The Aston Martin DB11 is a 2-door coupé / 2-door convertible from Aston Martin, built from 2016 to 2023, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Under the bonnet: 4.0 . Marek Reichman drew it.
The background
The Aston Martin DB11 is a two-door grand touring car by the British carmaker Aston Martin. It was manufactured as both a coupe and a convertible, the latter known as the Volante. Aston Martin produced the DB11 from 2016 to 2023 when it was replaced by the DB12. The DB11 succeeded the DB9, which the company made between 2004 and 2016. Designed by Marek Reichman, the DB11 debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2016. It is the first model of Aston Martin's "second-century plan", and incorporates aluminium extensively throughout its body, like its predecessor and platform siblings.
Official manufacture of the DB11 began at the Aston Martin facility in Gaydon, Warwickshire, in September 2016. The car was generally well-received by critics. Two engine configurations of the DB11 were available: a 4.0-litre V8-engine model produced by Mercedes-AMG and a 5.2-litre V12-engine model produced by Aston Martin. The Volante version of the DB11 was introduced in October 2017. In 2018, Aston Martin and its racing division replaced the DB11 V12 with the DB11 V12 AMR, which brought an increased engine output. The V8-powered model also received an enhancement in engine performance in 2021.
The engineering
Power comes from 4.0 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1875 kg. It shifts through a 8-speed ZF 8HP75 automatic. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 110.4 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Aston Martin DB9; its successor was the Aston Martin DB12; assembly was at Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Bolt, the Ferrari 488, the Chevrolet Camaro — show what else the money bought that year. Its Aston Martin stablemates include the Aston Martin Mark II and the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.