Aston Martin DB12

The DB12 replaces the DB11 as Aston Martin's core front-engined V8 grand tourer. Unveiled on 24 May 2023 at the Cannes Film Festival with first deliveries in Q3 2023, the DB12 is Aston's marketed 'world's first Super Tourer' — the maker's own framing, not fact — and is the first Aston Martin to wear the brand's new winged logo.

Under the bonnet sits the Mercedes-AMG M177 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8, hand-built and rated at 680 PS / 671 bhp at 6,000 rpm and 800 Nm / 590 lb ft between 2,750 and 6,000 rpm — a 34% power increase over the outgoing DB11. Drive is through a rear-mounted ZF 8HP75 eight-speed automatic. Top speed is 202 mph, 0–60 mph in 3.5 sec, 0–62 mph in 3.6 sec. Approximately 80% of components are new: the grille is 54% larger with a 56% increase in frontal aperture area. It is the first time carbon-ceramic brakes have been offered across Aston's core GT models — 400 mm front, 360 mm rear, saving 27 kg of unsprung mass — and the car debuted the Michelin Pilot Sport 5 S, developed bespoke with Michelin. The DB12 Volante followed in August 2023. The DB12 S was revealed on 8 October 2025 at approximately 690 bhp, billed as the brand's fastest four-seater (Verify — notes only). Launch price was approximately $245,000 (Verify).

The DB12 is the reset of the modern front-engined V8 Aston GT. Roughly 80% new components against the outgoing DB11, factory-fitted carbon-ceramic brakes across the core GT range for the first time, and a 34% power increase from the AMG twin-turbo V8 together represent the biggest single-generation move Aston has made in this segment since the VH platform. It is also the first Aston to wear the brand's new winged logo — a marque milestone in its own right — and its Volante convertible followed within months of launch.