infotainment platform – noted for being one of few in this segment to not run through a touchscreen – to make way for an all-new and totally bespoke set-up engineered and programmed by Aston’s new, in-house software division.
Aston says buyers can read reviews of restaurants in the navigation interface, for example, before setting them as the destination, and can pre-programme the route guidance in a new smartphone app before getting in the car. "And the second thing is the interface that defines the brand is more and more important in a digital era. To operate really at the height of luxury, you have to have your own interface, your own handshake, with the car as a customer."
The power hike comes courtesy of modified cam profiles, tweaked compression ratios, larger turbochargers and improved cooling. The DB12 keeps its predecessor’s eight-speed ZF gearbox, but the mechanical limited-slip differential makes way for an electronic unit which is said to go from “fully open to 100% locked in a matter of milliseconds”, boosting handling precision and consistency.Aston has sought to enhance the DB12's long-distance appeal while also endowing it with corner-carving abilities on a par with the most fearsome supercars on sale.
SUV had an influence on the DB12 programme:"We had in early phases, 707 versus DBX and that was the sort of gap we wanted to replicate – or exceed – when it came to the DB11 versus the DB12."
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