"The 11 was a striking car, but the DB12 is dominantly striking"

ASTON MARTIN DB12 £185,000 OTR/£240,000 as tested/£1,849 pcm WHY IT'S HERE: Aston's GTs are increasingly sporty: too much for the daily grind?

- ROWAN HORNCASTLE

AS WE KNOW, BEAUTY IS IN THE eye of the beholder. But ever since I've been behind the wheel of our Aston Martin DB12, there seems to have been an increase in beholders. They pop up like wet gremlins, offering their admiration in car parks, at petrol stations, pulling out their phones at traffic lights and shouting "That's GAWWWJUSSS!" from cab windows down the M4.