Aston Martin makes final batch of DB9s

Aston Martin has announced on Twitter that it has built its last run of DB9 sports cars.

Posting images of the last nine cars awaiting final inspection on its official Twitter feed is a fitting send-off to 13 years of continuous production of the coupe and Volante convertible.

Introduced back in 2003, the DB9 was the car that moved Aston into the modern age, introducing the firm's first aluminium Vertical Horizontal (VH) platform that gave the coupe and convertible structural stiffness lacking in the previous Jaguar-based platform used to underpin the DB7.

Claimed to be designed by both Ian Callum and Henrik Fisker, the DB9 introduced the design language that would come to dominate the brand for more than a decade.

The final nine cars are all believed to be DB9 GT models which means they come with the more powerful 402kW/620Nm naturally aspirated 5.9-litre V12 that, even when mated to a six-speed automatic, can see the coupe sprint to 100km/h in 4.5 seconds before topping out at 295km/h.

Other than the 'Q, Last of 9' badges’, it's not known how Aston Martin's bespoke department chose to celebrate the final run of DB9s internally and externally, nor if any of the final cars will make the journey Down Under - something we don't have to worry about for its replacement, the DB11.

The DB9-replacing DB11 has already been confirmed for Australia and actually spent some time in the Outback, covering more than 9000km in hot weather testing. The production cars should arrive in dealerships late this year.

Powered by an all-new 447kW/700Nm 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12, the DB11 is claimed to hit 100km/h in 3.9 seconds on its way to a top speed of 322km/h.

Based on a new, stiffer, stronger and lighter structure, the Aston should be better to drive than ever and also benefits from a full Mercedes-Benz electronic architecture.

Unfortunately, with a price tag of $428,032 (plus on-road costs) the DB9 successor costs an incredible $60,000 more than the final-run DB9 GTs.