New Aston Martin DB9 GT is James Bond perfect

Aston Martin has done exactly the right thing with its new DB9.

This is the handsome devil the brand debuted in 2003 as the modern successor to the vaunted DB4 through DB7 models (there are 14 ‘DB’ variations in all, some of which have helped make James Bond famous).

Named after David Brown, the entrepreneurial engineer who bought Aston in 1947 and created the first, DB1, a year later, the line has proved so perfect as to require only a few adjustments. But each passing year requires something novel on which to spend. And, as people of means know, it would never do to have last year’s Aston.