The new Aston Martin V12 Vantage could be one of the last sports cars of its kind, that is, with a 100% internal combustion engine. Moreover, the exquisiteness of the project passes through the combination of the more compact body of the English brand with the nobility of the V12 split, a pearl for those who love connecting rods and pistons. A pearl for the few, moreover: just 333 lucky people will be able to grab an example of the British supercar. It is almost superfluous to specify that the entire production is already sold-out.
The testosterone treatment compared to the eight-cylinder version (which has narrower trackways of 40 mm), as well as a “bad girl” aesthetic, also includes a stiffened and lightened body with composite materials. The rest is done by the dedicated aerodynamics – note the huge rear wing, which generates up to 204 kg of rear load – and the rumble of the 5.2-liter V12 twin-turbo engine, 700 hp of maximum power and 753 Nm of torque, good for a 0-100km / h sprint of less than 3.5 seconds (1,795kg dry weight).
Numbers kept at bay by a braking system with carbon-ceramic discs, bites from six-piston calipers at the front and four-piston at the rear, hidden by 21-inch alloy wheels, rubberized with Michelin Pilot 4S tires in the sizes 275/35 in front and 315 / 30 behind. The transmission, on the other hand, is entrusted to the eight-speed automatic transmission, connected to the rear mechanical self-locking differential, which distributes the power on the drive axle.
