Bond car test drive the new Aston Martin DBS Volante

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November 4, 2009 Evaluation  Leave a Comment

Volante equipped with ZF produced Touchtronic 2 six-speed transmission with electronic shift-wire, that is, apart from fully automatic mode available in addition to the steering wheel of the gear change paddles.

Row of the dashboard is simple and easy touch of the button according to the transmission mode of administration. Frankly speaking, purely as an automatic transmission vehicle to drive this car is really the way to the use, unless you use the second gear turns through the winding of the Alpine pass.

Manual transmission readily available when needed, but the manual transmission model may mainly to appease the “automatic transmission mode is prepared for the incompetent person” argument. The car is set to automatic mode, torque is very large, is almost instantly available, this would be very easy for people to become lazy and it has been in this setting. For those who must use manual transmission for those who can choose the six-speed Graziano transmission. Incidentally, two kinds of transmission are “post-Central Installation” – This is the Aston Martin describes its drive axle installation approach.

4 are double-A arm suspension system for the car at this level is very common, but this image of Aston is one of the best roads in the bad balance. Engineers to make this challenging for the excellent work of trying to tune suspension, ups and downs of the road has been eliminated, all troubles are amazing small. I opened my car often used to assess the quality of road driving, poor road conditions here, without the expense of handling the case, the car driving has left me a very deep impression. Some look strange car in these fluctuations is almost impossible to drive on the road – any step will hit somewhere in the uneven places, in order to maintain control of the vehicle you are struggling. For Volante would not have this. For the car’s handling of sensitive and gentlemen icing on the cake is the power of a suit in the 20-inch aluminum wheels on the grip excellent Pirelli P Zero tires.

As the performance of this car, as expected, brakes to be effective as in the past – plate size of the carbon-ceramic disc brakes proved to be the car that I tested for the fullest use of this material. I tested this configuration on a vehicle may have the brakes at 250 km / h late transient acceleration of the rapid deceleration of the capacity, but traffic in the urban areas and a more modest speeds, they issued a long road and grab sharp sound too bad acts, so this car can not be a smooth driving. Last time I visited the Bergamo, Italy’s Brembo factory, he saw a whole box of brake calipers on the cast into the Aston Martin logo, Volante’s brakes may come from there.

Many people say that red leather used in Tai Lan, but it seems to me a very good fit Zheliang silver Volante. But also in the cockpit could not pick on the shortcomings of technology. Each office is perfect stitching, and they look the way a big difference, Seat (no, not the rear) is very comfortable supporting force. Some interior trim is carbon fiber for the “cost-effective model,” with important stroke. For this framework the car is amazing instrument worry-free. No one would have a row after row of switches and buttons to leave the impression that too much – generally the appearance of this Aston is a simple and easy to use. I am a natural light aluminum contemporary instrumentation and trim panels are not fanatical pursuit, but its popularity is undeniable. I have found that for the first time sitting in the driver’s seat is very easy to find the controller you need. Even if the easy grip of the steering wheel is also simple and clear, there is no meaningless pomp.

Start the car make the shape of an iPod Mini “key” to insert the instrument panel of the narrow slot and hold it. This for me is an advanced system, use the button operation and a separate key chains, you can not find the location of the driver’s seat inside the cabin put it.

Sound system from Bang & Olufsen is a company to build – this is a home production for the automotive and high-end audio’s top brands. This system can sense and automatically adjust the hood lowered, but for me, DBS Volante best audio entertainment is the engine Couchu music.

Of course, the price of about 325,000 Canadian dollars, which is a very expensive car, but looking at the list configuration, to experience the performance and the atmosphere inside the vehicle, it is difficult to say which of a cost can be lowered. Limited edition model of the terrible expensive components. The Canadian dollar cost of tens of thousands of parts for Toyota Corolla enough to more than one price, but when you are talking about the production of only a few hundred cars sports car when the car sides.

With DBS Volante such a car, compared to media accreditation for certain motor vehicles “only the Italian sports car be considered a real sports car” was a Aston Martin certainly deserves more attention. Possible for us to stop the Aston Martin as James Bond only “high-power destructive weapons” when the manufacturer, and turned to the British car manufacturer this boils down to a world-class sports car manufacturer’s circle — belong to a circle are Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti and so on.

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