The last hoorah for astonmartin’s V12 flagship is the best yet, matching performance with a clear dynamic polish. We drive the DBS 770 Ultimate -
In the presence of the 770 Ultimate, the first things that strike you are the distinctive and huge-looking new wheels. They’re inspired by the design for the one-off Victor and are shod with the same sized tyres as the standard DBS - 265/35 R21 front and 305/30 R21 rear Pirelli P Zeros. Second is the scale of the car they’re attached to; from the rear, the DBS is simply mahoosive.
The scales agree. This is an 1845kg car even when fitted with all the lightest options. The Ultimate’s vast clamshell bonnet with its unique horseshoe vent is carbonfibre, as is the boot, and a carbon roof is available to match, plus a carbon front splitter, side vents and a new sill extension that starts ahead of the rear wheel and continues after, linking up with the revised rear diffuser.
Inside there’s lots more carbon, notably forming the smooth, sculpted shells of the front seats but also integral to the door casings and centre console. The HMI is recognisably past-gen but sitting above is Aston’s line of buttons for the auto box – individual P-R-N-D buttons – a layout that is neither ergonomic nor intuitive. However, when you press that larger start/stop button that divides them, the earth rocks a little.
Happily, it’s all good news. Firstly, the ride is firm but fair, taking the edge off all manner of tricky Tarmac, while pitch and roll are well managed, giving the Ultimate a feeling of solid composure. Early DBSs felt soft at the rear, perhaps to aid traction, whereas the Ultimate feels all of a piece yet still finds remarkable traction. The steering is rather good too, precise and slack free, the nose obedient. The efforts are perhaps a fraction high but accurately convey the mass of the car.
You feel connected to the DBS and the traction and stability control system does a truly remarkable job of keeping the rear tyres from slipping without drawing attention to itself with abrupt interjections or a yawning dead throttle pedal. Make no mistake, though, the DBS is no B-road scratcher that you hustle into turns, downshifting for the optimum gear on the exit. It’s too big and too heavy for that.
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