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" We&amp;#039;ve known for quite some time that the next-generation Aston Martin V8 Vantage would recieve its heart from the engine wizards over at Mercedes-AMG. With the V12-powered DB11 done and soon reaching customer hands, Aston has to get to work on its sports car companion. That&amp;#039;s why this DB11 prototype is running around the N\u00FCrburgring with what is almost assuredly an AMG V8 under the hood. Since the DB11 is probably not getting a V8 in the future, all signs point to this being a testbed for the V8 Vantage&amp;#039;s 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8. Unfortunately, this video only captures the V8&amp;#039;s noise at idle and low speed, but it&amp;#039;s clear the sound coming out of this DB11 isn&amp;#039;t a V12. If the spec of that engine sounds familiar, it&amp;#039;s because it&amp;#039;s largely the same motor AMG uses in the GT and the C63. Aston likely hasn&amp;#039;t finalized its version of that engine yet, but when we spoke with CEO Andy Palmer at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, he gave us a preview of what to expect. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a bit different [to the AMG-spec],&amp;quot; said Palmer. &amp;quot;We want to create a lower center of gravity, so that changes it. But fundamentally, we&amp;#039;re buying an AMG engine&amp;quot; Unlike AMG, though, Aston will hook this motor up to an old-school manual transmission. To say we can&amp;#039;t wait to drive it would be an understatement.         via Carscoops "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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