2015 Aston Martin V-12 Vantage S - Car and Driver
it is this latter group for whom Aston Martin’s V-12 Vantage S exists. Aston’s CEO, Ulrich Bez, who knows his way around the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife, calls the S “extreme in its nature” and “brutal. Aston’s Vantage S certainly looks the part, despite the age of its basic bones, ready to pounce with its wide stance and pronounced rear wheel arches. New for the Vantage S is a carbon-fiber grille inset, black in our test car’s case. and a second that toggles a Sport mode for quicker throttle responses and shifts and a throatier growl out back. That growl is generated by the V-12, a carry-over from the days when Ford owned Aston, now shucked of all its FoMoCo roots save the rods and the pistons. Aston rates its AM28 V-12 at 565 horsepower and 457 lb-ft of torque, 376 of the latter ready at 1000 rpm. The Aston didn’t much care. We kept the throttle and shift response set to Sport, and our only concern was how quickly and effortlessly license-shredding velocities were achieved. Source: www.caranddriver.com
