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There is a lot to be said about the new Aston Martin Vanquish S. There’s tons of details – Aston Martin is a very, very detail oriented company. Man, they even give you a couple of paragraphs on how they stitch the seats.
But for me, only this detail counts: Aston Martin’s 6.0 liter V12 that cranks out 580bhp (brake horsepower).
That big 12 cylinder lump nestled beneath the front hood (or bonnet, if you’re being everso quaint and everso British) provides a great deal of motivating power, obviously. It’s an all alloy quad overhead cam, 48-valve 5935cc V12 with revised inlet manifolds.
“From the moment the original Vanquish was launched it became a modern icon,” said Dr. Andy Palmer, Aston Martin President & CEO. “It propelled Aston Martin from an era of hand-built cars to one where craftsmanship and technology combined to create a new kind of great British GT.” Power & Performance
The engine is situated, as the English are want to do, in what is known as a “front mid-engine” configuration. That is, heading from nose to tail, there’s the front axle, the engine, the driver, and finally the rear axle. No, it is not as good as a real mid-engined car, but it is literally the next best thing.
The compression ratio is 11:1 so you’re going to have to run premium gas in this thing. There’s dual variable camshaft timing and fully CNC machi...