VIDEO: 2017 ASTON MARTIN DB11 V12 TWIN TURBO MADE BY ASTON MARTIN

The engine’s NEW, made by Aston Martin and not Mercedes-AMG like some of the company’s other power plants. Aston Martin claims the DB11’s V12 generates 600 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque, And not just made, handmade, by a person whose name is engraved above the intake manifold.

All that power from the front-mounted engine goes through a ZF 8-speed automatic you can shift with paddles, to the rear wheels only, as god intended.

The DB11 starts at about $212,000 and is as physically imposing as its price tag: the thing spans 187-inches bow to stern and displaces an enormous 81-inches of road lane in width. That’s just about one horizontal iPhone skinnier than a Ford freaking Raptor desert truck.

The car is plenty fast. And when the extra exhaust baffles open up in Sport+ mode, it’s noisy too. But it’s the paddle shifters that make hard acceleration in the DB11 a gloriously dramatic experience.