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Sights and Sounds: Aston Martin DB10

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By now all of you must be familiar with the Aston Martin DB10, a re-bodied V12 Vantage designed exclusively for the latest James Bond flick, SPECTRE. The car has been featured in pretty much every single teaser for the film released so far, but here we have a video that will put you behind the wheel of the DB10 and reveals all the intimate details of the car.

This is the closest look you will ever going to get at Bond’s Aston Martin DB10. You will also be told some of the car’s secrets and meet some of its body doubles used for filming the stunts:

Vidoe by Shmee150

Here’s Aston Martin DB10 technical specs which are the same as the V12 Vantage:

Body

  • Two-seat, two-door coupe body style
  • Extruded bonded aluminium VH body structure aluminium, magnesium alloy, composite and steel body
  • Extruded aluminium door side-impact beams
  • Halogen projector headlamps (main beam)
  • High Intensity Discharge headlamps (dipped beam)
  • Black headlamp bezels
  • LED rear lamps
  • Clear rear lamps with a black border
  • Carbon fibre front splitter and rear diffuser

Engine

  • AM28 all-alloy, quad overhead camshaft, 48 valve, 5,935cc, V12
  • Front mid-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive
  • Fully catalysed stainless steel exhaust system with active bypass valves
  • Max power: 573 PS (565 bhp) at 6,750 rpm
  • Max torque: 620 Nm (457 lb ft) at 5,750 rpm
  • Acceleration: 0-60mph: 3.7 secs
  • Acceleration: 0-100 km/h: 3.9 secs
  • Max speed (estimated): 328 km/h (205 mph)

Transmission

  • Rear mid-mounted ‘Sportshift™ III; seven-speed automated manual transmission with electronic shift-by-wire control system
  • Alloy torque tube with carbon fibre propeller shaft
  • Limited-slip differential
  • Final drive ratio 3.7:1

Dimensions

  • Length: 4385 mm (inc. front number plate plinth)
  • Width: 2022 mm (inc. mirrors)
  • Height: 1250 mm
  • Kerbweight: (estimate)1665 kg
  • Fuel tank capacity:80 litres (17.6 UK gal/21.1 US gal)
  • Wheelbase:2600 mm

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