ASTON MARTIN DB11 V8

摘要

Gaydon begins a new era of shared AMG powertrains with a downsized, eight-cylinder take on its latest grand tourer When you invite an uncouth German death metal rocker to a bourgeois English dinner party, you do it in expectation of trouble. But there's no doubt that Aston Martin knew exactly what it was doing when it took the decision, four years ago, that would lead to the DB11 getting a twin-turbocharged V8 engine from Mercedes-AMG as an alternative to the Cologne-built twin-turbo V12 with which the car launched last year. This engine is an integral part of Aston's future, in all sorts of models.