No 25 Aston Martin DB7: With Ford's help, Aston was able to build the car that transformed its fortunes

摘要

Its tail-lights came from a lowly Mazda 323, while its interior allowed you hours of spot-the-component entertainment and its air-con gusted like an electric hand dryer. Yes, it was easy to criticise the DB7, but this Aston was one of the prettiest cars to come out of Britain in years and drove well enough to deliver on the road. It utterly transformed the future for the famous Newport Pagnell marque, which by the end of the '80s required a rescue effort that would have needed the combined forces of James Bond, M and Q to mount (sorry, Miss Moneypenny) if extinction was to be averted.