#2018AstonMartinDB11

“You look back at them, there aren’t very many elegant shapes. There aren’t very many elegant cars,” said Julian Nunn, lead exterior designer at Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. 

Aston Martin has launched a new V8-powered version of its oh-so-sexy DB11 grand tourer. Aside from sporting a completely different engine, there are a number of noteworthy variances between this car and its 12-cylinder sibling.

The road ahead rises and falls, twists and curves like ribbon unwound on the floor, a narrow strip of tarmac bisecting farmers’ fields, winding through ancient villages, slicing the pastoral Spanish countryside like a piece of aged jamón. The simple task of getting to a main thoroughfare was filled with more anticipation than I’ve experienced in a while.