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When the William Towns designed DBS was unveiled in 1967, everyone must have known that the car was without the V8 engine that had surfaced in the racing Lolas earlier that year. Thus the large coupe therefore was powered by the same six cylinder engine from the DB6. In standard form with triple SU carburettors and a 8.9:1 compression ratio, the six was quoted as producing 282bhp. As a no cost option, triple Webers with Vantage tune (9.4:1 compression ratio and hotter cams) was quoted as producing 325bhp. Some car were also made with AE Brico electronic fuel injection. Both increased weight and a greater frontal area dented performance slightly although the DBS was still fast for (almost) a full four seater (141mph 0-60mph in 7.1seconds). Identification of the DBS over the later DBS V8 is afforded by the attractive wire wheels. The V8 needed stronger alloy wheels. Production run of the DBS stretched between September 1967 and April 1972 during which time 787 examples were produced.

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