Aston Martin will reveal its overhauled Vantage on February 12, 2024, and has teased the up to date sports activities automotive in a pair of movies on its X (previously Twitter) account.
One video exhibits a seat in the course of a highway with a voiceover by F1 driver Fernando Alonso. The video is captioned “Engineered by actual drivers. 12.02.2024 Sit down, hear up”.
It’s exhausting to inform what clues Aston Martin is making an attempt to present away however the seat might be a light-weight one used for a efficiency variant.
The second video raises extra questions than solutions. The video exhibits a Vantage that shares the identical headlight design as the present mannequin, nevertheless the rear fascia seems to be redesigned.
Earlier spy images confirmed us a brand new headlight design for the Vantage which may imply the video is a mix of the previous and the brand new.
The tail lights proceed to wrap across the sides of the automobile, however have a brand new design.
The video additionally provides us a slight glimpse on the inside, with some inexperienced stitching on a perforated leather-based seat.
The Vantage may additionally get a brand new infotainment system because the DB11-replacing DB12 has performed, which helps next-generation Apple CarPlay that may lengthen throughout a number of screens.
It’s unclear if the up to date Vantage will characteristic any adjustments to its powertrain.
At the moment it’s powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 engine sourced from Mercedes-AMG, which produces 375kW of energy and 685Nm of torque.
There have additionally been extra highly effective F1 Version and V12 variants, the latter utilizing Aston Martin’s twin-turbo 5.2-litre V12. The V12 gained’t proceed with the up to date mannequin.
In November 2023, chief artistic officer Marek Reichman informed Autocar the brand new Vantage might be styled like a “full hooligan” and can lean closely on the corporate’s System 1 experience.
“We’ll see in our sports activities automotive and GT vary rather more breadth and separation between one finish and the opposite, the place immediately they’re fairly equally positioned. We’ll see a much wider working vary,” product and advertising technique director Alex Lengthy informed Autocar.
