Is this the ultimate open-最高の，を越す 最高の tourer? We take to the wheel of Aston ツバメ's £200K DB12 Volante

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青年, they say, is wasted on the young.

And there comes a point in life for many where 願望（する） for 慰安 equals or 越えるs that for edginess and 速度(を上げる）.

Perhaps you've made your pile, 達成するd your life and career goals, and are now looking to cash in a few of your 賭事ing 半導体素子s.

Not giving up ? just pacing yourself a little more than was 以前 the 事例／患者. Efficiency of 成果／努力. The 伸び（る） without the 苦痛.

It's all very 井戸／弁護士席 getting a thrill ? and a numb nether 地域 - from uncompromisingly hard-riding, no-frills 最高の car 業績／成果. But the pure joy of those 早期に thrills fade with time and experience.

You still want the fun ? but also the 慰安ing, cossetting, and 満足させるing sense of rewarding yourself with a car that symbolises a 職業 井戸／弁護士席 done.

That's pretty much how I felt 運動ing the powerful new - but distinctly old-school - muscular but elegantly 精製するd Aston ツバメ DB12 Volante.

Is this the ultimate open-最高の，を越す 最高の tourer? Feast your 注目する，もくろむs on the Aston ツバメ DB12 Volante - the British marque's new £200K 高級な 転換できる

Last summer I drove the Aston ツバメ DB12 hard-topped クーデター?in the South of フラン, setting off from a hotel overlooking Monte Carlo and its famed Casino in the 王室の principality of Monaco and catching the cocktail-enticing sun of the C?te d'Azur.

But for my spin in the open-topped Volante, my 運動 was on home turf catching the 早期に rays of Spring 日光 ? and a touch of light refreshing rain ? in the English Cotswolds.

Aston's new £200,000 open-最高の，を越す 最高の tourer raises booth the roof and the fun ? though the price is a £15,000 示す-up on the recently 開始する，打ち上げるd companion クーデター.

It really is a delight to 運動 with the 追加するd 特別手当 of 勝利，勝つd in the hair モーターing.?

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力／強力にするd by a feisty 680 horsepower 4.0-litre V8 twin turbo 石油 engine linked to a n eight-速度(を上げる） ZF (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 gearbox, the DB12 Volante 加速するs with gusto from 0 to 60mph in 3.6 seconds (0-62mph in 3.7 seconds), which is 特に handy for 速く 遂行する／発効させるd and effortless 追いつくing on 利用できる straight stretches of road.?

The 手渡す-built engine has an 増加する in 生産（高） of 34 per cent compared with the previous DB11. More is more, 権利?

But what I really enjoyed was the chance to 冷気／寒がらせる: just because the 力／強力にする may be there in spades, it doesn't mean you to use it all the time.?

This is a 最高の-hot, 最高の 巡洋艦 in which to be 最高の 冷静な／正味の.?

It rumbles and roars 滑らかに on like the last of a proud and historic bloodline, which it is.?

It 連合させるs elegant looks, engaging 運動ing, controlled 力／強力にする, luxurious 内部の, and 冒険的な 業績／成果 and has the aromatic charm and 緩和する of a 手渡す-rolled Cuban cigar smoked と一緒に a vintage Armagnac brandy. And I don't smoke.

力／強力にするd by a 680 horsepower 4.0-litre V8 twin turbo 石油 engine, the DB12 Volan te 加速するs from 0 to 60mph in 3.6secs

While we drove the DB12 クーデター in the South of フラン, our time behind the wheel of the Volante 転換できる was spent on home turf in the English Cotswolds

The roof 操作／手術 takes 14 seconds to open and 16 seconds to の近くに and can be used at 速度(を上げる）s of up to 31mph and into a 31mph headwind

Is it really the 'ultimate open-最高の，を越す 最高の tourer'??

Aston ツバメ 法案s the new car as 'the ultimate open-最高の，を越す 最高の tourer' with 生産／産物 starting this summer and first 配達／演説／出産s 推定する／予想するd from the autumn. And it lives up to the 法案ing.

The Volante was developed in 平行の with its stablemate クーデター and 含むs the same design, 工学 and 科学（工学）技術 前進するs creating the next step in the 会社／堅い's new 世代 of sports cars.?

地雷 was in a fetching shade of Caribbean Pearl with an 大西洋 Blue hood and headliner.

The roof 操作／手術 takes 14 seconds to open and 16 seconds to の近くに and can be used at 速度(を上げる）s of up to 31mph and into a 31mph headwind. Though 地雷 was おもに 負かす／撃墜する.?

he electrically-operated 'K-倍の' roof system is 指名するd after the two-行う／開催する／段階 倍のing 手続き engineered to 達成する a 260mm stack 高さ to maximise luggage capacity below

Driver and 乗客s are pretty snug with the roof in place. The fabric roof canopy features eight 層s of insulation and is acoustically 高めるd for 改善するd 内部の cabin 慰安

This image shows the 2+2 seating layout of the DB12 Volante - though don't 推定する／予想する lots of legroom if you're sitting in the 支援する

The roof 機械装置 can also be operated 経由で the remote 重要なs, as long as you are within a two-metre 半径 of the car.?

The electrically-operated 'K-倍の' roof system is 指名するd after the two-行う／開催する／段階 倍のing 手続き engineered to 達成する a 260mm stack 高さ to maximise luggage capacity below.

You are pretty snug with the roof in place. The fabric roof canopy features eight 層s of insulation and is acoustically 高めるd for 改善するd 内部の cabin 慰安.?

The design also creates a sculpted roof line to 持続する the DB12's 簡素化するd profile. When the roof is lowered, the 機械装置 sits low and unseen beneath a hard tonneau cover.

The DB12 Volante rides on 基準 21-インチ (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進むd alloy wheels fitted with 'AML' coded Michelin 操縦する S 5 tyres made to Aston ツバメ's 正確な 必要物／必要条件s

The optional 炭素 ceramic ブレーキs on our 実験（する） car were potent and 正確な. Cast-アイロンをかける 400mm 前線 レコードs and 360mm 後部 レコードs come as 基準, though

Aston's new £200,000 open-最高の，を越す 最高の tourer raises booth the roof and the fun ? though the price is a £15,000 示す-up on the recently 開始する，打ち上げるd companion クーデター

What else you need to know about the DB12 Volante?

顧客s have a choice of four different exterior hood colours, starting with 黒人／ボイコット as 基準, 加える red, blue and '黒人／ボイコット and silver' as 選択s, 許すing for a wide variety of customisation.

The DB12 Volante rides on 基準 21-インチ (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進むd alloy wheels fitted with 'AML' coded Michelin 操縦する S 5 tyres made to Aston ツバメ's 正確な 必要物／必要条件s.

On my 実験（する） car, ブレーキing felt 会社／堅い, solid and 正確な, thanks 大いに to the optional 炭素 ceramic ブレーキ system which 申し込む／申し出s 増加するd 業績／成果.

Cast-アイロンをかける 400mm 前線 レコードs and 360mm 後部 レコードs come as 基準, though.

The new DB12 範囲 is the first to receive Aston ツバメ's next-世代 infotainment system which 含むs a fully 統合するd multi-審査する system with 十分な online connectivity and a 10.25-インチ 陳列する，発揮する.

There's little or no 勝利，勝つd noise and the surround sound 音声部の system means you can listen with 緩和する to music while you モーター. Bespoke infotainment is 供給するd by a Bowers & Wilkins 1,170 surround sound hi-fi.

Just because the 力／強力にする may be there in spades, it doesn't mean you to use it all the time. Ray Massey says he felt the DB12 was at its best at 巡航するing 速度(を上げる）

Aston ツバメ really doesn't make bad looking cars. The DB12 Volante is 劇の but understated at the same time

The new DB12 範囲 is the first to receive Aston ツバメ's next-世代 infotainment system which 含むs a fully 統合するd multi-審査する system with 十分な online connectivity and a 10.25-インチ 陳列する，発揮する

You can choose 支持を得ようと努めるd veneer or 炭素 fibre パネル盤s on the seatbacks matched to the door 削減する inlay to create an extra 層 of visual 利益／興味 and 高級な when the roof is lowered. My car's 内部の featured a sport duotone in Centenary saddle tan leather.

選び出す／独身 and multi-finger gesture 支配（する）／統制する is balanced by buttons 保持するd for the 重要な mechanical 操作／手術s of gear 選択, 運動 選択, heating and ventilation.

There are also 無視／無効 switches for the most-used 支配（する）／統制するs, 含むing chassis, ESP, exhaust, 小道／航路 補助装置 and park distance 支配（する）／統制する.

You can choose 支持を得ようと努めるd veneer or 炭素 fibre パネル盤s on the seatbacks matched to the door 削減する inlay to create an extra 層 of visual 利益／興味 and 高級な when the roof is lowered. My car's 内部の featured a sport duotone in Centenary saddle tan leather

There's little or no 勝利，勝つd noise and the surround sound 音声部の system means you can listen with 緩和する to music while you モーター. Bespoke infotainment is 供給するd by a Bowers & Wilkins 1,170 surround sound hi-fi

Did Ray enjoy his 実験（する） 運動 in the Aston ツバメ DB12 Volante? If a look could say 1,000 words...

顧客s who want to personalise their new car can 選ぶ for the bespoke 'Q by Aston ツバメ' service.

There's plenty of 範囲 to 'tune' your 運動 too.?

Four-行う／開催する／段階 electronic 安定 支配（する）／統制する and a choice of five pre-defined dynamic 方式s 許すs the driver to 正確に tailor its behaviour.?

Electronic 後部 differential (E-Diff) designed to give the driver 最大限 返答 for more 正確な and 一貫した 扱うing, 特に when cornering.

The DB12 Volante is?an exciting, fun-filled experience, with just that little hint of danger: think of the DB12 Volante as Oliver Reed on wheels, he says

The Cars and モーターing 判決?

The first Volante was introduced 支援する in 1965, since when 抱擁する strides have been made in 工学, 科学（工学）技術 and 業績／成果.

This 最新の and probably last incarnation of it in V12 石油 form is a last 反抗的な 'hurrah' for the 広大な, old school, 政治上-incorrect, gas-guzzling 力／強力にする-house.?

Like the 伝説の British actor Oliver Reed, whose last scene-stealing 業績／成果 wa s in the epic movie Gladiator, it's an exciting, fun-filled experience, with just that little hint of danger: think of the DB12 Volante as Oliver Reed on wheels.

You may, however, have noticed we are living now through an 時代 of sober, hair-shirted puritanism - where to take delight in the fun 面s of life is to be frowned upon as a '脅し to the 惑星'.?

But then, the flamboyant Cavaliers were always fun than the dour puritan, fun-消滅させるing Roundheads.?

This new Aston ツバメ DB12 Volante is 明確に in the Cavalier （軍の）野営地，陣営. Which will make it 'problematic' for the preachy eco-軍人s.

I was recently in the very 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 ? called 'The 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業' on the island of Malta - where Oliver Reed died during filming of Gladiator, and raised a glass to the late 星／主役にする.

And honestly, at the end of the day, who would you rather be sitting with in a 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 for an evening of 緩和 and jolity: the late actor, hell-raiser and raconteur Oliver Reed? Or a po-直面するd 代表 of puritanical, する権利を与えるd, 井戸／弁護士席-heeled 信用-基金-財政／金融d Jeremy and Jemimas from 絶滅 反乱?

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