When discussing the new DBS, the small matter of product placement cannot go unmentioned, namely a bit part in a rather large film series and the ongoing challenge of being a brand with perhaps the strongest ever cinematic association. Aston Martin calculate that the Bond effect will help embed their famous name in yet another few million more adolescent minds as emerging markets appear around the world, and the DBS is the vehicle charged with carrying the flame. The car is a DB9 that’s received some serious surgery, nipping and tucking the GT into an all-out sports model, with wider track, lower suspension and uprated V12 engine - and out go the back seats too. The car is mooted for a limited production run, and demand is expected to be high.