(car engine roars)
- [Narrator] This is the all-new Aston Martin DB11,
the first turbocharged car
in the 104-year-old company's history.
Two turbos in fact feed a 5.2 liter V12
that's good for 600 horsepower.
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The DB11 features an eight-speed automatic transaxle
as well as some innovative aero tricks
such as hidden front wheel vents
and a rear aero blade,
the latter of which eliminates
the need for a spoiler.
(car engine roars)
There is, however, a popup gurney flap
that deploys at speed.
(car engine roars)
Let's see how Aston's latest big GT does on the track.
(car engine roars)
(man laughs)
- I think we're just going to go to third,
it's got a broad power band,
regular street tires, not the arc compounds, oh yeah.
(car engine roars)
Pulls well in third.
(car engine roars)
(car engine drowns out man)
(car engine roars)
(man laughs)
(car engine roars)
This thing hauls the male.
Got to say great engine.
(car engine roars)
(man laughs)
Yes, it will.
A lot of power.
(car engine roars)
Hey, what a very pleasant driving experience thus far.
(car engine roars)
This Aston Martin is the surprise
of the week.
It was well balanced,
the grip was good
where basically I was racing the car
and that's not what this car is built for,
that's when I put on my sport jacket.
It's a really, really capable car
being driven fast.
It is not a track car,
it's not a race car
but it's bloody fast and it is beautiful.
- [Narrator] This one hurts
because there's nothing that wrong with the DB11
and you'd have to be crazy to put it last
in any competition yet here we are.
At 4,200 pounds the big Aston
was nearly the heaviest car in the competition.
Also, as an Aston Martin engineer explained,
the suspension could use quote another mode.
Most damaging is that with 600 horsepower
the Aston tied to the 100th of a second
the 350 horsepower Porsche 718.
The DB11 is a wonderful personal luxury coupe,
a grand tour, it's just not that much of a driver's car.
(car engine roars)