Start with what the Aston Martin DB7 is: a 2-door coupé / 2-door convertible with 3.2 , built from 1994 to 2004, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Ian Callum / Keith Helfet.
The background
The Aston Martin DB7 is a car that was produced by British luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin from September 1994 to December 2004. It was designed by Ian Callum and Keith Helfet as a grand tourer in coupé and convertible bodystyles.
The prototype was complete by November 1992 and debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1993. The six-cylinder DB7 (based on the Jaguar AJ6 engine) was positioned as an "entry-level" model below the hand-built V8 Virage introduced a few years earlier. At the time, the DB7 was the most-produced Aston Martin automobile in the company’s history, with more than 7,000 built before it was replaced by the DB9 in 2004.
The engineering
The engine is 3.2 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1825 kg. Drive goes through a 4-speed GM 4L80-E transmission / GM 4L80-E Automatic transmission / automatic (I6) / 5-speed Magna PT#Longitudinal orientation / Getrag 290 Manual transmission / manual (I6) / 5-sp. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 2591 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
In the Aston Martin line-up the Aston Martin DB7 has a clear place: it replaced the Aston Martin DB6; it handed the line to the Aston Martin DB9; the factory was Bloxham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Audi A6, the Subaru Outback, the Toyota RAV4. Its Aston Martin stablemates include the Aston Martin Mark II and the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.
Aston Martin DB7 Zagato