![]() Except that it’s even not quite that easy either. ![]() Or to make it easier to understand, E00010 is a coupe, E11213 is a Volante. Thus, the way to differentiate between the coupe and Volante VIN is that the coupe has a ‘0’ in position 13 whereas the Volante has a ‘1’. So, A = DB9 coupe, B = DB9 Volante and so on. This is unusual as both before and since, it has been more customary for coupe and Volante derivatives to have different letters in position 12. ![]() VIN InformationĪll DBS and DBS Volantes have the letter E in position 12. This is not a great number at all as the cars are well spread around the globe making them a rare show at any Club event. So, you will be unsurprised to hear that DBS Volante production only reached 845 cars in total over three model years (MY). In the last article covering the coupe car ( AM Quarterly, Summer 2018), we noted that DBS production was held back by the ongoing financial crisis. It is one of only eight UK cars with a manual gearbox – Photo by Tim Cottingham This particular car was used during the press launch and was famously driven by Jeremy Clarkson in Romania on a feature on BBC’s Top Gear. So, the DBS V12 Volante is another shining example of this rare combination. Who can resist the pull of a DB4 convertible with the GT engine, the late 1980s overly bespoilered V8 Vantage Volante or the super-rare 1999 supercharged Vantage Volante Special Edition. This isn’t something that AML always offer, but when they do the results are always spectacular and instantly desirable. Whilst the coupe was a direct replacement for the Vanquish S, the DBS Volante represented a combination that AML had not offered for 10 years by putting their most powerful engine in their flagship open car. The DBS V12 coupe had been in production for over a year when the Volante version was first shown at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.
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