These epic new Aston and Ferrari V12s have brought a famous old rivalry back to the boil. Our colleagues Matt Prior and Richard Lane took them to some heavenly roads in Scotland to find out which car is king of the V12 class today.

If you want to compare Aston and Ferrari, there’s no end of criteria. Yet the comparison that hits hardest and means the most remains Il Classico. We’re talking grand tourers, especially the V12 ones. For us these extraordinary cars still define the companies. Does it matter which wins? In truth, not especially. We’ll tell you now that, barring the odd quirk, both the 12Cilindri and the Vanquish offer an experience so absurdly gratifying, exciting and evocative that you would give a kidney to own either. Today’s verdict is more of a gun-to-the-head affair – watch the film above to find it out…