Aston Martin DB12, Blue

Aston Martin called the DB12 a "super tourer," and the car earns the phrase. It replaced the DB11 with a sharper remit: the twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 lifted to around 671bhp, a wider track, a recalibrated chassis and a cabin finally dragged into the modern era. The face tells the story: that vast, near-square grille is the widest Aston has fitted to a front-engined GT, flanked by slim matrix lamps, and the long bonnet runs back to a fastback roofline and a clean, ducktailed tail. It is a grand tourer built to cover continents at speed without asking the driver to suffer for it, aimed at someone who wants Vantage urgency wrapped in DB-car distance.

This example wears a bright, almost azure blue over a contrasting gloss black roof, with gloss black multi-spoke forged-style wheels and blue brake calipers peering through. The casting holds the DB12's surfacing well: the haunches over the rear wheels, the crisp lamp graphics, the badged "DB12" plinth at the rear. MotorHelix builds it at 1:18 on a black presentation base. A precise rendering of Aston's modern flagship GT.