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A Kimera Automobili EVO37 - along with a Lancia 037

IsoRivolta GTZ

Anything that oversteers! More over the shoulder counter-steering out of an apex shots please - they're brilliant!

Mercedes AMG EQS 53 Lunaz Jaguar XK 120 every car of GTO Engineering

The new Mercedes SL 2014 Mercedes CL63 Scramanga's AMC Matador

A testament to doing the Job well too

Long live the big combustion engines!

The W12 is the engine you really want to represent the best of the petrol era?

Not really. The big engines aren't dying off as quickly as are normal ones. Getting a 4 pot in a subcompact (B segment) car is hardly possible, and even in compacts (C segment) they're getting rarer... unless you get a hybrid in some cases - new Stellantis compacts. You can still get V12s (or W) in almost all cars you could a decade ago (Audi A8 is a Schrödinger's cat's case), N/A V8s got replaced here and there by turbo sixes (and that one 4-pot heresy coming to the C-class), but in general are still available in similar classes and brands of cars. And CO2 emission fines will raise the prices of regular cars much quicker than they'll do for the exclusive ones. In that light a naturally aspirated, non-hybrid 2.0 in the Mazda 3 is more of a middle finger to the electrification era.

Edgy

You said it brother!!! to Hell with the batter powered car.

And moist.

@@alluraambrose2978 And velour.

You've got the perfect name for it! I would feel a bit self conscious driving that....embarrassed even.

Would be a good April Fools joke honestly.

He will be, come 2030 when all we will be able to buy in Europe are electric milkfloats...

Great comment and so true!

Cool to see you here Ib!

@@porschefanatic1049 i get t. Rolls royce knows what they are doing. But i dont feel like rolls does the luxury flash very well. Rolls interior great as they are, dont flare enough to me. Their interiors r too civilized. Bentley interiors look like a victorian palace, full of awe and adventure.

@@porschefanatic1049 i give my thumbs up to bentley on body design. There is something majestic and pleasant about those shapes

@@porschefanatic1049 i agree. Especially the exterior. The rolls royce bodies r sophicated because of the simple graceful lines that adone them. Of the two companies, my dream car is a rolls ghost with the interior of a bentley flying spur.

it has got uglier and uglier

@@johnholmes912 the exterior is meeh , i agree, but nt completely bad. Its the interior and the ability to take full sized rear passangers thats a win for me.

If I'm not wrong there already is something like that for the Bentayga, called the S. Maybe they'll bring that trim to the GT as well

I'd argue the complete opposite. See, VAG has changed bentley from what they were before - engine displacement can only be replaced with more engine displacement is no longer something that holds true in the bentley world. Instead, you have VAG engines and engine concepts. Most importantly - the not quite W12 that is two VR6s on a common crank. And if Aston was bought by VAG, one of the last true V12 engines would die to a VR derivative. So I'd argue that a better company to buy Aston, if you do want to sell them to someone, is BMW Group or Mercedes Benz AG. Either of these have V12 production experience because either of them have had V12 roadsters and GTs in the past - BMW with their 850 CSi, the 760Li whose engine lives on in Rolls Royce models, AMG and Mercedes with their 65 AMG models and big S Classes. Why is this important? because a V12 is the ultimate in engine balance. 850 CSi buyers guides mention this - put a coin on its edge on the engine cover. if it falls over while you start and rev the engine, something is broken - go find another. V12s are a rare breed worth saving. VAG does not do that.

@@zibingotaeam3716 Very fair point ZT, however my main concern is longevity and I am (sadly) not sure V12s will be relevant within the next few decades. Also, the parent companies you point to don't have a recent history of saving/revitalising other brands (although they have some good JV and donor programs!). Best wishes

@@NORWAYORNOWAY I think BMW did fairly well with RR. They trued with Husqvarna motorcycles too, but found little common ground and abandoned that after an iconic bike. As far as Mercedes Benz is concerned - they regularly sold kit to Aston afaik. Some of their navigational software used to be found in Astons. I can't point to them revitalizing any brands though, that much is true. Unlike BMW though Mercedes Benz makes a LOT of money through their working vehicles - Actros, Sprinter, all of these. They certainly have the cash to keep Aston around as a project, just like VW used to keep Bugatti around - but I believe they sold Bugatti to Rimac, which is in turn held to a big degree by Porsche AG. A bit of internal shuffling. That said, didn't Aston recently get a new investor? I know F1 racing isn't cheap. They should have enough money to splurge on more luxury in the interior now. Their recent halo hyper and supercars certainly look like they aren't strapped for cash atm.

He's several levels above MR. JWW

It's a ZF DCT.

@@330d5 Quite sure it's Porsche's PDK, even caranddriver's article on Bentley Continental GT also had that.

@@Mvrk63 Porsche don't make transmissions. It's a ZF unit which they call PDK.

@@330d5 Ah ok

@@330d5 according to this, it's at least designed by Porche "The Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) was designed by Porsche in the 1980s for motorsports and is now a staple in new Porsche vehicles. It translates to “Porsche double-clutch transmission” and operates similarly to other DCTs in the automotive industry." And we know that the platform the Continental GT is on was co-designed with Porche and is used by them for the Panamera.