Climate change is wreaking havoc on the environment and fast-tracking the V12 engine to the extinction list. Not too long ago, BMW unveiled the last 7 Series with a V12 engine, the M760i xDrive. Now, iconic British luxury automaker Aston Martin has introduced the last V12 Vantage.

Aston Martin V12 Vantage: All About Power

To ensure we’ll miss it terribly when it’s gone, Aston Martin designed the V12 Vantage as the fairest and fastest of the lot. It has tons of power, making it the most potent Vantage to leave Gaydon’s factory gates. Previous variants of the V12 Vantage have always followed the same recipe to success: shoehorn Aston’s most potent V12 engine into its smallest sports car. For the final V12 Vantage, Aston did just that and more.
“Every sportscar brand has a hero car, and for Aston Martin, in more recent years, that car has been the V12 Vantage,” said Tobias Moers, CEO of Aston Martin. “Now it is time to bring this bloodline to a close, fittingly with the most spectacular example yet.”

Under the hood is a 5.2-liter twin-turbocharged V12 engine pumping out 690 horsepower and 555 lb-ft. torque. Not only does max torque arrive from 1,800 to 6,000 rpm, but Aston Martin promises “an intoxicating combination of magnificent low and mid-range muscularity with searing top-end power.” In other words, it’s an incredibly torquey motor capable of some high-revving action, just what we expect from ...