Spied – New Aston Martin DB11 and Audi SQ5 and A5 testing at Nordschleife – Video

 

Spied New Aston Martin DB11 and Audi SQ5 and A5 testing at Nordschleife.

The Aston Martin DB11 has resisted the trend of reduced cylinder count and is keeping a V-12, in this case a new twin-turbocharged unit that Aston has developed itself. (We’ll have to wait until the replacement for the smaller Vantage to meet the first AMG-powered Aston.) The new 5.2-liter V-12 shares bore centers with the old 5.9-liter engine and will be built at Aston’s engine plant in Cologne, but everything else about it is claimed to be new. We suspect that the engine’s 600 horsepower—60 more than the DB9 GT—will help most potential buyers move on quickly from the pain of losing the old naturally aspirated engine. It also produces 516 lb-ft of torque, available from 1500 rpm to 5000 rpm. By contrast, the DB9’s max of 457 lb-ft arrived at a lofty 5500 rpm.

As far as the Audi SQ5 and A5 we have no solid numbers yet but we are sure they will not disappoint.