The much talked about successor to the Aston Martin DBS
will be officially unveiled at California’s Concours d’Elegance in
August. However, Car Magazine UK has caught a glimpse of the new
flagship Aston sporting the iconic Vanquish badge. The car is based on
the stunning AM310 design concept showcased at the famous classic car
competition Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2012 in Italy about a
couple of weeks ago. Interestingly, Aston Martin, in the past, had also
officially showcased the One 77 – one of the most expensive cars ever to
go on sale.
If we go by the pictures, the Vanquish shares much of the
design with the AM310 concept so we expect the car to feature a few more
design elements like the aggressively-styled front-end with revised
headlamps, sleeker grille and the carbon-fibre splitter like the one on
the concept. At the back, the Vanquish gets One 77-like taillights and a
stylish integrated spoiler. Underneath the car sits a huge diffuser
designed to give maximum aero efficiency.
The car will be unveiled in August ahead of official launch in 201 and is expected to come with the existing 6-litre, V12 engine that
powers the current DBS although power will be uprated to somewhere
around 550PS.