Jay Leno Drives Aston Martin DB11, Plays Bond with Old Stig

We're not arguing with him, but we bet that he knows he is stooping to the levels of "Hitler's Duesenberg" and "Paul Waker's other Porsche Carrera GT." Anyway, the video review he recently released was pretty funny, as it starts with the boss of Galpin playing Q. You might remember him from the late versions of Pimp My Ride filmed at GAS.

After a short intro, Leno is introduced to the DB11's designer and is then handed the key to a 2017 pre-production prototype, the one they showed to all the customers. It's very expensive and unique in a way. Leno points out that while Aston's engine people each make two or three engines per day, major manufacturers churn them out by the thousands. We crunched the numbers and found out even the AMG division "hand-fabricates" at least a hundred units, if not more.

While the DB11 and other Astons will have German 4.0-liter engines, for now, they are using an in-house V12. This newly developed unit is a 5.2-liter with twin turbochargers. Because you either have two or none at all, right?

Afterward, Leno drives the prototype to Willow Springs, where he meets Ben Collins, otherwise known as the whistleblower Stig. He says he liked being Top Gear character because he is shy, which is exactly what every grown man shouldn't say, especially in the context of being a stunt driver for James Bond movies.

While the footage is decent and seeing two very expensive 2017 Astons on the track is rare, everything has an odor of infomercial. The DB11 and V12 Vantage S are only pretending to race. Of course, they deserve to be taken easy, but nobody else will ever have these two together in one place. So why didn't Leno do a drag race? Maybe because the Vantage is still the best car Aston makes.