Aston Martin DB7
Registered from 1995 to 2004.
About this model
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 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.
From the Wikipedia article Aston Martin DB7, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2001 5.9 petrol. 48 of 335 tests failed, 14%.
Better than 97% of 2001 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 463 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 48% | 23 |
| Lights and electrics | 33% | 16 |
| Suspension | 27% | 13 |
| Visibility | 25% | 12 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 15% | 7 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 10% | 5 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 48% of its failures
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Suspension — 27% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Exhaust and emissions — 15% of its failures
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Lights and electrics — 33% of its failures
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Visibility — 25% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Seat belts and airbags — 10% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 80–100k miles this one fails 19% of its inspections, against the 26% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 11% | 18% | 87 | |
| 40–60k miles | 17% | 23% | 133 | |
| 60–80k miles | 14% | 25% | 49 | |
| 80–100k miles | 19% | 26% | 32 |
301 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 40k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.