Pick of the Day: 2005 Aston Martin DB9 will scratch that James Bond itch

The gorgeously styled, V12-powered coupe remains an affordable exotic

ByAndy Reid - October 12, 2021

The aston Martin DB9 is designer Ian Callum's masterpiece

Let’s start off by saying that if you are a James Bond fan, you should go out and see No Time To Die as soon as you can and before anyone spoils it for you by telling you about it. All I will say is that it delivers.

As you can, I qualify as a pretty serious 007 fan, so I have found myself looking for affordable Aston Martin cars for sale on ClassicCars.com, both in order to make my Pick of the Day and possibly replace the DB7 I stupidly sold a few years back.

While scouring the site and searching through all Aston Martin models, then choosing to view from low to high price and ignoring all the listings that had Contact Seller for the asking price (a poor way to post a car, in my opinion), I was able to find an Aston that qualified.

The Pick of the Day is a 2005 Aston Martin DB9 coupe finished in Titanium Silver over a Caspian Blue leather interior, and which the Costa Mesa, California, dealer advertising the car on ClassicCars.com describes as being an exceptional example that has covered only 40,872 miles from new.

The Aston includes records from recent services performed, an Aston Martin factory battery tender and car cover, and it even still has the often-missing factory-optional Aston Martin umbrella. It includes all its manuals as well, something that seems to go missing more often than not.

Recent services include a new headlight module in August 2021 and a new drive plate installed in February 2021, and the dealer states that it just had a service at the local Aston Martin dealer.

I have talked about the DB9 being undervalued for the past year or so, and it seems that the world has started to pay attention and values have started to rise. This Aston Martin is value priced as it is equipped with an automatic transmission instead of a manual gearbox.

Having driven a number of DB9 cars, both with manual and automatic, I’ve found that the automatic fits this truly exotic GT car perfectly, and you do not feel any lack of power because of the 6.0-liter V12 engine under the hood.

I consider the DB9 to be designer Ian Callum’s Aston Martin masterpiece, with every element coming together perfectly to create a car that is one of the most stunning ever built. These cars seem inexpensive, although they deliver exclusivity at a price that no other exotic car can begin to match.

The Aston Martin DB9 is a breathtakingly beautiful automobile, and this one is available for an asking price of $58,900.

To view this vehicle on ClassicCars.com, see Pick of the Day.