REVIEW: The Aston Martin DB12 packs a 671bhp V8 punch, but is it enough of a grand tourer to hold its own against the Bentley Continental GT and Ferrari Roma?
to DB11. But the DB12 is the kind of heavy-duty facelift that you can still credibly call a new car. Enough has changed, particularly under the skin and throughout the interior, that it warrants a new name. Aston Martin says the hardware is 80% new from DB12 to DB11 and the software 100% new.
A ZF eight-speed torque-converter automatic remains on the DB12 and an e-differential links with the stability control system. The e-diff is said to go from fully locked to fully open in milliseconds, in order to boost agility and responses. With all this newness and breadth of ability, it’s a surprise that initially I feel a bit clumsy driving it, and I’m quite jerky with the controls. The brakes need quite a squeeze on the approach to a corner, and when you floor the accelerator you’re catapulted backwards. You need to recalibrate just how quickly everything comes at you in the DB12 versus the DB11, because it is faster and more capable everywhere. Your brain takes a while to realise that this is something altogether different.
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