Aston Martin DBS Volante

Aston Martin understands: When weather permits, aural delights this pure shouldn't be stifled behind layers of aluminum and glass and lacquer. The majestic notes of its 6.0-liter V12--a rumbling basso lifting the throaty tenors, a chorus of sopranos erupting in full song as the throttle opens wide--should flow freely, to drift on the air and bounce off the trees and dance merrily around the ears, mingling with the warmth of a summer wind and basking in the rays of a setting sun.

So Aston removed the roof of the DBS and envelopes the Volante's occupants in the full sensory experience that 510 hp delivers: those majestic sounds, the blur of the road, skin prickling in the open air. Speed is no longer something simply read on a dial; it fills the lungs.

If driving the 2009 Aston Martin DBS Volante, or convertible, sounds magical, it might very well be. But it's a magic that only a lucky 500 or so well-heeled types will be able to indulge in, starting this fall.

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