DOUBLE G AND T
If cars did internet dating, the Ferrari 812 Superfast and Aston Martin DBS Superleggera would be swiping right hard enough to crack a phone screen. They come from similarly aristocratic backgrounds, have similar outlooks on life and even similar hobbies – hobbies that centre around being head-swivel noisy, making people stare, and accelerating fast enough to edit distance in a jump-cut. A short film featuring painfully compressed vertebrae and anime-wide eyes. High end? Both cost more than normal people can afford to spend on something they can’t live in.
If you want to be less metaphorical about it, both are front mid-engine V12s, both have kilowatt figures that start with a five, although the 812’s number is dangerously close to starting with a six. Both are two-door grand tourers, both weigh between 1,600 and 1,700kg. Both have a top speed of 340kph, and both manage to get to 160kph in less time than a hot hatch gets to 100kph.
The same, then? Not at all. But this, it seems, is a story of context rather than lap times, so we better start with some.
