With over 3000 orders already taken and more or less unwavering critical acclaim, the DB11 is proving every inch the game-changer Aston Martin hoped it would be. And every inch a rod for its own back.

Over the thousand or so miles between Florence airport in Italy and my house in Kent, the Aston Martin DB11 that I drove in summer 2016 left me in no doubt that GT perfection had been recast in ...