Aston Martin DBS News

Maybe it was the news of the recent rebound in the housing market, but something had me thinking real estate when a stunning example of the new 2013 Aston Martin DB9 rumbled into my driveway for a recent weekend stay.

If you read our February issue, you'll have already seen our take on Aston's DBS replacement, the Vanquish.

Last year the UK's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency raised A 67m from the sale of personalised number plates.

There are over one million stitches holding together the leather interior of Aston Martin's range-topping, grand touring supercar, the Vanquish.

A man holds his hand up while bidding on a work of art inside the auction house Christie's Nov.