Only 42,382 miles with an impressive 20 service stamps; 6.0 V12 with 450bhp; very smart in Jet Black; a pampered example of this gorgeous GTLaunched in 2004 to replace the DB7, the sensational DB9 was in a completely different league to its ageing forebear and was the first model to be built at Aston Martin's high tech Gaydon facility.

To emphasise how great a leap it was from the DB7, Aston deliberately did not call it the DB8 in case this suggested that it had a mere V8 engine rather than the V12 which actually lurked under the bonnet.

Designed by Henrik Fisker, it was constructed mainly of bonded aluminium and lightweight composites, including the chassis, which made it over twice as stiff as the DB7 but with a 25% reduction in weight.

Luxuriously trimmed in leather, aluminium and walnut, it had 2+2 seating and a 6.0 V12 producing 450bhp and 420lb/ft.

Driving through a six-speed ZF automatic gearbox it could accelerate from 0-60 in just 4.9 seconds with a top speed of 186mph and...