Aston Martin is teasing the full release of a new databasethat will be the successor of DB11. aston will unveil the new model on May 24, but the British automaker has released a few photos to spark excitement about what could become the Aston Martin DB12, like car and driver report.
The photos show the side of the new DB and its front. We can clearly see the silhouette of a aston the brand’s signature green finish and bronze wheels. Good combination. But wI also see some infotainment layout of the new DB, there will be a main category cabin overhaul complete with a The display is integrated into the car’s center stack. And its glory.
Stuff row belong to physical button and the rotary controller, the screen seems to be integrated into the center console, located below HVAC vents. The knot is great to start with, because their position can be learned and can eventually become muscle memory. But stuffed in display is rad!
Of course, the monitor may just be one of many in the new DB and may not yet other at the top of the panel. I hope that Aston Martin will skip the multi-screen setup and instead take advantage of the driver’s screen behind the wheel, similar to the Ferrari Purosangue, because Drive report.
Other major changes on the inside include a redesign of the gearshift knobs, which have been removed in favor of a selector switch located below the prominent engine start button. Overall, it seems that Aston Martin is leaning heavily towards physicsal controller, that’s great.
But that focused feature could extend to the infotainment system, if it really is the only screen in the upcoming GT. When I’m driving, I want to see the road — not my phone or any other screen. That’s why I chose a head unit with a small dot matrix display in my old daily driver, a bmw 318ti.
Modern smartphones have essentially made infotainment screens redundant, but new cars have imported our iPhone and Android home screens into the cabin. I have little (zero) desire to look at my phone while i’m driving car. Even when going to work or when going out in errands – where driving tends to be brief – my car becomes a bubble, a refuge, a makeshift cage.
Unless I’m on the road in a new city, where I have to see turn-by-turn directions on a screen, I don’t want to look at the restless black hole that is a modern infotainment system. It just draws attention and while I can focus on the road for safe driving, I just don’t want any annoying. The orientation prompt is nonetheless audible through most major navigation apps. And some cars (like Acura for example) have what I’ll call a “night drive” button with a crescent moon, which turns off the infotainment screen entirely. Saab famous has something similar.
If I don’t want to be distracted by my bad day job or a relatively pedestrian Acura or Honda sedan, I can only imagine myself wanting to feel more present and focused on the future. what level? in the new Aston Martin DB, an epic touring will easily cost $200,000 more than the DB11 that preceded it. The buttons are good, but the more or less disappearing screen is even better.
