Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate: most powerful production Aston ever is appropriate send off for DBS
Every example already sold
Aston Martin has unveiled a final run-out version of its DBS grand tourer that, with 759bhp on tap, is the company’s most powerful production model ever.
The DBS 770 Ultimate (the 770 referring to engine’s output in metric horsepower) has seen a number of styling and performance enhancements over the standard DBS making it not only the “fastest and most powerful DBS in our history” according to Aston’s chief technical officer, Roberto Fedeli, but also “the best to drive”.
Originally launched in 2018 as the DBS Superleggera, the model will cease production later this year, making way for the first of Aston’s next generation of cars.
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Visually differentiating the 770 Ultimate from the standard DBS and making it look more aggressive and purposeful is a horseshoe-shaped bonnet vent aimed, beyond its styling function, at improving the airflow through the engine bay.
That airflow has also been enhanced by new vents in the front splitter to better supply the radiators and to cool the tuned-up version of Aston’s 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12 engine.
The Ultimate is also bedecked with a smattering of new carbon-fibre details such as the windscreen surround, door mirror caps, wing vent, sill elements and a more substantial rear diffuser, with the model sitting on a set of unique 21in alloy wheels in a choice of black or silver.
Aston hasn’t provided a whole lot of in-depth insight into the 770 Ultimate’s technical enhancements, but the increase in power versus the standard DBS’s 715bhp comes as a result of “modified air and ignition pathways” (an effect, in part, of the improved cooling) and a 7% increase in turbo boost pressure.
To handle the extra power, the 770 Ultimate’s eight-speed ZF gearbox has also received a “unique transmission calibration to enhance shift speeds and driver interaction”.
Also seeing new calibration is the adaptive damping system, which has been retuned via a software update to accommodate the changes to the 770 Ultimate’s driving dynamics.
Some of those changes include a beefed-up front cross-member that the company says has improved front-end lateral stiffness by 25%, with tweaks to the rear under-tray also contributing to greater overall rigidity.
Despite the extra power, Aston deemed the standard DBS’s carbon-ceramic disc brakes to be up to the job of stopping the 770 Ultimate and those have been carried over to the run-out model.
Inside, the 770 Ultimate hasn’t seen any major changes, with the sports seats trimmed in semi-aniline leather and Alcantara while body-hugging sports seats (aimed at potential track use) are available as an option.
Plaques on the door sills indicate where in the limited production run each particular example falls, with that run consisting of 300 coupés and 199 Volante convertibles.
“When an iconic model generation reaches the end of production,” said Fedeli, “it is important to mark the occasion with something special.”
Aston hasn’t mentioned pricing for the DBS 770 Ultimate, but, given that all 499 units are already sold, it’s largely academic anyway.
Production of the DBS 770 Ultimate will begin in the first quarter of 2023, with the first deliveries arriving in the latter half of the year.
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