Car manufacturers often crank up the hyperbole when they're launching a new model. But when Aston Martin boss Andy Palmer describes the company's latest creation, the DB11, as "the most important car in the firm's 103-year existence", he may actually be understating things a little. The DB11 marks a huge step for the classic British sports car brand, with new technology, new engines and a new styling direction.
Launched at this week's Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland, the DB11 is a £155,000 ($217,000) four-seat sports GT in the old-fashioned sense, with a long bonnet, a sweptback stance, a brutally powerful V12 petrol engine and, naturally, the latest evolution of Aston Martin's trademark grille at the front end.
