2010 ASTON MARTIN dbs

Base price $287,850, including $2,600 gas-guzzler tax; $295,745 as tested, including smoker’s kit ($220) and 10-spoke wheels ($3,190). Driving Aston Martin’s new flagship droptop, the DBS Volante, it’s hard not to conjure up some excessively cliché Bond images. Yet unlike Her Majesty’s secret agent, with his unlimited bar tab, we desired a taste of fancy champagne on a decidedly Miller High Life budget.

So impressive was the mount that the car valets at the ritzy Palm Beach Grille were tripping over each other to be “the one” to open our doors. At a restaurant that, on any given night, may see everything from a Ferrari 599 to a Bentley Continental Speed GT and a murdered-out Rolls-Royce Phantom, each treated with equal doses of nonchalance, the excitement bestowed on this one got the blood rolling through their veins again.

 

2010 Aston Martin dbs

2010 Aston Martin dbs

2010 Aston Martin dbs

2010 Aston Martin dbs