You can have a fuel-injected V8 or any V12 option, including auto-configurations, but that would seem wrong, somehow.
I've seen massively overblown V12 engines before, heard the supersonic yelps of twin turbos in perdition.
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Aston Martin has unveiled the latest addition to its lineup, a 6-liter V12 coupe called the Vanquish.
Aston Martin is showing a new version of its four-door Rapide, which uses a gas-chugging V12 engine.
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The 6.3-liter, naturally aspirated V12 directs more than 500 pound-feet of torque through the seven-speed, dual-clutch rear transaxle.
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Remember the Ferrari Enzo (2002-04), 651 hp, 3, 200 pounds, skeletal in carbon fiber, pushrod suspension, F1-derived V12 mounted amidships?
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In its day, this 340hp with V12 engine was the top dog of sports-car racing (Carroll Shelby himself drove one).
The 700-horesepower V12 is cut like a body builder, with the highest power-to-weight ratio of any car in its class.
Ferrari's experimental 599 has the car's V12 engine coupled to a seven-speed automated gearbox which also contains an electric motor.
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The de rigueur luxury car of his era was a Packard Twelve, which was both graceful and powerful and packed a V12 engine.
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It was assembled featuring the classic V12 engine, a de Dion rear axle and right-hand drive, and it has pontoon-fender coachwork done by Scaglietti.
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Mr Muller-Otvos said the V12-powered Wraith should help change attitudes towards Rolls-Royce, which currently sells the somewhat less agile and powerful Phantom and Ghost models.
And the rumble of a mighty V12 on the way home.
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Beneath its carbon fiber skin the 6.5-litre V12 engine and seven-speed single-clutch gearbox get the car to 60 miles per hour in a flat three seconds.
That being said, some buyers may want to have the extra performance of a 7 Series--particularly the awesome V12-powered version--or the increased rear leg room of the S-Class or Jaguar XJ.
Never mind the very redundant naming scheme: there's a 789HP V12 mated with 160HP of electric power, the 949HP combination of which takes the supercar to 62MPH in less than 3 seconds and makes it the overall fastest Ferrari to date.
With the car transferring power to the ground through a single-clutch mid-rear transaxle, the Vanquish doesn't cycle through gear ratios with quite as much impact as a car with a dual-clutch automatic manual transmission, the Ferrari V12, for instance, which also enjoys a 165-hp advantage.
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Other bullet points for the 2014 Vanquish include an additional 55 horsepower (565 hp at 6, 750 rpm) and 37 pound-feet more torque (457 pound-feet at 5, 500 rpm) over the DBS. Aston's all-alloy 5.9-liter, mid-front-mounted V12 gets a sprucing up with variable timing on both intake and exhaust sides, as well as freer-breathing intake geometry.
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But with 3, 500 pounds of grand touring car to move, even this splendid engine direct-injection, dry-sump, a sky-high 13.5:1 compression ratio, 8, 700-rpm redline, 65-degree V12 can't hope to serve up the sensations of a track-focused machine, that distinctive corner-exiting moment when you jump into the throttle and the engine's torque hits you in the back like a bag of wet cement.
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Yes, when I stomped the pedal from a standing start in the lightweight SL 550 (the all-aluminum body shaves 300 pounds off the previous generation roadster) and engaged its monstrous twin turbo V8, I could feel the skin on my face pulling back just as when I did the same thing in a V12 Aston Martin Vantage, a feeling I cannot replicate in my own 7-year old BMW 3 series.
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