The primary new Aston Martin mannequin of 2024 is across the nook. The corporate will unveil the next-generation Vantage in February, and it revealed a preview picture to present us an thought of what it has in retailer. It additionally introduced plans to take the mannequin racing across the globe.
Whereas some carmakers give new fashions a brand new identify, Aston Martin is staying near its heritage: the Vantage’s substitute will likely be referred to as Vantage, identical to the outgoing Vantage changed the last-generation Vantage. The preview picture exhibits that the fenders get a deeper vent that’s cut up by an “Aston Martin” emblem, and the present automotive’s clamshell hood disappears. We’ll have to be affected person to see extra of it.
Earlier spy pictures trace at redesigned headlights that carry the Vantage consistent with the DB12 unveiled in 2023; a new-look grille, and reshaped taillights. The mannequin will once more be out there as a coupe and as a Volante-badged convertible.
We’re additionally, in fact, curious to search out out what it shares with its predecessor underneath the sheet metallic. Energy for the present Vantage comes from a model of the twin-turbocharged, 4.0-liter V8 constructed by Mercedes-AMG and tuned in-house to ship 503 horsepower to the rear wheels. Our crystal ball tells us the V8 will return with extra energy, although that is simply an informed guess. Aston Martin is carried out with V12s, so do not count on the 12-cylinder mannequin to return again.
Aston Martin will raise the veil off of the brand new Vantage on February 12, and lovers are getting a three-for-one deal. On that very same day, the model may even current the GT3-specification model of the coupe and the AMR24 automotive it would enter within the 2024 season of Formulation One.
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