The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera takes the place of the DB11 V12 at the top of the ladder in the brand hierarchy.The word Superleggera rolls off the palate. Though one concedes it probably sounds more mellifluous when uttered by someone whose mother tongue is Italian. Not by me. In my Joburg Model C school telephone accent describing an initial interaction with the latest from Aston Martin to our lensman ahead of a meet-up.
For the sake of space, we will have to reduce the philosophy to the following simplicity. Step one: use a jig to machine steel tubes of a small diameter to your desired shape. Step two: stretch metal sheets over that skeleton, then hammer into shape for the result. The Gaydon-based car maker has opted to revive the glamourous connotations of the suffix, for use on its new flagship, the DBS Superleggera. It takes the place of the DB11 V12 at the top of the ladder in the brand hierarchy.
The Superleggera proffered thrust far beyond what was expected. With such a boundless reserve of torque sent to the rear wheels, inducing a loss of traction takes little doing. The power figure, meanwhile, is rated at 533kW. This is all shifted via an eight-speed automatic sourced from ZF, with a mechanical limited-slip differential on duty. The 0-100km/h dash is done in 3.4 seconds.
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