The prestigious luxury sports car company Aston Martin has just unveiled the new "Aston Martin DBS Carbon Edition" at this year's Frankfurt motor show, which is due to be available for delivery during early in 2012.
Aston Martin Launches the DBS Carbon Edition
This is a special version of the Aston Martin DBS and it is the follow-up to the "DBS Carbon Black" which was introduced in 2009 and is available as either "coupé" or the "Volante" model. This car can be distinguished visually on first glance from a standard DBS with its black carbon fiber fascia grille which appears to have weave that has been positioned exactly to follow the form of the dashboard, this is said to be only achieved when the carbon fiber is laid by hand.
The carbon fiber theme is extended to the "Touchtronic II" automatic gearbox paddles. Just in case you forget you are in a Carbon Edition Aston Martin, there is a unique carbon fiber special edition sill plaque which has a laser-etched metal inlay.
In addition to all of the visual aspects to the DBS Carbon Edition the car features a Carbon Black Paint as standard, with two new colors, "Flame Orange" and "Ceramic Grey" on offer. Every car will receive the unique Aston Martin's paint process, which consists of seven layers of paint together with a 25 hour hand "flat-and-polish finish". Another feature but also a first for Aston Martin is the optional "satin lacquer" paint finish, this is apparently desired as it achieves an "über smooth" finish.
Still on the exterior, the Aston Martin DBS Carbon Edition will be fitted with 10-spoke gloss black diamond-turned wheels which can also feature a reversed diamond turned or full gloss black finish as an option. The brake calipers are black as standard, with yellow, orange, red or grey as optional colors and other carbon visual enhancements. The engine is the meaty lump that is currently fitted to the DBS, the V12, which produces 510 bhp.
