNGLD-do2kc]

This car has aged so well. 2021 and it still looks as modern as ever.

[@BelialsGenuflect]

There is not another car in the world that I want to have more than a DBS. Jeremy talks about this car being pretty damn good on the track and being amazing on the roads and that's exactly what I want when I spend a lot of money on a car. To go along with that, this is probably one of the best looking cars of all time.