Three-stage Adaptive Damping System (Normal/Sport/Track), introduced for the 2013 model year.
Standard across this generation. The GT wears black-anodized calipers as a styling detail; no rotor-size change vs. the base car was confirmed.
The DB9 (VH2) is the substantially facelifted second generation of Aston Martin's V12 grand tourer, built on the same aluminum-intensive VH platform as the original 2005-2012 car. Aston Martin introduced the update in October 2012 for the 2013 model year, with new styling led by design director Marek Reichman, a reworked interior, and more power from the same naturally aspirated 5.9-liter V12. It replaced the earlier DB9 (VH1) as Aston Martin's core 2+2 GT and was itself replaced by the DB11 when production of the DB9 nameplate ended in July 2016.
The facelift borrowed several design cues from the short-lived second-generation Virage, including new headlight clusters, a five-bar grille, and an integrated rear spoiler, and introduced a three-mode Adaptive Damping System (Normal, Sport, Track). The V12 was retuned to 510 hp (517 PS) and 457 lb-ft (620 Nm), driving through a ZF Touchtronic II automatic transmission.
US NHTSA campaigns for this model. A listed campaign may not apply to a particular car, and may already have been remedied — check a specific car by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
No — every retailer and review of this generation describes the DB9 as automatic-only, paired exclusively with the ZF Touchtronic II. The 6-speed manual offered on the earlier 2005-2012 DB9 was dropped with this facelift.
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