Aston Martin is making ready to disclose the subsequent technology in its DB grand tourer line on Might 24, and teaser images launched on Sunday trace at what’s to return.
It has been seven years because the DB11 made its debut on the 2016 Geneva auto present, with that automotive’s arrival coinciding with the introduction of a brand new platform, new V-12 engine, and a brand new design language for Aston Martin.
The brand new DB, rumored to be referred to as a DB12, is arriving 75 years after David Brown helped rescue Aston Martin after the Second World Warfare and launched the 2-Liter, which later grew to become to be recognized the DB1. It is also arriving in Aston Martin’s one hundred and tenth anniversary yr.
Not a lot is thought concerning the automotive, however spy pictures of prototypes level to it being a heavy replace of the present DB11 fairly than an entire redesign. Aston Martin has acknowledged that core values of efficiency and luxurious will stay, together with “pinpoint driving dynamics” and the “seamless integration of superior applied sciences.”
Teaser for next-generation Aston Martin DB grand tourer
With the DBS Superleggera bowing out this yr with the particular DBS 770 Final, it is probably Aston Martin will dial up the efficiency of the subsequent DB.
Maybe extra important would be the new expertise, because the DB11 was usually criticized for counting on outdated expertise borrowed from Mercedes-Benz. A redesigned sprint with a extra superior infotainment system is deliberate, with the brand new middle console partially revealed in one of many teaser pictures. The brand new sprint needs to be joined by the newest in digital driver-assist options. Prototypes have been noticed with new sensors within the entrance fascia.
Aston Martin can have some busy years forward. Chairman Lawrence Stroll has promised a number of fashions by the top of 2026, together with an identical replace for the Vantage line anticipated later this yr, the launch of the Valhalla plug-in hybrid supercar in 2024, an electrical sports activities automotive in 2025, and an electrical SUV shortly after.
