"The DBS also has very clear links with our heritage -- it is instantly recognisable as an Aston Martin," said design director Marek Reichman.
LONDON: Aston Martin, the prestigious British carmaker immortalised by fictional superspy James Bond, unveiled its latest model on Thursday ahead of it featuring in the next 007 movie.
The company is keeping exact details of the new DBS's specifications a secret before actor Daniel Craig drives it in 'Casino Royale' but it is said to be a fusion of its DB9 road car and DBR9 race car.
"The DBS also has very clear links with our heritage -- it is instantly recognisable as an Aston Martin," said design director Marek Reichman.
An earlier model of the DBS was used in the 1969 film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service,' starring Australian actor George Lazenby in his only outing as the world's most famous undercover agent.
Cars featuring in Bond films are a much discussed and debated subject among Bond fans, with car manufacturers keen to get their marques on the silver screen.
Aston Martin cars may forever be linked with James Bond films: Sean Connery first drove the iconic Aston Martin DB5 in the 1964 film 'Goldfinger.'
But writer Ian Fleming, on whose novels the films are based, had Bond drive a grey 1933 Bentley convertible. In the original 'Casino Royale' in 1967, actor David Niven's Bond drove a supercharged black Bentley.
In 1995, German carmaker BMW's Z3 model caused a minor controversy by becoming the first non-British production car used by Bond in 'Golden eye'.
Other BMW models were used in subsequent films until Pierce Brosnan drove the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish in the last Bond film, 'Die Another Day', in 2002.
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