Aston Martin DBS Volante

The Aston Martin DBS Volante is the convertible version of the DBS V12 flagship, announced by the British-based Aston Martin ahead of the 2009 Geneva motor show with customer deliveries starting in the third quarter of 2009. Below the waistline it is virtually identical to the coupe, adding a fabric roof like those of the DB9 and V8 Vantage Volante that opens or closes at the touch of a button in 14 seconds at speeds up to 48 km/h and stows under a new tonneau. It is a 2+2 and the sixteenth convertible model in Aston Martin's 95 year history. The hand-built all-alloy 6.0 litre V12 develops 380 kW and 570 Nm, the same as the coupe. Aston Martin claims the same 4.3 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h as the coupe, though the open car weighs about 115 kg more, and the top speed is listed as 307 km/h. Two roll bars deploy automatically in a rollover from a hump behind the seats.