Aston Martin DB11 V8: The Voice Of The Soul [Preview]

1 June 2018 Redazione Alex Marrone, News, Stories

Not even a minute looking at it and tightening the big key in my hands that I begin to realize the experience that I’m about to live, ironically shared with a post on Facebook as “a normal day at the office.” In reality I’m in seventh heaven and the desire to get on board is too much, so I open the door, which with a slight upward movement avoids unpleasant problems with sidewalks, I give a quick look at the environment that welcomes me and introduces me to the Aston Martin world. A look at the design of the new dashboard, the seats and the sky, which is also filled with stitching in contrast with the dark color of the leather and carbon fiber.

I reverently press the button in the center of the cockpit and the V8 enters forcefully inside the cockpit, before the needle settles at the base of the rev counter. The time at my disposal would be plenty enough, especially if we take into account what kind of car we are talking about, but I just cannot hold back and so I put the car in Sport +. I’ll leave GT mode for some motorway cruise, I prefer to avoid “Track” – at least for the moment – and Sport is that little devil on the shoulder that leads you to press again and insert Sport +. The roar of the exhaust becomes stronger and deeper, I think I had awakened the creature that was sleeping in the belly of a sinuous coupe with more than generous dimensions and I can’t go back. I can’t and I do not want to.

Words by Alessandro Marrone

Photo by Jay Tomei