Will There Be a Vanquish Replacement?

[anonymous-user]

I was reading the Autocar interview with Dave Richards this week where it stated quite clearly that the DBS WAS the Vanquish replacement. Surely that's not right!!

So is it or was the article misleading?

[murph7355]

In many ways it makes sense if it is.

Though I do hope they have some other exciting plans for the marque. I'm not sure the DBS is a 599 beater and I'd dearly love for Aston to come up with some strong alternatives to F-cars etc.

[Le Chef]

When Bez was interviewed a week or so ago he mentioned a DBX which would be the true long-term successor to the Vanquish/DBS. It would make sense to create that if only because the 599 looks like such a strong competitor and Aston Martin cannot afford to lag behind with its flagship model.

[AMpilot]

As the DBS is going on sale at the end of the year,one has to support its marketing potential,hence DR's comments.I am pretty sure that both Gaydon and Banbury will not just be a bystander in this game and that a formidable new V12 will emerge "in the fullness of time".

[anonymous-user]

Le Chef said:

When Bez was interviewed a week or so ago he mentioned a DBX which would be the true long-term successor to the Vanquish/DBS. It would make sense to create that if only because the 599 looks like such a strong competitor and Aston Martin cannot afford to lag behind with its flagship model.

The DBX was just a teaser (placeholder) for any future Aston. Dave Richards said not to read anything into that name! But I know what you mean!

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 1st April 10:11

[Twin Turbo]

The latest edition of Car magazine has a lot of Aston articles.

In one interview with Dr Bez he mentions a lightweight 500bhp normally aspirated V8 in the future, but then in a drive of the manual Vanquish, Car mentions the possibility of a twin supercharged 700bhp V12 in a couple of years.

Oh, and the Rapide will spawn a shooting brake

[kryten22uk]

The DBS aint a Vanquish replacement. It just happened to have been released about the same time as an outgoing higher model. The Vanquish replacement if/when it comes should be a whole new car, not just a suped up DB9.

The DBS is to the DB9 as the 911GT2 is to the 911.

Its likely that you might have to wait a while for the next flagship AM. If Ford were thinking for quite a while about selling AM, then they werent going to spend too much money on R&D for a Vanquish replacement. So I reckon the new AM owners pretty much have to start a fresh. Not that that will be a bad thing, as they will have a point to prove.