Chassis No: SCFFCAEM2GGA17004.

Engine No: AM11/43086.

The vendor knows a thing or two about Astons.

This was his third, and he is still the proud and happy (who wouldn’t be) owner of a DB6.

He is not a man who wants his cars preserved in aspic and put on display in a climate-controlled museum.

He wants to drive them and enjoy the potential created by the designers, engineers and mechanics who built them when these mechanical marvels represented the white heat of next-generation technology. In his words, “cars suffer much more from neglect than they do from overuse”.

Having scratched the modern GT itch with this magnificent car he now feels himself drawn once again to Astons of a more traditional 1970s/1980s bent.

Consequently, he has taken the decision to part company with GT09 SPY (what a number plate) and move on to things that smell more redolently of Castrol R, string-backed driving gloves and Timothy Dalton.

Your author has driven this vehicle and can attest that it is properly sorted and screwed together; that it goes around corners with commendable grip and alacrity; that it presses on with an urgency bordering on delinquency; and that it makes a noise like Brian Blessed having a fight with a moose in a tin shed.

Splendid.

You should know that this car comes with a rather special piece of bespoke, Bond-themed luggage from no less a supplier than Globe Trotter.

Inside the wheeled (the wheels have never touched a hard surface) case you will find a removable foam insert containing various 007-themed goodies, chief among which is a bespoke Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m James Bond Limited Edition watch (with a serial number to match the car) complete with a unique Aston Martin strap.

The watch has been worn on very few occasions and only with the blue strap (the metal bracelet and AML branded strap remain unused).

This very fine vehicle has covered around 20,000 miles while in the curation of the current vendor.

Impressively, some 4,000 miles of that total were amassed in a single, epic European tour that touched many countries you’ve heard of and a few that will leave you reaching for a more comprehensive atlas.

A small stone chip above the windscreen was earned on that trip when the vendor was following a friend’s Ferrari into its home factory at Modena.

Beat that.

All DB9s are good-looking cars.

This is better looking than most of them.

The bodywork is untroubled by any dinks, dents, depressions, ripples, folds or creases that we can see.

The shut-lines and panel gaps are tight and consistent.

The Spectre Silver paintwork has hung on to its lustre and depth of shine with commendable tenacity.

The doors slam home with a weight and precision that might almost force a smile from one of Porsche’s more obsessive engineers.

The bright-work, carbon-fibre bits, badging, wheels, tyres and all other external fixtures and fittings are in fine fettle.

There are one or two small scuffs on the o/s/r wing and a few random stone chips on the bonnet – most of which have been competently touched-up.

There are a couple of scuffs on the headlamp cowls and one on the n/s/f wheel.

That’s about all we can come up with for the ‘things to complain about’ list.

It’s really very good indeed.

The good news continues pretty much unabated on the inside, where the black hide upholstery is in fine fettle and has yet to show the patina of even its mileage, let alone its age.

The front seats are supportive and surprisingly comfortable.

The rear seats are unsurprisingly useless as seats unless you are three years old, two feet tall or are, in fact, a piece of luggage or a small wire-haired terrier.

Unique to this car are the floor mats which were commissioned by the vendor and are made of Wilton carpet with inset enamel ‘wings’ and ‘007 Edition’ badges. The carpets are beyond reproach.

So, too, are the dashboard, door cards, roof lining, various bits of carbon-fibre and assorted 007-themed embroidery and badging.

To the best of our knowledge, all buttons, knobs, dials, levers, switches, toggles and stalks do precisely what they’re supposed to do.

Wiring is in place for a dashcam and intelligent battery charger and a tracker is installed (that will need to be reactivated by the car’s new owner).

The undersides of the car look clean, shiny straight and true to us and everything seems to have plenty of structural integrity.

It’s the same story in the engine bay, where all appears to be clean, dry, present and correct.

The car comes with a fully stamped Aston Martin main dealer service book.

Mileage and service intervals are as follows.

• 979 miles 13.6.17 - Aston Martin Bristol
• 9,436 miles 26.6.18 - Aston Martin Bristol
• 12,119 miles 18.6.19 - Aston Martin Bristol
• 15,222 miles 18.6.20 - Aston Martin Bristol
• 17,098 miles 14.6.21 – Aston Martin Bristol
• 19,522 miles 13.6.22 - Aston Martin Bristol

The car has been fully HPI checked and cleared.

It comes with more than the full complement of keys, manuals, hand books, etc, and an Aston Martin 007-branded car cover.

It has covered only 300 miles since November and has an MoT certificate that’s valid until 29.11.23.

Please visit the documents section of the gallery of this listing where you will find photos of this and other paperwork to support our claim that this car has been maintained to a very good standard.

If you’d like to inspect the car prior to placing a bid – something we would encourage – then please use the Contact Seller button to arrange an appointment.

We think this is a particularly good example of one of the last (and therefore properly sorted and fettled) DB9s ever built.

And to make it even more exclusive and covetable, it’s got the inestimable and exotic caché of rarity that comes with being number 36 of just 150 Bond Editions ever built.

We really don’t think you shouldn’t waste your time waiting for a better one to come along.

We’re happy to offer this superb vehicle for auction with an estimate in the range of £95,000 - £115,000.

Viewing is always encouraged, and this particular car is located with us at The Market HQ near Abingdon; we are open weekdays 9am-5pm, to arrange an appointment please use the Contact Seller button at the top of the listing. Feel free to ask any questions (if we don’t know the answer, we’ll ask the vendor) or make observations in the comments section below, or try our ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.