DB11 Thoughts...

[F1 NDW]

Zod said:

Brakke said:

petop said:

F40....which is turbo charged!!????

Yes, because that is turbocharged for all the right reasons: ligh weight, speed and acceleration.
The DB11 is not.

Turbocharging these days is more about emissions.

It's about power weight and size! Always has been.

[Zod]

F1 NDW said:

Zod said:

Brakke said:

petop said:

F40....which is turbo charged!!????

Yes, because that is turbocharged for all the right reasons: ligh weight, speed and acceleration.
The DB11 is not.

Turbocharging these days is more about emissions.

It's about power weight and size! Always has been.

No, it's primarily about emissions. It used to be about power, weight and size. Emissions are the only reason Ferrari and Aston Martin have gone turbocharged. Ferrari can get 700bhp out of an NA engine.

[F1 NDW]

Zod said:

F1 NDW said:

Zod said:

Brakke said:

petop said:

F40....which is turbo charged!!????

Yes, because that is turbocharged for all the right reasons: ligh weight, speed and acceleration.
The DB11 is not.

Turbocharging these days is more about emissions.

It's about power weight and size! Always has been.

No, it's primarily about emissions. It used to be about power, weight and size. Emissions are the only reason Ferrari and Aston Martin have gone turbocharged. Ferrari can get 700bhp out of an NA engine.

NO its about cubic capacity and POWER! You can make an engine as big as a barn to get the NA power you want but try driving that around town.

Edited by F1 NDW on Thursday 5th May 21:32

Edited by F1 NDW on Thursday 5th May 21:34

[Impasse]

RobDown said:

The picture I really wanted was looking through the boot down the side air vents (if you like - the reverse of the travel of air for the aeroblade). It would make a great photo but people kept obscuring it and then I got distracted. So if anyone gets a chance in the next couple of weeks....

Nowhere near ideal, but you get the idea.

[RobDown]

That was the view I was looking for.

I wonder how easy that will be to keep clean?

[kensilver]

RobDown said:

That was the view I was looking for.

I wonder how easy that will be to keep clean?

Park the car downhill on a steep incline and squirt a hose through the tunnel from the boot

[RobDown]

You jest, but actually that may be the trick

[AdamV12V]

Certainly looks like its going to be a leaf trap!

Using a garden leaf blower from the boot is probably a slightly less messy version and no need to park on an incline!

[matrignano]

That looks like it's taking up quite a bit of boot space! Also explains the weird boot opening area.

Can't help but feel that they introduced the "aero spoiler" to try and look like they have heavily invested in R&D and modern aero, when really they could have just gone the good old Kamm tail route - saving themselves a bit of money and probably making the rear end prettier as a result!

[Jon39]

matrignano said:

That looks like it's taking up quite a bit of boot space! Also explains the weird boot opening area.

Can't help but feel that they introduced the "aero spoiler" to try and look like they have heavily invested in R&D and modern aero, when really they could have just gone the good old Kamm tail route - saving themselves a bit of money and probably making the rear end prettier as a result!

No, the two air ducts do not take very much boot space. The camera must be quite close, so perhaps the duct looks larger than it is.

At the dealer presentation, the speech was mostly about the Airblade aerodynamic system, so if it is that good , I am sure you can feel the handling improvement. Anyway joking aside, DB11 orders have been terrific, so it doesn't matter if it is all baloney, the customers are buying their dream car. They will enjoy explaining the feature to SWMBO, with drawings of low pressure areas, drag reduction, downforce, and driving along the roof of a tunnel.

I understand that the aerofoil lifts at about 100 mph. Wonder who will be first to try that out on a motorway?

Edited by Jon39 on Wednesday 11th May 18:23

[V8 Vantage GT]

Are these vents in the front wheel wells going to throw road grime up and onto the car through the side strake vents?

[Impasse]

Some scale for the vent/boot opening pic.

[CSK1]

Some lovely fitted luggage in that boot!

[Impasse]

It was very nice to the touch. It might be worth noting that the boot is completely full with those four small bags on board.

[Impasse]

They look so much better with a splash of colour on them. This is in the reception area of Gaydon at today's SS.

[Buster73]

Impasse said:

They look so much better with a splash of colour on them. This is in the reception area of Gaydon at today's SS.



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I'll get shot to bits on here for this , but I think that's not a good looking car and it's sitting on a paticular grotty set of wheels.

Not for me I'm afraid.

[cayman-black]

I think this is a car you need to see on the road where i imagine it will have huge road presence .

[AMDBSNick]

I've seen two out in the wild today, undisguised. My 7yro daughter recognised the second one (Mako Blue I think) and unprompted said "wow Daddy look at that Aston"

Their road presence is amazing

[RobDown]

Could it have been the Frosted Glass Blue one that Andy Palmer has tweeted pictures of? I'm desperate to see one in the flesh

[Gettoff]

Still yet to see one in the wild but that back end just ruins it for me , it's like a sloped-arse hyena. Front end almost saves it.