The interior was covered in Alcantara and the DBS had a conventional manual gear change with the shift pattern illuminated the six speed Graziano gearbox was from the V8 Vantage. It was obvious that the DBS was closely based on the DB9 bodyshell but had a new front (with carbonfibre splitter) and rear boot lid spoiler and diffuser, deeper sills and more vents on the bonnet. The prototype workshop had pulled out all of the stops and delivered two working ‘hero’ cars to the film producers late in April 2006 that could be used in close-ups and for regular driving sequences. Then by surprise, AM released a few select pictures of the Bond car in early May 2006 but with virtually no technical details at all. The only public image available at the time was a designers sketch. ![]() It was almost as if no-one would get to see the car at all until the release of the film. The new James Bond actor, Daniel Craig, had visited the AM Gaydon factory on the 13th January 2006 and had a brief drive of a similar car, probably a DB9, as only the styling buck existed at that time. ![]() Very little was said about the new DBS at that time except that it will be driven by James Bond 007 in the forthcoming film Casino Royale scheduled for release in the November of the same year. ![]() On the 16th of January 2006, Aston Martin released very limited details of a new top of the range sportscar.
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