The World’s First Super Tourer
This is no mere GT. An icon reborn and reinvented. Smoothed and chiselled into the shape of a Volante and given free rein to cut through continents, erase expectations and completely redefine the open-top category. This is DB12 Volante.
As jaw dropping as it is roof raising. DB12 Volante cruises with a K-fold roof to take the grand to the super with scything style and an aesthetic side profile. Opening and closing in a class-leading time. While giving you the freedom to bare the interior to the world for an open-air theater of performance.
Duetting with analog and digital finishes. An interior wrapped with technology. Every corner obsessively hand-stitched in hedonism, swelling every sense with state-of-the-art infotainment and a specially tuned surround sound system.
The World’s First Super Tourer
This is no mere GT. An icon reborn and reinvented. Smoothed and chiselled into the shape of a Volante and given free rein to cut through continents, erase expectations and completely redefine the open-top category. This is DB12 Volante.
As jaw dropping as it is roof raising. DB12 Volante cruises with a K-fold roof to take the grand to the super with scything style and an aesthetic side profile. Opening and closing in a class-leading time. While giving you the freedom to bare the interior to the world for an open-air theater of performance.
Duetting with analog and digital finishes. An interior wrapped with technology. Every corner obsessively hand-stitched in hedonism, swelling every sense with state-of-the-art infotainment and a specially tuned surround sound system.
POWER PS
680
TOP SPEED MPH
202
0-62 MPH S
3.7
Engineering and Performance
Propelled by power and purified by performance. DB12 Volante is made piece by piece and inch by inch to seek the speed of missiles. While injecting the cockpit with a turbocharged tourer experience intensity.
Engineering and Performance
Propelled by power and purified by performance. DB12 Volante is made piece by piece and inch by inch to seek the speed of missiles. While injecting the cockpit with a turbocharged tourer experience intensity.
ENGINE
Thundering your senses
Blowing the top off performance. The twin-turbo V8 delivers a class-leading 680PS for a top speed of 202mph and comes forged with 800Nm of torque. Letting every ounce of power pour over the road without a roof to stop sound soaring around every edge of the cabin. Putting you at the heart of the ultimate roaring racing experience.
HANDLING AND STEERING
Taming dynamism
The open-top DB12 Volante comes reinforced with five drive modes. Taking to tarmac with greater grip thanks to ESP. Pulling the road closer to your palms with tighter control. The electronic limited slip rear differential delivers torque intelligently for better handling at any speed. With the non-isolated steering column puts feedback immediately where you can feel it.
DYNAMICS, SUSPENSION AND STIFFNESS
A body chiselled in strength
A dynamics masterclass. Cut from aluminium and reinforced with underbody stiffening components for a 7% increase in overall torsional stiffness. Finding support from anti-roll technology and double wishbone suspension, DB12 Volante flattens bumps and floats on any surface. Taking to the road or the track with a body that resists bends and twists, for a drive that bends to your will.
TRANSMISSION AND POWERTRAIN
The dynamic duet
An addition to the transmission. For the first time in an Aston Martin GT model, an automatic ZF 8-speed transmission comes twinned with an electronic limited slip rear differential. Working in harmony to thread each wheel with venom and pirouette power into place. Cutting acceleration time across the mid-range. Taking your super tourer to super racing heights.
BRAKES
Cutting through racecar speeds
Placing the power of control in your ankle. The choice of carbon ceramic brakes makes their debut in an Aston Martin core GT model. 400mm at the front. 360mm at the rear. Cut and patterned to inject confidence and fight heat in the highest speeds. While reducing unsprung mass by 27kg to quicken the feel of control in your hands.
Interior
DRIVER CONNECTION
Interlinked with intelligence
Gripped by driver centricity. DB12 Volante beats with intelligence, holding you close and cupping you in a precise place for a near-perfect hip/heel ratio. With the most minor of movements hanging on only the slightest twitch of your wrist or ankle.
AUDIO
Not one decibel dampened
Sound seeping from every corner. The world’s first super tourer has the option of a sound system like no other. 15 speakers and 1170 watts wrap you in symphony. DB12 Volante’s Bowers & Wilkins system, with QuantumLogic immersion™ technology is hand tuned to duet alongside every swatch of your interiors. Letting every beat bounce from the materials lining your cabin.
INFOTAINMENT
An infotainment debut
Meet the infotainment system made to match the capabilities of the first ever super tourer. Designed, engineered and tailored in house. Built to support wireless Apple CarPlay™ and for the first time, born with voice control. Making satellite navigation, your favourite tracks and any app stand to attention. With your voice alone.
TOUCHSCREEN
A premier for DB12
A premier screening. DB12 Volante courses with clarity thanks to the highest definition touch screen in any car in the category with full capacitive touch control. Imprinted with enlightened graphics, setting the precedent for every Aston Martin to come.
After-Sales With Aston Martin
Choosing to have your Aston Martin serviced at an official Aston Martin service center means choosing the expertise of Aston Martin approved technicians, technicians skilled in the latest Aston Martin techniques and using parts specifically designed for your car.
Customize an Aston Martin
Take advantage of the Aston Martin configurator, a state-of-the-art tool that enables you to design the car of your dreams down to the last detail. This powerful tool allows you to customize your vehicle with a wide range of options, ensuring that the end result perfectly matches your personal style and preferences. From the exterior color and finish to the interior upholstery and features, every aspect of your dream car is at your fingertips, waiting for you to bring it to life.
Source: New Aston Martin DB12 Volante
Technical Specification
ENGINE & PERFORMANCE
Engine
Configuration
All alloy quad overhead cam, 4.0 liter twin-turbo V8
Power
680PS at 6000rpm
Torque
800Nm @ 2750-6000rpm
Transmission
Type & location
Rear mid-mounted ZF eight-speed automatic gearbox with electronic shift-by-wire control system
Axle
Alloy torque tube with carbon fiber propeller shaft
Differential
Electronic differential (E-Diff)
Performance
0-62 mph (0-100km/h)
3.7 secs
0-60 mphn
3.6 secs
Top speed
202 mph / 325 km/h