The sexiest yet.

Awesome car. Exterior is sleek like a bullet and the perfomance backs it up. Wonder if the mpg makes it to the mid-teens.

Interior is nice. Only see 2 things that aren't to my tastes, the controls (A/C I believe) right behind the shifter and the stitching all over the car. I realize its probably the look they wanted, but I personally don't care for it, I prefer a more seamless look.

Overall, inside and out I'd have to give this car a 9.5, excellent styling overall.

Did this originate as a Ford design or is it completely post-Ford? Just curious. The car looks amazing.

I don't think it was ever a Ford design, they just used Fords massive funding/ R&D.

Though the 6.0L V-12 was/is made from mating two Ford 3.0L V-6 blocks...Taurus anyone lol?

um a v12 isn't that impressive considering a space saving v8 is more efficient puts out more horse power and weigh less.

The car looks excellent, but personally I think some of the sleekness is lost in the way the front grill is designed, but that's just me.

Interior is badass.

I love this car.
Now if they only made a convertible version with a price tag of about $50k, I'd buy one in a flash :-)

seriously v12 510hp that's a little disappointed.

a v10 will be fine plus it weights less.

overall, if i had that kind of money, I'll burn it on a ferrai or lambo.

You may get that same power from a V8 but you generally get a better tourqe curve from the 12 (more exposions per second) and you get a much smother engine (more explosions per second means each one is smaller).

Simply amazing. Those Aston designers really know what they're doing.

Re: V8 vs V12
Larger displacement nor does more cylinders doesn't necessarily mean a physically larger motor. (i.e. recall the basic gen 1 SBC where they've ranged from 283 to at least a 400). Consider it's a 6.0L 12 cylinder vs say the current 6.0L LS2 V8 that Chevrolet carries. Though, all things being equal, one would think there would be more reciprocating mass.

Such a good looking car, inside and out, I love the leather dash.

Anyways for a 6.0l V-12 510 hp is a bit on the light side, The real advantage a V-12 has over a V-8 if they are the same size is that generally the V-12 will have a much shorter stroke, which means it can rev higher, which in addition to sounding gorgeous, can also produce more peak power. The BMW V-12 in the Mclaren F1 had variants that produced as much as 692 hp, from 6.1L while still being totally NA. The 6.0 L from the Ferrari Enzo produces 650 hp and is also NA. Anyways there is nothing wrong with either a V-8 or a V-12 engine, or for that matter an I-4 engine in the right car.

Such a beautiful car. I don't know how they can make anything more beautiful. BTW, wouldn't having more cylinders also mean more friction inside the engine? What about the reciprocating masses inside? Just curious and I have nothing against the engineers who decided on the V12...

It would be nice if they started making cars like this with engines like the Audi's 4.2 turbo diesel.
It would still do 0-60 in about 5 seconds but would do between 30*35 mpg and the torque would be just phenommenal.
The engine actully has a limited torque since it would grind through transmissions too quickly otherwise.

Kind of getting bored with how the technology is stagnating in a way. More cubic inches for a few more horses and 510 HP was easy even 10 years ago. Everyone can make a big engine or slap a few turbos on these days. This game stopped being impressive a decade ago.

Combination of performance and efficiency is the game now.
Love the design, unimpressed with the mechanics. 1980ies with minor upgrades.

The bottom line is that new Mitsubishi Evo 2008 will smoke it anytime. I love Japanese cars...

Luka, you didnt need to add the second sentance. We already came to that conclusion.

V12 vs V10 vs V8

There have been a few comments concerning the use of a V12 on this car vs some other engine design.

There is a distinct reason V12's are used in high performance sports cars and high end luxury cars. And it has more to do with performance than the impression of luxury.

As stated above, the advantage of a V12 vs a V8 of similar displacement is the stroke is smaller, which (all things being made equal) will result in an engine that has a higher rev limit. While the low-end torque is reduced with a shorter stroke, it often times is not necessary or used in applications like sports cars with very light curb weights. Muscle cars are a different story, but this isn't about muscle cars.

Also, a V12 offers other benefits over its smaller cylinder brothers. There is 360 degrees of rotation in a crank shaft. On a 4-stroke engine, only the power stroke is used to drive the crank. So...lets assume we have a 4 cylinder engine. 4 cylinders / 4 strokes = 1 power stroke. That means 360 degrees / 4 cylinders = 90 degrees/cylinder. So out of the 360 degrees of motion, only 90 degrees (the power stroke) is used to turn the crank (1 stroke). The rest of the degrees of rotation are done via inertia from the original power stroke. As the number of cylinders increases, so does the number of available power strokes. This means that the amount of degrees of travel increase (and so does torque). The problem with increasing cylinders is that there is a balancing problem created.

The V12 is the first engine in the V series that achieved perfect balance naturally. That means there are no counter weights added to the crank shaft or the flywheel to control engine vibration. Torque is linear and smooth because 12 cylinders / 4 strokes = 4 power strokes. That means that every 90 degrees there is a power stroke. The engine makes torque 360 degrees through its rotation. THAT is the reason why high end sports cars use V12 engines.

Think about this the next time you bash a V12.

@Dnell-

You're spot on about the benefits of a V12 with one exception: 12 cylinders/4 strokes = 3 power strokes, one every 120 degrees. Go to http://e31.net/engines_e.html for more info about the smoothness of engines and the benefits of a V12 over a V8.

Also, to prove my point, you can stand a 2 Euro coin upright on the V12 of a BMW 850CSi and it will not fall over even when turning on and off the engine- the thing runs that smoothly. You can find the video at http://e31.net/videos_e.html scroll down to find it.

On topic-- I want that car, it looks gorgeous. I'm especially loving the no-automatic-tranny option!

The new Audi, BMW... Diesels are just as ballanced.
Also at the end of the day, it doesn't matter if it is counter weight or any other means by which smoothness is achieved as long as it is achieved.

These naturally aspired large gas engines are outdated. Completely.

The car would probably be a nice cruiser also if it didn't only manage to cruise from one gas pump to the next.

Consumers are happy way to easily. For those sums, I would expect new and efficient technlogies not just a nice wrapper. And the wrapper is nice.

All I can say is,coming from down under, the thing would look pretty bloody stupid on an Australian bush road with a tonne of firewood, an esky of beer and brown dog in the back.
Sometimes, an old landrover is actually better and far more practical than your DB things. (They weren't bad tractors but.)

Hehehe, this is one of the most beautiful cars I have ever seen in my life, really :D!