Daily Rate

$999

Weekly Rate

$5,999

Free Miles

50 Daily

Additional Miles

$2.00

Transmission

Automatic  

Model Year

2008

Engine

6.0 Liter V-12  

Horsepower

450  

Passengers

4  

Doors

2  

M.S.R.P.

$197,000  

Available Colors

Grey

Options

Navigation System, Front and Rear Parking Sensors, Sport Package, Sport Wheels, Privacy Glass, i-Pod connection.  

This version of Aston's 48-valve, 5.9-liter V-12 is mounted far enough back for the DB9 to be regarded as a front-mid-engine layout. Key figures are 450 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 420 pound-feet of torque at 5000 rpm. Floor the pedal, and the DB9 with the six-speed manual gearbox should reach 60 mph in 4.7 seconds, hit 100 mph just 6.1 seconds later, and max at 186 mph. The shift-by-wire automatic delivers the goods a couple of tenths slower.

Design director Henrik Fisker has retained the DB7's smooth, flowing, ever-so-slightly retro lines while moving on a few paces. For improved access, the DB9 features "swan wing" doors, which open both out and up twelve degrees. Sarah Maynard, a former fashion designer, was instrumental in conceiving the interior. Its details include a glass starter button that glows red when the ignition is on and light blue when it's off.