2017 Aston Martin DB11 Hot Lap! - 2017 Best Driver's Car Contender
Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2017 Aston Martin DB11 around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for Motor Trend's 2017 Best Driver's Car.
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00:00 (engine revving)
00:02 (upbeat music)
00:11 This is the all new Aston Martin DB11,
00:14 the first turbocharged car
00:15 in the 104 year old company's history.
00:18 Two turbos in fact, feed a 5.2 liter V12
00:21 that's good for 600 horsepower.
00:24 (engine revving)
00:26 The DB11 features an eight speed automatic transaxle,
00:29 as well as some innovative aero tricks,
00:31 such as hidden front wheel vents in a rear aero blade,
00:36 the latter of which eliminates the need for a spoiler.
00:38 (engine revving)
00:41 There is however a pop up gurney flap
00:44 that deploys at speed.
00:46 (engine revving)
00:48 Let's see how Aston's latest big GT does on the track.
00:54 (engine revving)
00:57 (upbeat music)
00:59 (laughing)
01:09 I think we're just go to a third,
01:13 it's got a broad power band,
01:15 regular street tires, not the R compound, oh yeah.
01:19 (engine revving)
01:22 Pulls well in third.
01:25 (engine revving)
01:28 I like the pressure's a little higher.
01:36 (engine revving)
01:38 the male gotta say great engine.
01:43 (engine revving)
01:46 Singles the male gotta say great engine.
02:08 (engine revving)
02:11 (laughing)
02:13 Yes it will, a lot of power.
02:19 (engine revving)
02:22 Tell you what, a very pleasant driving experience thus far.
02:27 (engine revving)
02:30 (engine revving)
02:33 This Aston Martin is the surprise of the week.
02:51 It was well balanced, the grip was good.
02:54 We're basically, I was racing the car
02:57 and that's not what this car is built for,
02:58 that's why I put on my sport jacket.
03:00 It's a really, really capable car being driven fast
03:03 and it's not a track car, it's not a race car,
03:07 but it's bloody fast and it is beautiful.
03:10 This one hurts, because there's nothing that wrong
03:14 with the DB11 and you'd have to be crazy
03:17 to put it last in any competition, yet here we are.
03:21 At 4,200 pounds, the big Aston was nearly
03:24 the heaviest car in the competition.
03:26 Also, as an Aston Martin engineer explained,
03:29 the suspension could use quote, another mode.
03:32 Most damaging is that with 600 horsepower,
03:36 the Aston tied to the hundredth of a second,
03:39 the 350 horsepower Porsche 718.
03:42 The DB11 is a wonderful personal luxury coupe, a grand tour.
03:47 It's just not that much of a driver's car.
03:50 (car engine revving)
03:53 (car engine revving)
03:56 (car engine revving)
03:59 (car engine revving)
04:02 (whooshing)
04:04 you