What is it?
The DB11’s life so far has been short but busy. It debuted in 2016, offered in V12 guise only, but the cheaper, slightly less powerful V8 model arrived soon after and the drop-top Volante fleshed out the range earlier this year. Now, after just two short years on sale, the DB11 V12 has been retired.
Worry not. Aston Martin is replacing it with the DB11 AMR, the fastest, most driver-focused DB11 yet. Naturally, it uses the familiar 5.2-litre twin-turbocharged V12, which is now good for 630bhp. That’s a 30bhp gain over the departed DB11 V12 and 127bhp more than the eight-cylinder model can manage. The new car doesn’t stop accelerating until 208mph, while 0-62mph takes 3.7sec.
The chassis has been tweaked, too. It now incorporates many of the improvements that were introduced for the V8 model. There are stiffer suspension bushes to help locate the rear axle more securely, but the spring rates are unchanged. Aston doesn’t want to nibble away at the DB11’s GT character, after all.
The dampers, however, have been revalved so that they offer tighter body control and sharper responses. An ever-so-slightly thicker front anti-roll bar balances those revisions front to rear, while the wheels are now forged, saving 3.5kg of unsprung weight at each corner.
AMR stands for Aston Martin Racing — the marque’s World Endurance Championship squad — and, since 2017, it has been used to mark out the fastest, sportiest models in Aston’s line-up. A very small number of DB11 AMRs — just 100 worldwide — will be sold in Signature Edition trim, which adds a searing lime-coloured body stripe and equally bright accents throughout the interior. The Signature Edition model sells for £201,995.
Series DB11 AMRs come in a range of rather more sober colour schemes and cost £174,995. The darker headlight cowls, gloss black detailing and more extensive carbonfibre trim are there to distinguish the DB11 AMR from the model it supersedes.
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Same old Aston Martin?
Is it me or have we been here before with Aston Martin? Ok, the DB11 was a big shake up from whats gone before with Aston, but at the time the same was said for the DB9. Then their problem was that each product launch there after was just a rinse and repeat of the DB9 success. V8 Vantage, DBS, V12 Vantage, Rapide, Virage, Vanquish were all so similar in style and execution that their product launches became pretty stale and they got themselves into the pretty low postion they were in just prior to the Mercedes tie-up and DB11 launch.
Perhaps theres hope now that the new Vantage has a bit more of an indivual character over the DB11, but for Aston Martin's sake I hope the DBS is a bit more than an AMR with new headlights and a bit more power.
Audi?
I know what you mean, but think of it more of a brand look. People often overlook Audi yet so many have the same front end. You instantly know it's an Audi, but perhaps not which one.
For Aston, you could tell the differences so it wasn't quite as bad as some journalists made out. Although the last Virage was an evolution of the DB9 which then became the DB9 so you do have a very valid point there!
The next DB11 will be the DBS edition, the same car but with more power, extra scoops on the bonnet and sligthly different grill and headlights. But essentially a DB11.
But the SUV might sink the company before the new Vanquish arrives.