Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes

'97's a good year. The first '94'95's{first year of the 6} were built in a new factory,plenty of teething troubles with assembly and yes,{you knew I was gonna say it}electronics.
By '95 the problems were generally ironed out.These cars require more than ordinary maintenance,possibly why there are so many low-mileage examples out there,NOT that there is anything inherently wrong with them but the electronic complications alluded to the newer Mercs,like the 210's apply equally to astons and can be real bugbears.
They do not like lugging at low speed with correspondingly low engine revs,wears the bearings,camlobes and fouls the rings.
For the price you indicate I'm assuming it's the 6 and not the tricky V12