Aston Martin DB7 in general

Newest Review: ... cramped. If you do choose to buy a manual, the gear change is OK I guess, but not slick by any standards. The clutch feels ... more

... dead and is difficult to synchronise with the throttle on hill starts. Get driving and the car is surprisingly quick for such a small engine. Engine noise is not sporty, more like, erm.. there! Road noise is excellent and the handling is simply superb It is surprising what they managed to do with a 1970's Jaguar XJS chassis. It is hard to fault the handling, road holding, steering (except the huge wheel!) or brakes. That is, except for spinning the rear wheels which causes tramping, or bouncing of wheels. This is ...more

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Aston Martin DB7 in general: DB7 - The drivers opinion (599 words)
by - written on 29/03/01 (Very useful, 1347 readings)
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What I want to know, is how the hell can people review a car without having driven it!!! That's just plain stupid! I have been an Aston Martin (only) mechanic for 10 years. I am 26 years old The DB7 is a beautiful looking car which has a fairly poor Jaguar cast-off engine and a dated Jaguar cast-off chassis. The engine in the non-Vantage model is a 3.7 litre supercharged Jaguar unit straight six cylinder unit. It sounds poor on start-up and throttle response is poor (though not as bad as the Virage!) The auto gearbox is good however, coving up the engines bad points Brakes are excellent Driving position is ... Read the complete review

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by - written on 26/06/00
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Aston Martin is one of the best car makers around and one of the only British car makers left that havent been bought by the German. The make some of the best super cars you can by combining luxary with powre they manage to create a very good car. Ao you can go as fast a ferrari in the luxary of a rolls royce great along with the ferrari 550 and the porche 911 i want one. More love needs to be give up for this car. ... Read the complete review