2013 Aston Martin Vanquish

The new Vanquish by Aston Martin has finally been unveiled in spite of the rumors suggesting the company’s boss Ulrich Bez is not happy with it.

Technically the new Vanquish is the replacement for the DBS. The design represents the latest take on Aston Martin’s iconic visual language. Vanquish unquestionably sees the brand continue its enviable tradition of producing some of the most beautiful sports cars in the world. Styling cues such as the elegant new waist, elongated side strakes and LED rear light blades are derived from the One-77 supercar.

Vanquish is a new Aston Martin featuring the next generation of the renowned VH architecture as well as a significantly upgraded 6.0-litre V12 engine that is considerably more potent than before. It now makes 565bhp. And as for the price, it will go on sale in late 2012 with a tag that reads £189,995.

Details and specs:

“The new Vanquish mixes beautiful design with impressive technology such as the superb new infotainment system. This is the latest incarnation of everything we know, informed and developed from One-77. It is the ultimate Super Grand Tourer – confident and assured – and is the newest representation of Power, Beauty and Soul.”

As happy on the streets of a bustling city as it is carving through the countryside or long distance motorway touring, the Vanquish offers a thoroughbred British luxury sports car that’s also suited to everyday use.

Powered by a significantly revised naturally aspirated 6.0-litre V12 petrol engine mated to the proven Touchtronic 2 six-speed automatic gearbox, the new car offers suitably impressive performance figures. The V12’s power peak of 565 bhp (573 PS) makes it Aston Martin’s most potent production model yet, outmuscled only by the strictly limited edition £1.2m One-77 supercar. 

The raw statistics speak for themselves: 573 PS at 6,750 rpm, 620 Nm of torque at 5,500 rpm, 0-62 mph in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 183 mph place the Vanquish firmly into supercar territory. Yet the brand’s team of engineers have been working towards economy and emissions improvements, too.

Standard specification

• Full-grain leather interior
• Alcantara headlining
• Electrically operated front seats
• Memory front seats and exterior mirrors (three memory positions)
• 2+0 seating configuration with flexible rear environment storage
• Powerfold exterior heated mirrors
• Front and rear parking sensors
• Cruise control
• Tyre pressure monitoring
• Alarm and immobiliser
• Remote-control central door locking and boot release
• Automatic temperature control
• Heated front seats
• Curtain side head airbags
• Dual Stage Driver and Passenger Front Airbags
• Pelvis and thorax seat mounted airbags
• Seat belt dual-pretensioners and digressive load limiters
• Trip computer
• Tracking device (UK only)
• Laminated windscreen with clear noise-insulation layer
• Glass ECU
• Titanium bonnet and side strake meshes
• Bright aluminium front grille
• Chrome side strakes and tailpipe trim
• Heated rear screen

In-car entertainment

• New infotainment system with capacitive switching
• 1000W Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 13-speaker audio system
• Garmin satellite navigation system*⁺
• 6.5” LCD Screen
• iPod® and iPhone® Integration and USB playback
• Satellite radio system (USA only)
• AM/FM radio¹
• A2DP Bluetooth® audio and phone streaming
• Wi-Fi Hub5

Options

• Ten-spoke alloy wheel in a Graphite finish
• 20-spoke alloy wheel in a Liquid Silver, Silver finish with diamond turning, Graphite finish with diamond turning, Gloss Black with diamond turning and Satin Black with diamond turning
• Black-vaned grille
• Magnum Silver or Black Mesh finish
• Matt black textured tailpipe
• Black, blue, yellow or red calipers
• Exposed carbon fibre roof panel
• Exposed carbon fibre door mirror caps
• Exposed carbon fibre side strakes
• Exposed carbon door handles
• Protective tape
• Black Luxmil Leather and part-Alcantara steering wheel
• Colour-Keyed Luxmil Leather steering wheel
• Black One-77 leather steering wheel with black Alcantara Inserts
• Colour-Keyed One-77 Luxmil leather steering wheel with black leather inserts
• Centre stack facia in carbon fibre 2×2 twill, carbon fibre 2×2 fishbone, Piano Red, Piano Black or Piano Ice mocha.
• Headrest embroidery – Aston Martin wings or Vanquish logo
• Black hardware pack
• Full carbon fibre gearshift paddles
• Personalised sill plaques
• Rear parking assist camera
• Auto-dimming mirror with garage door opener
• Heated and ventilated seats
• Smoker’s Pack
• Second glass key
• Tracking device**¹
• Alarm upgrade (volumetric and tilt sensors)
• Option toolkit
• Six-CD auto-changer
• First-aid kit