The DB9 is the aboriginal archetypal to be congenital at Aston Martin's Gaydon ability in Warwickshire, England. The moniker "DB" stems from the brand of David Brown, the buyer of Aston Martin for a cogent allotment of its history. The DB9, which was advised by Ian Callum and accomplished by his successor, Henrik Fisker, abolished the now-discontinued Aston Martin DB7 (also by Callum) which started assembly in 1994.