Aston Martin DB9
The DB9 opened Aston Martin's Gaydon era with a bonded-aluminium structure, a rear-mounted gearbox and a V12 grand-touring brief.
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The DB9 replaced the DB7 but deliberately skipped the DB8 name because Aston Martin considered it too large a step to sound sequential. It was the first production Aston built at Gaydon and the first on the VH architecture. This page holds the car to the 2004 launch coupe; later carbon-ceramic brakes and 510 bhp specifications belong to updated cars.
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Aston Martin says the DB9 name skipped DB8 because the new car was considered too great an advance over the DB7 for simple sequential numbering.
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The first Gaydon Aston
DB9 was the first car built at Aston Martin's Gaydon factory and the first production model on the VH architecture. That makes it both a new model and a manufacturing reset for the company.
Source: Aston Martin · DB9 ↗Launch specification, not the final evolution
Contemporary launch figures describe a 5,935 cc V12 producing 444 hp and 420 lb-ft. Aston Martin's heritage page also shows later 510 bhp hardware; separating those periods prevents the final DB9 specification from being backdated to the 2004 car.
Source: Car and Driver · Aston Martin DB9 first drive ↗Where these facts come from
Selected facts checked for this edition. Some source pages link to broader model families. Last reviewed October 21, 2026.