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ASTON MARTIN DBS V12: BUYER'S GUIDE

Median Price: £87,555  •  Highest Price: £241,250  •  Lowest Price: £43,398  •  Sell-Through Rate: 77%

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Aston Martin DBS V12

Source: Bonhams

How much is a DBS V12 worth?

In our experience, we've seen plenty of DBS V12's go under the hammer and based on analysing every sale you can expect to pay £87,555 for one in average condition - that places it amongst the most expensive 8% of collector cars across our database.

As Aston Martin's go, a DBS V12 is on the higher end relative to other Aston Martin models. In fact this model is £30,184 above the median Aston Martin price of £57,371.

What is the maximum to pay for a DBS V12?

Across the 113 DBS V12's we've seen sell, the highest price ever recorded for this model is £241,250. It was sold by Christies in the UK on 05 Oct 2012.

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What is the lowest to pay for a DBS V12?

The lowest sale of all time for this vehicle is £43,398, RM Sotheby's sold this car in the UK on 11 Jun 2020.

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What is the background of the make / model?

Aston Martin produced this model between 2008 and 2012.

Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. They gained fame in the 1960s with the DB5, driven by James Bond. The brand has had financial struggles but was revitalized in the 1990s. Today it is owned by a consortium including Lawrence Stroll and Mercedes-Benz.

How common is a DBS V12?

According to data from the DVLA, the UK licensing authority, in 2022 there were 597 licensed vehicles alive and kicking on UK roads. There were also 263 vehicles that are SORNd - in other words not currently registered for the road. Note: that data is for this model and all of its sub-models.

Building on that, we've also seen plenty of these go under the hammer at auctions around the world, 146 to be precise. It's among the 6% most common collector cars to sell at auction.

Of those 146 times the model has gone to auction 113 have sold. In other words, this model sells on 77% of times it goes to auction - that's above the average sell-through rate we traditionally see.

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We know from reviews of this model by our 42,000+ strong community how this car performs across multiple variables. Those variables stack up to give a TCVScore which is a relative score of how good a car is across the 5 variables in comparison to all other cars.

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Why this article was created

Well, we've got one of the largest databases of sold classic car prices in the world so we thought we ought to help and put that data to good use. To be clear though, this article is not intended to be a full tour of every nook and sill of the DBS V12, rather it's meant to act as an introductory guide and overview of the market for this model.

It is here to provide you guidance on how much you should and shouldn't be paying for one based on the 146 we've seen previously.

If you're after more detail, we've got you covered. Click the button below to be taken to a the price guide for this model so you can see every single sale, price trend over time and lots more.

How this article was created

This article was created by looking back at sales of DBS V12 since the beginning of our database in 1992. We've scanned over 30 auction houses and results from over £15 billion of sold cars around the world to understand the where the market is at for this car.

The Classic Valuer takes that data and analytics which enables it to generate these articles at scale, for further information regarding the DBS V12 please visit the price guide linked below.

About The Author

Giles Gunning | The Classic Valuer

Giles Gunning

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Giles is CEO of The Classic Valuer - one of the world's largest databases of sold classic cars in the world going back over 30 years covering over 11,000 models. Giles and The Classic Valuer are regularly referenced in key classic car publications including Classic & Sports Car.

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Giles grew up around the iconic historic motorsport venue at Goodwood and enjoys his 1972 Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior around the Sussex roads. His primary car goal is to purchase back a selection of his grandfather's car's including his 1931 Riley Brooklands.

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