There are many car enthusiasts who completely ignore this a car they love, even if it has a few flaws. But only a fool would buy a car with a scrap title or with previous accident damage, no matter how good the repairs are. I’m absolutely a sucker for this beautiful Fly Yellow Aston Martin DB7 Volante is really making me think about making an offer. It would be almost impossible to find another, despite brand title and minor damage on the passenger side. This bad boy is being auctioned off on Copart from a farm in Knoxville, Tennessee. and if you outbid me, it could be yours.
I’ve been passively looking for a V12 automatic convertible DB7 for a few years as prices continue to fall. While the manual coupes are already on the rise, nobody seems to be interested in the convertibles or automatic transmissions. I really want one because it would be nice to have a grand tourer with long legs at the weekend. Plus, the V12 is essentially a pair of Ford V6s bolted together. So how bad could maintenance be?
New for 1999, the V12 Vantage featured a 5.9-liter 48-valve V12 engine that produced 420 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque. The automatic used here is a ZF-built 5HP30 five-speed transmission, which was also used in thousands of BMWs, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces in the 1990s and early 2000s (an all-wheel drive version was made by Audi and Volkswagen V8 used). and W12 vehicles until 2011). It could reach a top speed of 186 miles per hour and sprinted from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 4.9 seconds. The new V12 was so successful that it brought sales of the base model DB7 with a turbocharged inline-six to a complete standstill.
The listing doesn’t mention what happened to the car that caused it to end up here. The dashboard currently only shows 46,255 miles on the clock. The car is about 10,000 miles old was offered for sale in Californiaand after that it was in North Carolina for a while where it was sold at Auctioned twice in 2016 and 2018.
Copart states that the car is branded, but does not say why. The damage on the right appears to be minor but could be hiding something larger, and the interior is somewhat disassembled, although all parts appear to be included in the sale. This is a Run & Drive vehicle, but the listing contains no indication from the seller, which is concerning.
With values of the driver-friendly DB7 Vantage Volantes somewhere around the low 30,000s, It would certainly be a risk to bid on it, but perhaps a risk worth taking. If you lose, you could face hefty repair bills, but either way, you’ll end up with a big V12 engine in a luxury convertible. If that’s wrong, I don’t want to be right. A little shine and this car could be near perfect.