Once upon a time the McLaren F1 boasted a mind-bending 627hp and was the pinnacle of the supercar world.
Yet here we are in late 2024 with a Ferrari 12Cilindri and an Aston Martin Vanquish that each sport around two hundred horsepower more than the iconic Big Mac!
In an era when combustions engines keep being read their last rites, that we’ve got two big twelve-cylinder motors not only alive, but producing ever most preposterous amounts of power, is a reason to celebrate.
Which we could do – but when two so-called ‘super GTs’ arrive so quickly one after the other, rather than let them rest on their laurels we’d sooner find out which was best.
So, before the snow and ice of winter descended upon Italy, we took a yellow Ferrari and a red Aston Martin to a rather special location. Top Gear’s Contributing Editor, Jethro Bovingdon, is your referee…
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