Aston Martin DB12 Rental
Aston Martin's V8 super tourer, unveiled at Cannes, built for the coast road rather than the lap timer.
Overview
The Aston Martin DB12 is a two plus two, front-mid-engine grand tourer with a 4.0 liter twin-turbo V8 making 671 hp, which Aston calls a Super Tourer rather than a GT. Couples book it for an anniversary drive or a wedding where elegance beats spectacle, choosing it over a Lamborghini because the crowd it draws gives thumbs up instead of phones.
How It Drives
The pull arrives with no lag, low-end torque metered by an electronic rear differential, and the steering column skips the usual rubber isolation so the wheel talks back with real texture. That makes the DB12 a coast road car, quiet in GT mode and loud when you want it.
Who Rents It
The Aston Martin DB12 draws a different renter than a Lamborghini or a McLaren. The crowd it attracts is warmer and less resentful than a supercar usually gets, thumbs up rather than phones out, which suits a renter who wants attention without confrontation. It suits a couple on an anniversary, a coast drive with the roof down, or a wedding car for a couple who want elegance over spectacle. The engine is a Mercedes-AMG V8 that Aston retunes for its own character, and reviewers note it still has an exhaust sound all its own, more midrange and high frequency content for a throatier pitch than the same engine makes in an AMG.
Trim Breakdown
Aston Martin sells the DB12 as a front-engined grand tourer in two bodies, the fixed-roof Coupe and the folding-roof Volante, with a sharper S grade above each. Our fleet runs the DB12 Volante.
Aston Martin DB12 Coupe
The DB12 Coupe is the base of the range and the stiffest body Aston Martin offers here. It carries a 4.0 liter twin-turbo V8 making 671 hp, an electronic rear differential, adaptive dampers and a 202 mph top speed. It weighs roughly 90 kilograms less than the Volante because it needs no extra bracing. We do not run the Coupe.
Aston Martin DB12 Volante
The DB12 Volante is the convertible and the version we run. Mechanically it matches the Coupe, same 671 hp V8, same differential, same 202 mph figure. The change is a K-fold fabric roof that opens in 14 seconds, works from the key fob while you stand beside the car, and operates into a headwind of up to 31 mph.
Aston Martin DB12 S
The DB12 S is the harder grade above the standard Coupe. Aston Martin lifts the same twin-turbo V8 to 700 hp, retunes the gearbox for faster shifts, stiffens the rear suspension mounting and fits a louder exhaust. Steering and damper calibration are revised to match. It is the driver focused end of the DB12 range and we do not run it.
Aston Martin DB12 S Volante
The DB12 S Volante puts that same 700 hp powertrain and the revised chassis tune under the folding roof. It is the fastest open DB12 Aston Martin builds, and the one that pairs the S exhaust with a roof that drops, which is the loudest combination in the range. It sits at the top of the Volante ladder. We do not run it.
DB12 Volante 60th Anniversary Edition
The 60th Anniversary Edition is a commemorative Volante rather than a mechanical change, marking six decades of a famous film association. It layers specific paint, badging and cabin detailing over the standard DB12 Volante and leaves the 671 hp V8 untouched. Anyone booking a DB12 Volante with us gets the standard specification, not this edition.
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