![]() ![]() Top speed is more like 215 mph with the top up.Īt the speed I won’t admit to hitting, the top-down DBS is tied to the road-more so than the DB11. ![]() In fact, Becker told me that the 211 mph figure is with the top down. I won’t admit to hitting triple digits (in mph, not kph), but it’s obvious the DBS Superleggera Volante can punch through 100 and keep going up to its quoted top speed of 211 mph. On a straight-line stretch of road in the middle of nowhere, I unleash that weapon and watch the numbers blur faster than the digital speedometer display them. Zero to 60 mph is a simple matter of 3.6 seconds. If I thought the DBS was powerful before, the DBS Superleggera’s throttle has now been weaponized. Those Sport modes kick the transmission down a gear or two and incite the V-12’s full Mannheim Steamroller orchestra. Mash the throttle, especially in Sport and Sport+, and holy hell, nobody really does need this kind of power, but I like it! The gears shift smoothly and the engine is relaxed, but torque stands at the ready, and head-snapping thrust is just a right foot away. I start out in GT and the feel of power is tremendous. The V-12 and ZF-sourced 8-speed automatic transmission have Sibyl-like personalities. As Aston Martin chief engineer Matt Becker told me, the DB11’s V-12 is held back. With 29 psi of boost rather than 24.7, the mighty hand-built V-12 makes a Hellcat-like 715 horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 663 pound-feet of torque from 1,800 to 5,000 rpm compared to 600 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque in the DB11. The DBS uses the same twin-turbo 5.2-liter V-12 as the DB11, but this one gets more turbo boost and revised ECU tuning. ![]() The more starts under that impossibly long, almost erotically sculpted hood. I’ve driven the DB11 Volante that the DBS is based on, and this car isn’t just more of anything, it’s more of everything. Top down, tunes off, A/C cranked, and seat coolers on, I set out with the rumbling, snorting, spitting V-12 as my soundtrack. 2020 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante ![]()
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