The DB11 V8 coupe starts at 208,425 (including a. The DB11 AMR is the popular version, but the DB11 Volante is our recommendation for most buyers. Every DB11 is rear-wheel drive with an eight-speed automatic transmission. Though of course in the Volante's case it's biased significantly more towards the rear. The DB11 V8 and DB11 AMR are two-door coupes, while the DB11 Volante is a two-door convertible.
So, aluminium or not, this V8-engined Volante weighs 1,870kg. Powered by a new 4.0-litre twin-turbo 510HP V8 engine, the DB11 Volante is built around the all-new bonded aluminium structure first seen in the DB11 Coupe. The power-fold mechanism is heavy, as of course is the body strengthening.
The roof operation takes 14 seconds to open and 16 seconds to close, matching the DB9 performance. The stack height of the roof is a class-leading 260mm, allowing for a beautifully smooth rear profile. No need for the coupé's slightly controversial air channels carved into the rearmost pillars, which is just as well as they'd be near-impossible to make in canvas. The DB11 Volante roof canopy is acoustically enhanced and incorporates eight layers of insulation materials for improved interior cabin comfort. The usual places, but done with commitment.īecause the rear deck is longer than the Coupé's, there's less aero lift a small deployable spoiler is all that's needed to counter it. Find & compare performance, practicality, chassis, brakes. Other reinforcements for the convertible run under the engine, along the sills and across the rear chassis. Technical specifications for the 2018-2022 Aston Martin DB11 Volante V8 2 door convertible. The engineers refer to one of the cross-members as the 'crazy beam'. The Volante weighs 110kg more than the DB11 V8 Coupe (making it exactly the same weight as the V12 Coupe) so its not just as rapid in a straight line. Its built not around Astons 5.2-litre V12, but the new, lower-revving. It shares the 110.4-inch wheelbase with the DB11 coupe. Sections of the underlying DB11 structure were tortured into complex new shapes to make it all fit. The DB11 Volante joins the DB11 coupe, replacing the old but lovely DB9 Volante. The DB11 Volante measures 187 inches in length, 84 inches in width including the mirrors, and 51.2 inches in height. But it'd be madly ungrateful to whinge at the M-B part-number on the rollover bars if they'd just saved your neck.) (You might grumble that your expensive Aston's steering-column stalks are the same as the cheapest Mercedes'.
Also demanding space around the same congested region are hidden pop-up roll hoops. And the boot will now hold four aircraft carry-on cases. Plus-two rear perches in the DB11 Volante are smaller than in the Coupé, but even so the bulk of Isofix child seats does just squeeze in.