This video from Jay Leno’s Garage may be shorter than the usual weekly offerings, but what it lacks in time it makes up for in British supercars and one notable former Top Gear tamed racing driver, Ben Collins. We start with our favorite host getting special access to the Aston Martin DB11 Prototype – to be seen in the forthcoming James Bond film – and a walkthrough of the exterior from Miles Nurnberger, Chief Exterior Designer.

There are plenty of hints of the DB10 from Spectre in the DB11, Leno notes. Lots of nice, taut lines, muscular haunches and a striking presence, requisites for any James Bond coupe. The body of the DB11 is largely aluminum, with a trace of composite here and there. The lightweight metal is great for keeping the pounds off, though it can be hard to find in large enough sizes when you want to build a clamshell hood, but Aston Martin managed to pull it off.

Underneath that lithe bonnet sits a whopper of a 5.2-liter twin-turbo V12, good for 600 horsepower. Aston Martin has a similar program to Mercedes-Benz’s AMG “One man, one engine,” and the builder of this behemoth has his name etched atop the block. To help keep the DB11 planted when the hammer is down, Leno is shown how the air passes through the gap between the window and the C-pillar, through the boot and out the rear, offering high-speed stability without any drag penalty.