The lack of a roof only adds to the Aston Martin DBS’s appeal as an immensely fast and super GT -
The fabric roof has a completely electric operation and lowers in 14 seconds, raising again in 16 seconds. Its construction features eight layers, with the result being superb high-speed refinement, particularly for a car with a ‘soft’ roof. The fabric is available in different colours, and there are six different headliners to choose from on the inside.
Otherwise, the Volante closely follows the specification of the coupe. A carbon propshaft takes power to the rear axle, and the adaptive damping has GT, Sport and Sport Plus modes, just as the engine and gearbox mapping does, too. There are 21-inch wheels all round, with 265/35 Pirelli P Zeros on the front axle, and massive 305/30s on the rear.
It’s also a comfortable one. Although the Volante’s interior fails to delight in quite the way a car of this price should, it’s a very comfortable place from which to tackle a long journey, although the same probably can’t be said for the rear seats, which are for kids or luggage only. Wind noise is hushed with the roof up, and buffeting minimised with it lowered, all of which is so easy to do with just a single press and hold of a button.
Yet it’s the V12 that seizes centre stage – and won’t relinquish its grip for the entire time you spend with the car. As the numbers suggest, the performance is absolutely enormous, the way the torque overcomes the car’s mass, imperious. The V12 hits hard from next to no revs and then keeps on pulling. To really get a feel for what this means, disable entirely the traction control in the car’s submenus and then floor the throttle at a standstill.
All told then, it’s hard not to love the Volante. It’s a big car with a big heart, and a surprisingly wide operating window, that offers a blend of attributes unavailable anywhere else.
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