Stunning color combo. DB9's are a great value. I just wish they had a manual option... Good luck with your new ride.

 

^^^ they do just not the newest ones. They had manuals up through 2010 I think.

A manual DB9 is super rare, very very hard to find but shifting the DB gives it a whole new element of feel. Makes it the perfect blend of of Sports car and GT. The sport pack goes a very long way to making this happen also, I don't know if they have a sport pack in the newest DB.

I love the rear end of the new DB9, I don't like the front end as much, I never liked the front end on the Virage and it's a copy of that. I also don't like the Virage-like fender strakes, I prefer the simpler strake design in the original DB9 and Vantage, it's less radical and more traditional Aston.

 

Same here. Never a fan of the absurdly long Rapide/Virage light units...what were they thinking? And the catfish flares at the front...not as nicely done as the original DB9. But the back deck is great...but of course it would be since it's simply lifted from the DBS.

If you want manual DB9 with the 510 hp, at a good price, buy a used DBS instead of a new DB9. Save money, get a better looking car, get a manual, and save tons in depreciation.

 

Stunning in white!
Congrats!

 

I actually own a 2012 Virage (see below), but the cars are very similar.

 

Love morning frost!!

 

That looks nice, welcome. Looks like you're at Aston Martin Dallas? I'm a DDS in Shreveport.

 

Interesting comment. I actually think the new headlamps look great. I think they give the front end a sleeker look that enhances the gorgeous AM grill. The more "traditional" headlight design just looks old fashioned to me now.

Barry

 

^^^^ I agree. The new headlamps make the car look more modern. Don't worry about XJRS, he means well but he's just a fuddy-duddy when it comes to some styling things.

 

beautiful car, my favorite aston color!

 

You can bang on all you want about the lights, but they are 'fashion-of-the-day' with their LED jewelry and the angry bird eyebrows. Plus they are absurdly large (and long) for single projector units. DB9/DBS lights look the best. then Vantage (they have the LEDs which detract), then the latest units.
Aston has gone the bling route for no reason other than to look like the latest German car de jour.

 

^^^ agreed. The look of the original DB9/DBS front end was just mona lisa perfect. The rear end of the Virage and new DB9 are beautiful, as for the side strakes on the front fenders, classy is better here...tradtional single slat cutting the long vent right thru the middle just as it was on the DB4 and DB5...that's the best. Some things should never change. Predominant styling cues are among those things.

 

I'll weigh in on the side of the new headlight configuration.

The LED trim is a brilliant highlight that accents the long, sloping front. Just because some German marques also use LED markers doesn't make them a copy. Style and trim features come along in waves (trends) and they propigate across the industry. Execution is the key and I for one don't care for the weird wavy thing going on in the headlights of the Audis, but that doesn't mean all uses of accent lighting is bad.

As for the overall shape and configuarion, I find that it better compliments the shape of the car. These cars are all about long, low and swooping lines and those headlight cutouts are all that.

So I, for one, am thrilled that the Virage touches have been transferred to the 9. The poor old girl needed some fresh tailoring.

Wondering what's next for the Vantage...

 

Beautiful car! Best of luck with it!

 

That is a beautiful car and an excellent choice of colour, congratulations. Lot of power left on the table with the new DB9's too!