Can the DB12 match Italy's sauve GTs? We test it against the Roma and Granturismo to find out
There’s some debate about exactly who invented the grand touring coupé but very little about where, in national terms, it happened. The popular response to the question of what the first and defining example was is the 1951 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT . It could have been the 1948 Ferrari 166 Inter, though, or the 1947 Maserati A6 – or something pre-war, even. Wherever the credit eventually comes to rest, however, the gran turismo was definitely given life and then popularised in Italy.
Yes, you read that bit right. If the DB12 draws a line in the sand for Aston, it isn’t with its new, in-house-designed, 10.3in touchscreen multimedia system or its 671bhp V8 engine; it’s with so many knurled-metal knobs and switches and plenty of other expensive bits of cabin trim besides that give the car a real aura of material lavishness. It’s not a perfect interior.
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