Aston Martin's twin-charged V12 gives flexibility to downsize

摘要

Aston Martin's new twin-charged V12 could form the basis of a family of engines to include the higher-powered unit as well as smaller vee-engines. And, if necessary, it could also be engineered into an inline six-cylinder unit. Engineers at the OEM started developing the charged V12 in 2012, with the target of increasing performance and efficiency over the firm's current naturally aspirated V12.That unit has been in production since 1999, and has been used in vehicles such as the DB7, with 40,000 engines produced to date.