Report: Aston Martin DB10 based on V8 Vantage Are you an aspiring New or Used Car Buyer looking for your dream car? Visit Cars4sa.co.za Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Aston Martin, Luxury If you looked at the new DB10 that Aston Martin revealed just a few days ago and thought as we did that it looked an awful lot like a reskinned Vantage, theres good reason for that.According to Automotive News, a reskinned V8 Vantage is exactly what the DB10 is. Instead of basing the limited-production spymobile on the new architecture its developing and fitting it with the new engine its sourcing from Mercedes-AMG, the DB10 is built around the same VH platform and V8 engine as the aging Vantage. Though its evolved over the years, the VH platform dates back to the V12 Vanquish that launched way back in 2001. The second generation of that platform underpins the Vantage on which the DB10 is reportedly based, powered by a version of Jaguars AJV8 engine that dates back to 1996. What is new about it is the design language that the new DB10 previews. More than any recent concept - like the DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo, CC100 Speedster or the most recent Zagato one-offs - the DB10 is said to embody the new direction in which Marek Reichman and his team plan to take the companys styling, moving away from the current theme it has employed for the past couple of decades. So while the DB10 you see here may not be packing much in the way of new technology, the subsequent models that will follow its lead hopefully will. Aston Martin DB10 based on V8 Vantage originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
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