Car Throttle

Coachbuilders often aim to take existing cars and make them into something different, just for difference sake. Exclusivity is the greatest luxury - or something like that. The other method is taking a lower end car and making it into something better, but unique. Kit cars, on the other hand, mostly aim to look like the real thing but for a whole lot less. EDO Competition is straddling that line with its new effort, turning the five-year old DBS into a DB9. Interestingly, the car was commissioned by its owner. How about just buying a new DBS for is almost certainly a whole lot less money? Beats us. This obviously isn't your standard conversion job. EDO Competition replaced the metal body panels of the DB9 into the carbon fiber

If you're like me, you love big British GT's.  That would include nearly all of the new Aston Martins as well as Bentley's Continental GT. The two are some of my favorite brands. It's great to see such a resurgence from the British high end auto industry. Anyways, if you're also like me - you can't afford an Aston. But, we can always look at pictures right? Aston Martin has released a few new images of the stunning DBS Volante. I selected a few of my favorites out of them that! And speaking of amazing images - CarThrottle recently had some exclusive ones done that you should check out.

Aston Martin's stunning DBS Coupe, star of 2 different James Bond films, now has an even sexier sibling - the DBS Volante. In traditional Aston speak, "Volante" means "expensive convertible," and the DBS Volante is no exception.  The DBS itself is just a more-muscular version of the V12-powered DB9, and with the introduction of a drop-top DBS, there's almost no reason to buy a regular DB9 any more. Under the Aston's impossibly long hood beats the same 6.0L 48v V12 powerplant as in the hardtop DBS, producing a respectable 510bhp and 420lb-ft (570nM) of torque.  This engine is mated to either a standard 6-speed manual, or a 6-speed sequential gearbox, mounted transaxle style in the rear in race-car fashion.  Aston claims the top-of-the-line DBS Volante will accelerate to