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Comprehensive Aston Martin Service History
One owner for the past nine years
Well cared for and in good condition
83, 800 miles from new
Very realistically reserved; Guide Price of £16, 000 to £20, 000
‘Another tradition-steeped nameplate that ably proved “six in a row can go” is Aston Martin. Before there was Ford ownership, before there was Aston’s four-cam V-8, David Brown (the DB in Aston’s model nomenclature) relied on a DOHC inline six to power everything from DB2/ 4 touring convertibles to the Le Mans-winning DBR-1. So it’s appropriate that today’s DB7 employs one as well, though this power plant shares nothing but the cylinder count from that early Aston six… If you want, and can afford the $130, 000 price tag for six perfectly balanced cylinders worth of God-Save-The-Queen power, style, craftsmanship, and exclusivity, consider the Aston Martin DB7; an automobile anyone would likely find satisfying for many years to come.’ Motortrend, 1999.
“Amen to that” as our colonial cousins would no doubt say. While the language may be a little ‘flowery’ for us reserved Brits, you can’t argue with the sentiment or fail to agree with the views expressed by those across the pond on the eve of the New Millennium. Since then the DB7, especially in ‘i6’ pre-Vantage form, has definitely played the role of runt of the litter in the Aston hierarchy, lagging someway behind even the DBS when that model was seen as little more than a potential engine donor for the rest of the David Brown era range. How times have changed in the last couple of years with the 7 becoming quite the investment darling in terms of % value increase and yet even now remaining at best a tenth of the value of any of its DB4, 5 or 6 ancestors in purchase price stakes. In our view, that gap can only continue to close as the market wakes up to the charms and value of the ‘first Aston you can use every day’.
Please see our website for further details and photographs of this wonderful Aston Martin.
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