The Supercar that the DB7 should have been.

Aston Martin DB7GT 2dr (coupe')

Tungsten Silver over red leather upholstery.

First Reg Aug 2004 and one of the last produced

22, 500 warranted miles recorded


History:

Ford acquired both Jaguar and Aston Martin over a period between 1987 to 1990. Jaguar had been struggling to replace the XJS with a project codenamed the XJ41/ 42 already in development stage in the company, and designed by Keith Helfet. When Ford had acquired ownership of Jaguar in 1990, the new management cancelled the XJ41/ 42 project because of the car's heavier weight than the XJS, the project's high budget and also the employee overtime spent on the car.


In 1990 Ian Cullum CBE, who was the Chief Designer of Ford cars, left the main office at Ghia Design Studio in Turin and moved to the freedom of 'a little tin shed' at TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing). At Ford he had been used to working on cars such as RS200 and RS Cosworth Escort, but now he was "doing something I wanted to do."

Seeing the potential of the abandoned Jaguar project, Tom Walkinshaw, owner of TWR envisioned a concept on the stalled XJ41 project and tasked Ian Callum to design his envisioned body around the XJ41, but when a completed car was presented to the Jaguar management, funding issues again forced them to reject signing-off the project to production.

The CEO of Aston Martin, Walter Hayes, approached Walkinshaw as he had seen the potential in Walkinshaw's proposition to succeed. Development started with a new project name of 'XX'. Ian Callum was again tasked to redesign the car so it would look like an Aston Martin. Owing to limited financial backing at the time, the final production model used many components from the 'spare parts bin' of Ford's other marques .

When presented at the 1993 Geneva Motor Show, the original DB7 was considered a stunning piece of automotive sculpture but journalists were far less impressed by the first DB7’s road manners. Auto motive magazine reviews of the time were in agreement that the first DB7 suffered from poor build quality and it earned an unfortunate reputation of unreliability, unresponsive handling and had an engine that sounded the part but had no power to back up the noise.

Over the next ten years upgrades and improved build quality had kept sales going, but in 1990 Ian Callum left TWR to take on the role of Chief designer at Jaguar (hence the re-emergence of the Ian Cullum design link to the later Jaguar XK8)

1999 was the first year of the V12 DB7 Vantage production but AM was still faced with criticism of the cars' handling and cornering capability despite Works Service offering a special Driving Dynamics package at extra cost.

In 2002, a new variant was launched, named V12 GT (or V12 GT'A' when equipped with an automatic transmission.) It was essentially an improved version of the 1999 Vantage at last making it the Supercar that the DB7 should have been.

The manual V12 GT engine with a new engine mapping and exhaust system now produced a power output of 435hp, although the GTA retained the earlier engine, giving the power output of the standard DB7 Vantage, 420hp.

Additionally, the GT and GTA chassis had substantially updated suspension and a lighter 5-spoke alloy wheel design reducing unsprung weight and providing all the handling improvements the public had asked for in the earlier DB7 Vantage models.


MOT April 2021(all MOTs retained on file supporting current mileage)

Limited Edition GT Specification being 1 of only 190 GTs made

18” Five spoke alloy wheels(recently refurbished)

435 BHP manual gearbox with aluminium Gear lever

Updated, redesigned suspension

Mesh front grille

Boot lid spoiler

Bonnet vents

Wing backed seats

White dials,

Satellite navigation,

Heated seats,

Power fold mirrors,

Red Brembo brakes

Original AM Umbrella.


Ownership and Service History:


The car was sold by Stratstone's Aston Martin Sales of Park Lane, Mayfair to the first owner Mr C. Jenkins on 13 August 2004.


It was then sold by Guy Salmon, then an Aston Martin Dealer, to the second owner Mr C. Bruning on 18 January 2007 when the recorded mileage was just 2100 miles.


The present and third owner bought the car from Aston Martin Specialists McGurk Performance cars when the recorded mileage was circa 22, 000 miles.


John McGurk's stated aim is to deliver franchised levels of service from his facility in Loxley Road, Stratford-upon-Avon and following extensive research it was apparent that this car was an outstanding example of those then available. This was an Aston Martin with light use but main dealer service history and a total of 20 service stamps in the record.


Before delivery from McGurk's workshop minor refurbishment works were agreed, including total refurbishment of alloy wheels, bringing the car to near-concours condition and probably one of the best available.

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