Test Drove a DB11 at Gaydon - My REVIEW
Discussion
cayman-black said:
Superb write up Nijius. You must have more spare time than me! Better than Autocars review,lol.
Proper enthusiast is our Nijius, glad you liked it.
Funny, just what I was thinking. Autocar should hire this guy and inject a bit of extra passion and 'real world vibe' back into their road tests! Proper enthusiast is our Nijius, glad you liked it.
silverspeed said:
IanV12VR said:
Excellent report Nijius. I was at Gaydon the day before you and the black one came past me near the Heritage Centre. He kindly gave it an enthusiastic get away from the traffic lights. The car had a huge amount of presence on the road, far better than the pictures I had seen, and sounded pretty good, but not as good as the V12VR that was in front of me 
I must say when I first walked in, I thought the DB11 in the main foyer was a DB10 - nose on, the similarities are striking (and not in a bad way)
Looking at the DB11s in production, it certainly looks much better in teh flesh, in a real world environment, than on a stand and certainly than in the photos. There is no question it moves Aston on hugely so one can only imagine how large the leap will be to new/replacement Vantage
I am sure that in addition to the significant order book that already exists, it will become even more popular once people starting seeing DB11 out on the roads
jonby said:
What I coincidence, I was there too that day :-)
I must say when I first walked in, I thought the DB11 in the main foyer was a DB10 - nose on, the similarities are striking (and not in a bad way)
Looking at the DB11s in production, it certainly looks much better in teh flesh, in a real world environment, than on a stand and certainly than in the photos. There is no question it moves Aston on hugely so one can only imagine how large the leap will be to new/replacement Vantage
I am sure that in addition to the significant order book that already exists, it will become even more popular once people starting seeing DB11 out on the roads
I must say when I first walked in, I thought the DB11 in the main foyer was a DB10 - nose on, the similarities are striking (and not in a bad way)
Looking at the DB11s in production, it certainly looks much better in teh flesh, in a real world environment, than on a stand and certainly than in the photos. There is no question it moves Aston on hugely so one can only imagine how large the leap will be to new/replacement Vantage
I am sure that in addition to the significant order book that already exists, it will become even more popular once people starting seeing DB11 out on the roads
Thanks again for the kind words from people who've enjoyed reading the review. I recommend you get your test drives booked in for when the dealers start getting demonstrators in October...
Were you all there for DB11 test drives as well? We should've organised an impromptu meetup there if I'd known...
The plaudits keep coming...The Metro today:
SL550M said:
Funny, just what I was thinking. Autocar should hire this guy and inject a bit of extra passion and 'real world vibe' back into their road tests!
Merci! jonby said:
What I coincidence, I was there too that day :-)
Was anyone on Piston Heads NOT at Gaydon the last week...?? Haha. Were you all there for DB11 test drives as well? We should've organised an impromptu meetup there if I'd known... The plaudits keep coming...The Metro today:
Nijius Maximus said:
Jon39 said:
I hope Jonby, that you have not chosen Carbon Black, as the colour for your AM-RB 001.
As it happens, we were shown the RB001 whilst I was there and utterly stunning it looks too
Also vanquish zagato was incredible in the flesh and no I wasn't there to spec one of those either, although there was a group from overseas at Gaydon on the same day to spec theirs
Nijius Maximus said:
jonby said:
Nope, something different :-)
Ooooh...curious.... 
I will say though it was about my 6th or perhaps even 7th or 8th visit to Gaydon and it's always a pleasure. Especially when you keep bumping into familiar faces from all sides of the business. I even bumped into Dave Richard's driver at a fuel station down the road who was filling up his (Dave's) Rapide......I know him from Le Mans as we sometimes end up in a friendly race over to our respective chateaus .......it really does give a warm glow going back to Gaydon and helps the Aston family feel.
jonby said:
Also vanquish zagato was incredible in the flesh and no I wasn't there to spec one of those either, although there was a group from overseas at Gaydon on the same day to spec theirs
] It would have to be diavolo red for me with the zagato, the colour really suits it. My dealer was on holiday unfortunately though when they launched it 
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jonby said:
RobDown said:
jonby said:
Also vanquish zagato was incredible in the flesh and no I wasn't there to spec one of those either, although there was a group from overseas at Gaydon on the same day to spec theirs
It would have to be diavolo red for me with the zagato, the colour really suits it. My dealer was on holiday unfortunately though when they launched it Maybe they will do a soft top so you'll get a second chance - someone has rendered one online and it looks jawdropping even though you lose the double bubble roof and I imagine also, the unusual side window shape, unless they do it without the conventional soft top roof in a barchetta style a little like DB7 AR1
http://www.motorward.com/2016/05/aston-martin-vanq...
If coupe is £500k, I guess the volante would only be about £600k :-)
And no before rumours start, I wasn't there to discuss a zagato volante !
V8Staffie said:
Fantastic write up NM reading the reviews on my sun lounger in Bali yours is easily the best.
I only throw this in to plug Bobby at Dialaflight as he has put together a 5 star trip.
Yes Ed I did make it out of hospital just in time.
I foresee see a new blog arising here for real owners!
Interested to hear more on the ultra marine black as that is the colour of my GT8 due For build October.
Enjoy your drive out next week look forward to joining the next one.
Graham
Ha ha, I've just done the opposite. Left my Bali sun bed yesterday and read this excellent write up at home suffering jet lag!! Thanks NM you have managed to keep me awake reading this excellent review. The best I have read over the last week...well done. I only throw this in to plug Bobby at Dialaflight as he has put together a 5 star trip.
Yes Ed I did make it out of hospital just in time.
I foresee see a new blog arising here for real owners!
Interested to hear more on the ultra marine black as that is the colour of my GT8 due For build October.
Enjoy your drive out next week look forward to joining the next one.
Graham
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