Aston Martin’s Q bespoke division has created an ultra-exclusive DBS Superleggera special edition to celebrate 50 years since Concorde first took to the skies. Made in association with British Airways, the DBS Superleggera Concorde Edition features a number of visual enhancements inside and out and is limited to just 10 examples, all sold through Aston Martin Bristol – down the road from where British Concorde manufacturing took place. External alterations include a painted livery using British Airways colours on the roof strake, spoiler and rear diffuser. A black carbonfibre roof sports the silhouette of the supersonic jet. There are neat details, too, including new side strakes milled from solid aluminium, the British Airways ‘Speedmarque’ logo in chrome on the front wings, a black ‘Q by Aston Martin’ wing badge and even the authentic aircraft identifier number of the flagship of the Concorde fleet (G-BOAC) on the body behind the doors. Inspection plates are signed by Aston CEO Andy Palmer and British Airways chairman Alex Cruz. New interior features include the Concorde logo on the front seat facings, ‘Mach Meter’ graphics in the driver’s sun visor and an Alcantara headliner with a ‘sonic boom’ graphic. There are also titanium paddle shifters – made from Concorde’s compressor blades, the firm claims – special floor mats and unique sill plaques. Underneath, the DBS Superleggera’s mechanical make-up is unchanged. It makes use of the 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12 putting out 715bhp and taking the supercar to 211mph. No price is quoted for the DBS Superleggera Concorde Edition, so prospective customers should contact Aston Martin Bristol. Some of the proceeds from each car will be donated to the Air League Trust, a non-profit organisation that supports underprivileged children and teaches them how to
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Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante is a $443,000 hair dryer
2020 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera VolanteAston Martin Aston Martin has dropped the top of its massive grand tourer, as the DBS Superleggera Volante joins the lineup. Volante’ is just Aston Martin’s fancy way of saying convertible’ — which, really, means you can have some wind in your hair while rocketing from coast-to-coast. The DBS Superleggera Volante has to be one of the best-looking convertibles out there, and thanks to the rear end treatment, it looks like it may actually create a truly airy, open-cabin feel, unlike many modern supercar-based convertibles. That roof takes just 16 seconds to fully close. Part of what makes the silhouette look so good is that the top measures just 10.2 inches once fully stowed. The top itself is available in no less than eight colours, and a carbon fibre finish is available for the windshield frame and tonneau cover. Powering one of the world’s most expensive hair dryers is a sonorous, twin-turbocharged 5.2-litre V12 that makes 715 horsepower and 664 lb.-ft. of torque. Coupled to an eight-speed automatic, the Volante rockets from zero to 100 km/h in just 3.6 seconds, before topping out at 340 km/h. This makes it the fastest convertible to ever come out of Aston’s factory. The speed is an impressive feat considering the DBS Superleggera’s weight — the name itself means super light’ in Italian — set at 4,107 pounds dry, some 375 more than the coupe. The zero-to-100 km/h run is only affected by a barely noticeable two-tenths of a second. Helping the car stick to the ground is a new aerodynamic package providing up to 390 pounds of downforce, only 6.6 less than the coupe. The front spoiler and air dam work together with side strakes that are deeper than the coupe’s, along with a double rear diffuser dubbed Aeroblade II’. Of course, this won’t be cheap. Aston Martin has priced the Volante at a whopping US$329,100 — about $443,000 here. Canadian availability will hopefully be announced
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Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante is 211mph drop-top
Aston Martin has pulled the wraps off the fastest convertible in its history: the new DBS Superleggera Volante. Capable of hitting 211mph – identical to the hard-top DBS – the British firm’s newest addition is available to order now, priced from £247,500. That headline figure is £22,500 more than the coupé, but Aston claims the “extra level of sensory overload that only an open-top super-GT can deliver” justifies the premium. The roof itself is the most advanced soft-top the firm has ever produced, with eight layers of insulation and the ability to fully open it in 14sec – from inside the car or externally via the remote. The mechanism is said to have been put through more than 100,000 cycles in development in everywhere from Nevada’s Death Valley to the Arctic Circle. The roof compresses to a claimed class-leading height of 26cm in the boot, maximising available luggage space. The soft-top itself is available in eight exterior colours, with six interior headliners available to order. Despite the identical top speed, DBS Superleggera Volante weighs a not inconsiderable 170kg more than the coupé, at 1863kg, which marginally affects acceleration. Aston claims a 0-62mph time two-tenths slower (3.6sec) and a 0-100mph time three-tenths slower (6.7sec) than the coupé’s. The twin-turbocharged 5.2-litre V12 produces an identical 715bhp and 664lb ft of torque to the coupé, too. Official fuel economy is reduced from the 22.9mpg of the coupé to 20.1mpg under the new WLTP testing regime. Aside from the roof, the rest of the Volante’s exterior is broadly identical to the coupé’s. However, Aston has revised the car’s rear profile – in particular the rear diffuser – to compensate for any aerodynamic losses from the soft-top. As a result, it produces 177kg of downforce at its peak – a mere 3kg less than the
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