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Valuation · Aston Martin · First generation · 2004-16

Aston Martin DB9

5.9L NA V12 · 335 kW / 570 Nm · 6sp manual/Touchtronic · RWD
AVOIDRated within the $30k to $100k band · 82 of 94 at this money
Model value
$76,000
Must gain each year to break even
+12.0%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
48/100
Scored against the $30k to $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Thin
One to three recorded Australian sales
$76,000
$34,976 lowhigh $74,978
Calibrated to a thin record
One Australian result, $80,000 in February 2026 for a one-of-one specification car, normalising to $75,400. 113 international lots, down 40% across a decade
Measured across this library, a value resting on a single Australian result runs high about six times in ten, by a median of five per cent.

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Should make, typical example
$76,000
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Price history

Today $76,000 · modelled median at five years $55,777
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $44,836 to $65,877
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($34,976 to $74,978). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

The numbers argue against it. Scores 48/100, ranking 82 of 94 in the $30k to $100k band. Demand durability is the strongest input, liquidity the weakest.
Running it costs about $9,850 a year (13.0% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $15,123 a year.
The model's five year median is $55,777, a -26.6% move, with the tenth percentile at $34,976.
Value calibrated to a thin record. Treat the level as provisional.
Evidence
Thin1 recorded sale
Off its peak
-49%
Value band
wide
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$15,123 a year all in, -26.6% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$76,000

Recorded sales

Every recorded observation, and when
1 row on record
Every row, with its price and note (1) ↓
Feb 2026Collecting Cars$80,000Sold
SOLD. 5 Feb 2026, Kangaroo Point QLD, 37,945 miles (61,067km), 2005 build, UK-supplied Aug 2005 then exported here, SIXTEEN YEARS IN ONE OWNERSHIP. Certified by the Aston Martin Heritage Trust as a ONE-OF-ONE specification: Rolls-Royce Black Emerald over Parliament Green and Sandstorm, green carpets, walnut fascia, original owner name on the sill plate. Seventeen dated services to Oct 2025. Front end and arches resprayed about ten years ago; peeling paint on a mirror, wear on the driver seat. The first Australian transaction on this record
1 completed Australian sale of 1 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.

Score breakdown

Against the $30k to $100k band median
94 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
48/100-7
Scarcity25% of total
52/100-1
Demand durability20% of total
60/100-6
Liquidity15% of total
30/100-22
Risk resilience10% of total
38/100+2
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 48/100. Medians are computed live from the 94 cars currently in the $30k to $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
48/100
Baseline80 pts
− 13.0% of value a year to run-32 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)48 pts
Scarcity25% weight
52/100
Baseline42 pts
+ 360 registered in Australia, genuine manual cars very rare+10 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)52 pts
Demand durability20% weight
60/100
Baseline46 pts
+ Iconic grand-touring V12 soundtrack and shape have lasting appeal+14 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)60 pts
Liquidity15% weight
30/100
Baseline22 pts
+ Niche market, 52 days on market+8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)30 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
38/100
Baseline44 pts
− V12 well proven but bonded aluminium chassis repairs specialist-6 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)38 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 3,750 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$9,850a year
Share of value per year
13.0%
Scheduled servicing$2,90029%
Tyres, annualised$1,65017%
Registration and CTP$8008%
Insurance$2,40024%
Sinking fund (failure table)$2,10021%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$79,040
Running costs × 5 years$49,250
Median exit, net of selling cost$52,677
All-in annualised over 5 years$15,123/yr
Share of value per year19.9%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
12.0%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
-6.0%a year
The projection falls 18.0 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$76,000
Stamp duty$3,040
Running costs x 5 years$49,250
Selling cost at exit, 4.1% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$133,745
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine5.9L NA V12
Power / torque335 kW / 570 Nm
0-100 km/h4.9 s
Transmission6sp manual/Touchtronic
DriveRWD
Kerb weight1,760 kg
Built worldwide16,500
Delivered to Australia480
Effective AU survivors360
Australian sales / year26
Typical days on market52 days
Launch price$330,000

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Aston Martin Racing Green+4%
Casino Royale Silver+3%
Black-1%
Options
Manual (very rare)+18%
Full Aston Martin dealer history+8%
Odometer sensitivity±1.4% per 10,000 km vs 60,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$55,777
-26.6% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $76,000.
Even odds it lands between $44,836 and $65,877.
$34,976 lowhigh $74,978
The shaded range is even money and 47% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A weaker five year outlook than 99% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: -$20,223 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $49,250.
Duty and expected selling costs: $6,140.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $75,615, or $15,123 a year.
The projected value fall is added to the running cost. Depreciation is the larger number here.

The case for and against

The case for

An iconic grand-touring V12 with a shape widely regarded as one of the best Aston Martin has produced, and values have risen steadily since 2016. Genuine manual gated-shift examples are exceptionally rare and command a substantial premium over the automatic majority.

The case against

NA V12 servicing at a specialist level sits at the top tier of grand-tourer running costs, and it is a niche market at 52 days on market. The bonded aluminium chassis requires specialist repair capability that is not widely available outside major cities. Inside the British market alone, ordinary cars have fallen from a GBP36,400 median in 2013-2017 to GBP21,833 in 2024-2026 - down 40 per cent, the steepest decade-long decline measured for any car in this library. One 2009 example was offered four times in three months at falling estimates and never sold.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1Bonded aluminium chassis repair is specialist and costly
Risk 2Touchtronic transmission service costs
Risk 3Specialist Aston Martin servicing network
Touchtronic transmission service$2,600
Clutch replacement (manual)$3,600
Chassis repair (if damaged)$9,500

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueThin · 1 recorded sale
Carried value
$76,000
Historical price
2016 · $118,0002026 · $76,000
Thin
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
The first Australian transaction, and it halves this record

$80,000 at Kangaroo Point QLD on 5 February 2026: a 2005 car, 37,945 miles (61,067 kilometres), sixteen years in one ownership, seventeen dated services from a 2005 pre-delivery inspection through to October 2025, and - this is the part worth sitting with - A CERTIFICATE FROM THE ASTON MARTIN HERITAGE TRUST CONFIRMING A ONE-OF-ONE SPECIFICATION. Rolls-Royce Black Emerald over Parliament Green and Sandstorm with matching green carpets and walnut, the original owner's name still on the sill plate, and the original salesman's business card still in the book wallet. AT 61,067 KILOMETRES against the 105,000 this record expected the adjustment is plus 6.2 per cent, so it normalises to about $75,400.

Read the rest of the evidence notes (2 more)
The value moves $155,000 to $76,000

Expected distance moves to 60,000.

A Unique factory specification, documented by the marque's own archive, on a sixteen-year single-owner car, made $80,000

That is the finding. Provenance of this kind is worth a great deal on a Ferrari or a Holden homologation special and is worth almost nothing here, because the DB9 market is priced on what the next repair costs rather than on what the car is. One sale is thin, and this one is thin in a particular way - it is a very early car with a UK supply history - so a later Australian-delivered DB9 would test it properly.

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This model, today$76,000
Half of sales are further out than$8,496
The report$249
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