Registration No: HUT 12LChassis No: V8/10688/ECAMOT: Exempt

Offered from single family ownership since 1988
The subject of an extensive restoration and mechanical overhaul
Fitted with a specialist electronic fuel-injection conversion and a re-trimmed interior

1 of just 289 AM Series II V8s made


The William Towns-penned DBS was intended as a direct replacement for the ageing DB6 and to be V8-powered from birth.

However, Tadek Marek’s now much vaunted engine took longer to complete than expected, so the newcomer was unveiled in 1967 with the straight-six unit of the DB6, with what became known as the DBS V8 finally appearing in 1970.

With an estimated 320bhp available from its 5,340cc, fuel-injected, four-cam motor, the DBS V8 could reach 100mph in under 14 seconds, running on to a top speed of 160mph—a staggering performance in those days and one which fully justified the claim that it was the fastest production car in the world.

Even in automatic transmission form the V8 could ...