ASTON MARTIN has confirmed that it’s going to give its coveted V12 Vantage a ultimate hurrah… The mannequin will return briefly as a Ultimate Version in 2022 earlier than being relegated to the historical past books.
Teased in a YouTube video that options little greater than a revving engine, the accompanying quote says: “You’ll actually hear it coming. V12 Vantage. It’s not only a Restricted Version, it’s a Ultimate Version. Returning in 2022”.
Though the teaser video offers little away, it’s understood the next-gen V12 Vantage will characteristic extra aggressive styling than its spinoff variant, with bigger air intakes, bonnet scoops, wider wheels and -arches, plus a deeper rear diffuser spied earlier in secret Nürburgring testing movies.
There’s no phrase but on whether or not the mannequin is confirmed for Australia. Aston Martin’s native PR arm says that “at this level, we’re unable to offer any additional element relating to the mannequin above and past the (press) prelease”.
As Aston Martin Lagonda and different manufacturers face more and more tight emissions laws, the transition from high-capacity engines to hybridised and totally electrical fashions is inevitable.
Aston Martin has confirmed that its electrification technique would start in 2025 with what’s understood to be an all-electric alternative for the DB11.
The Gaydon-based model says petrol-powered fashions (which is able to comprise simply 5 per cent of its complete manufacturing output) shall be reserved for the racetrack, with the remaining 95 per cent of its manufacturing to be made up of fifty per cent electric- and 45 per cent hybrid-powered automobiles.
Till then, the sonorous 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12-engined Ultimate Version would be the unmistakable flagship of the revamped Vantage line-up with peak output figures that might rival these of the DBS GT Zagato (566kW and 900Nm of torque). Like that mannequin, the V12 Vantage Ultimate Version will most likely be provided completely with an eight-speed automated transmission.
The Aston Martin AE31-series V12 engine is a “clear slate engine” that, in contrast to the earlier 6.0-litre V12, has no relationship with Ford’s Duratec V6. Power fed by a pair of twin-scroll turbos, the oversquare mill is multipoint-injected and incorporates cylinder-deactivation expertise.
On the launch of the turbocharged V12, Aston Martin chief engineer Brian Fitzsimons mentioned: “Additional evolution of the present (six-litre) V12 as a naturally aspirated engine was not an choice as a result of atmosphere and legislative panorama that exists and continues to evolve.”
The identical could also be true of the present V12 powerplant, though the date of its discontinuation has but to be introduced.
The present, second-generation Aston Martin Vantage was launched in 2018 as a successor to the unique mannequin launched in 2005. The mannequin is powered by a Mercedes-AMG sourced M177-series twin-turbo V8 displacing 4.0 litres and creating 375kW and 685Nm.
Aston Martin claims the V8 Vantage can speed up from standstill to 100km/h in 3.6 seconds and go on to a prime velocity of 314km/h. The automotive has a dry weight of 1530kg and its powerplant is paired completely with an eight-speed automated transaxle.
Earlier special-edition iterations of the Vantage embody the track-focused Vantage AMR – replete with a Graziano-sourced seven-speed handbook transmission, the James Bond-inspired Vantage 007 Version, the 88-unit-only V12 Speedster, in addition to the the Vantage F1 Version, which was created to have a good time the British marque’s return to Formulation One after 61 years.
Aston Martin will launch full specification and pricing particulars for the V12 Vantage Ultimate Version nearer to its 2022 launch. Domestically, the V8 Vantage is priced from $278,900 plus on-road prices.
