2014 Aston Martin Vanquish – While everyone is busy talking about the retirement of 2012 Aston Martin DBS and the limited version of its last model, 2013 DBS Ultimate, the company has proudly announced the DBS successor and thrown full details of this car. The new car that will complete Aston Martin’s super car line ups not only gets a whole new design compared to its predecessor but also liven up the legendary name of Vanquish.
Exterior
As the iconic Vanquish that has given such a great reputation to company as remarkable GT cars maker in the history, 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish is expected to repeat the record by offering a luxurious, continent-crossing, and ultimate driving pleasure without compromise to all its loyalist and super car lovers out there. The new Vanquish will be full of the company’s design ethos, innovation in engineering, and technology in ability. The exterior design is mostly inspired from the 2012 Aston Martin One-77 supercar with major distinctive details to distinguish. The front end receives a new lower lip and small rectangular mouth that probably acts as front lip-spoiler, replacing the DBS’s gaping mouth-look. Larger air ducts also put on its side, surely makes a sportier and more racing appearance to the front end. The headlights installation looks like the same as the DBS but it has harder front point and LED lights. The hood is also essentially the same but the Vanquish has nostril side extractor on it while the roof line gets higher revision. The front bumper and side profile comes in a lot more similarity with its predecessor while the significant difference comes from its low indentation. 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish’s larger and more aggressive rear spoiler on the rear end is considered as the most significant redesigning of all as well as its refined rear bumper and exhaust pipe.
Interior
The cabin and boot capacity are more spacious and larger than the predecessor. Trimming is made from Fine Luxmil and upholstery will come from Semi-aniline and Alcantara, while the rest interior features and technology will be taken from One-77 super car. Carbon fiber material also will be one of many available options that offered by the company as another interior design theme.
Engine
2014 Aston Martin Vanquish will be equipped by the same 6.0 L V12 engine as the DBS with more power of 565 hp and 457 lb-ft of torque. It will run from 0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds and reach its top speed of 186 mph. This car is 5hp more faster than 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S.
Price
In Europe, it will be sold with base price of £189,995, or about $297,000 at the current exchange rates.