Our Blue DB9 Volante is a full-blooded sports car and offers a supreme combination of driver involvement, character, luxury and refinement, making your self hire drive experience one to remember for a life time.
It is an exotic two-plus-two high-performance GT powered by a 6.0-liter V-12 engine developing 450 horsepower. The DB9 is a dream car, ideal for anyone looking for a memorable self hire drive experience. It replaced the DB7 in Aston's lineup and is capable of close to 190 mph on the top end. This powerful and elegant car will ensure your rental experience will not disappoint.
It is assembled largely by hand and features an aluminum-bonded frame, carbon fiber driveshaft, 19-inch rims and exterior paint and interior color-keyed to our individual specifications. As a relatively new model for Aston Martin, the DB9 is one of our most popular rental self drive models.
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Beautifully styled, the DB9 never fails to stir the soul with its unique sound, power and performance. This purebred sports car is also a technical triumph, its beauty signifying aerodynamic efficiency, its power unencumbered by weight, its devastating straight-line performance paired with exquisite handling. All great sports cars strive to balance these qualities, and the DB9 creates an experience that is both unique and unforgettable. What the driver sees, hears and feels is in harmony. The reward is total involvement: a level of engagement that truly stimulates the senses, that re-ignites a passion for driving.
But hiring an Aston Martin is also about a luxurious, indulgent and enjoyable self drive experience – it is a feast for the senses. Sure enough, the magnificent exterior styling of the DB9 gives way to a sumptuous, comprehensively equipped cabin, trimmed in the finest materials. Every element is perfectly conceived, from the 6.0-litre V12, to the hand-stitched seats and carefully selected interior woods. Nothing is out of place.
Engine
- All-alloy, quad overhead camshaft, 48-valve, 5935 cc V12
- Front mid-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive
- Fully catalysed stainless steel exhaust system with active bypass valves
- Compression ratio 10.9:1
- Max power 350 kW (470 bhp/477 PS) at 6000 rpm
- Max torque 600 Nm (443 lb ft) at 5000 rpm
- Acceleration (manual) 0-60 mph in 4.6 sec; 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 4.8 sec
- Acceleration (automatic) 0-60 mph in 4.6 sec; 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 4.8 sec
- Max speed 306 km/h (190 mph)
Craftmansship
Our DB9 Volante is elegant, luxurious and supremely comfortable, making it a perfect self hire drive car choice. Its cabin is hand-trimmed in beautiful, natural materials – primarily wood and leather – and incorporates the latest in modern technology without resorting to superfluous controls or displays. There is a minimum of distraction – even the satellite navigation screen folds discreetly away when not in use.
Every element of the interior is hand-made and hand-finished, from the cutting of the leather to the carefully crafted wood. This is done not out of deference to tradition, but because a skilled craftsman can finish wood or leather to a far higher standard than any machine. The leather is particularly soft and supple, as you would expect of Aston Martin, and is used throughout the cabin.
An Aston Martin is subtle, not attention-seeking. Key Aston Martin design elements include the distinctive grille, metal side strakes, signature rear window shape and wide, curvaceous haunches.
Design
No sports car manufacturer has a greater design heritage than Aston Martin. Responsible for some of the most beautiful sports cars ever made, Aston Martin imbues every model with understated elegance and graceful styling, achieved through harmonious proportions, taut surfacing, a ground-hugging stance and thorough attention to detail.
Control
Great sports cars must handle superbly. They should respond quickly and predictably to driver commands; they should be nimble and agile. To achieve the low weight that is the starting point for such agility, all the DB9’s major body and mechanical components are made from either aluminium, magnesium alloy or advanced, lightweight, composite materials.
The front-to-rear weight distribution of the DB9 is a perfect 50:50, with 85% of the car’s mass sited between the front and rear axles. The aluminium V12 engine is mounted as far back as possible in a ‘front mid-engined’ layout. The compact aluminium transaxle housing the gearbox and final drive is positioned at the rear, forward of the rear axle.
Bang and Olufsen - Perfect Partnership
Aston Martin and Bang & Olufsen introduce BeoSound DB9, a bespoke audio system developed and designed exclusively as an option for the Aston Martin DB9. BeoSound DB9 marks the next chapter in the acclaimed collaboration between the two brands, which began with the BeoSound DBS in 2008.
BeoSound DB9 continues a tradition of innovation established by two brands with an unrivalled history of design and engineering excellence within their respective fields.
Our Aston Martin DB9 Volante is a thoroughbred sports car with GT levels of comfort and refinement. Combining Aston Martin’s unique character with an uncompromising design philosophy, the DB9 was borne out of a synthesis of traditional craftsmanship, high-tech manufacturing, modern components and use of the finest materials.
The BeoSound DB9 shares these values. The system was developed exclusively for Aston Martin to be perfectly matched to the DB9, both acoustically and physically. The unit's design follows the inherent quality and understated beauty of the car's hand-crafted interior, with smoothly contoured, aluminium loudspeaker grilles that integrate seamlessly into the fluid lines and curves of the cabin.
iPod Integration
Our DB9 Volante features a complete integration package for iPod personal digital media players from Apple, allowing the iPod to be seamlessly incorporated into the dashboard display and electronic systems.
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The iPod range is integrated into the DB9 Volante via a specially designed interface, bringing the functions of this award-winning range of digital media players into the car's in-dash display. Finger-tip controls replicate the innovative menu structure of the iPod to ensure that your hands need never stray from the wheel in the search for the perfect accompaniment.
EXTERIOR SPECIFICATION
Body
- Two-door coupe or convertible body style with 2+2 seating
- Extruded aluminium bonded VH body structure
- Aluminium and composite body panels
- Extruded aluminium door side impact beams
- High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps (dipped beam)
- Halogen projector headlamps (main beam) with power wash
- LED rear lamps
Transmission
- Rear mid-mounted, six-speed manual gearbox
- Rear mid-mounted ‘Touchtronic 2’ six-speed gearbox with electronic shift-by-wire control system
- Alloy torque tube with carbon-fibre propeller shaft
- Limited-slip differential
- Final-drive ratio (manual) 3.54:1
- Final-drive ratio (automatic) 3.154:1
Wheels & tyres
- 19” alloy wheels – ten spoke design
- Front 8.5J x 19” Bridgestone Potenza 235/40 ZR19
- Rear 9.5J x 19” Bridgestone Potenza 275/35 ZR19
Steering
- Rack and pinion, Servotronic speed-sensitive power-assisted steering, 3.0 turns lock-to-lock
- Column tilt and reach adjustment
Suspension
- Front Independent aluminium double wishbones incorporating anti-dive geometry, coil over aluminium monotube dampers and anti-roll bar
- Rear Independent aluminium double wishbones incorporating anti-squat and anti-lift geometry, coil over aluminium monotube dampers and anti-roll bar
Dimensions
- Length 4710 mm (185.5”)
- Width 1875 mm (74”)
- Height 1270 mm (50”)
- Wheelbase 2745 mm (108”)
- Front Track 1570mm (62”)
- Rear Track 1560mm (61.5”)
- Turning Circle 12.0m (39.4 ft)
- Fuel tank capacity 80 litres (17.6 UK gal, 21.1 US gal)
- Cd (Coupe) 0.35
- Kerb Weight (Coupe) 1760 kg (3880 lb)
BRAKES
- Front Ventilated and grooved steel discs, 355 mm diameter
- Rear Ventilated and grooved steel discs, 330 mm diameter
- Radial-mounted four-piston monobloc calipers
- Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)
- Anti-locking Braking System (ABS)
- Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD)
- Emergency Brake Assist (EBA)
- Traction control
INTERIOR SPECIFICATION
- Full grain leather interior
- Walnut facia trim
- Iridium Silver centre console outer finish and Graphite inner finish
- Electrically adjustable seats
- Memory seats & exterior mirrors (three positions)
- Dual-stage driver and front passenger frontal airbags
- Front occupant side airbags
- Automatically deployed roll-over bars
- Heated front seats
- Heated rear screen
- Automatic temperature control
- Organic Electroluminescent (OEL) displays
- LED map lamps and ambient lighting
- Trip computer
- Cruise control
- Powerfold exterior mirror
- Rear parking sensors
- Alarm and immobiliser
- Remote-control central door locking and boot release
- Wind deflector
- Battery disconnect switch
- Battery conditioner
- Tracking device
- Boot-mounted umbrella
