Driving: Aston Martin’s DB11 V8 p4
1 April 2022Driving: Aston Martin’s DB11 V8 p2
4 April 2022Full fat GT cars are also magnificent beasts of the road but they can be a touch docile and heavy when away from their natural habitat. The two times you’ll be at your most interactive are the beginning and end of any given journey and these will be at slower speeds (unless you live directly on a motorway), so these are the times when you’ll want your GT to be sportier. The start to your trip will be flat rather than fizzy and you’ll finish it remembering another flat period too. That flatness stays with you.
When I hand a car back after a few days my immediate decision is often to leave the review for a few days so I can mourn the aching space on my driveway. My reflexive thought is always that I’d like whatever I’ve just driven to be in my fantasy garage. Percolating those thoughts over subsequent days though helps to bring things into sharper relief.
Of all the cars I’ve driven (and given an outsize budget) the one that continues to warm the heart in cold evenings to this day is the Ferrari GTC4Lusso – the V12 – and that’s about it.
But there’s now a rival. The starting price of the Lusso is £230,430 before you even catch a whiff of Ferrari’s extensive and expensive options list and that’s what has eventually swung the decision for me. Aston Martin start the DB11 V8 at £150,900 (the model I drove was £175,865) so it’s out with the Fezza and in with Bond’s bruiser.
I already wear an Omega so I wonder how I would look in a bespoke Italian suit.