Facelifted Aston Martin Vantage Set For February Reveal

It’s hard to believe, but the second-generation Aston Martin Vantage is getting on a bit now, having arrived back in 2017. That means it’s ripe for a mid-life update, and we’ll soon be seeing just that. Aston has released a sole teaser image for an updated version of the car, which we won’t have to wait long to get a proper look at.

The image that Aston has shown us doesn’t give too much away but does show a deeper-looking vent behind the front wheels, now with an Aston logo dividing it. Is it just the angle of the image, or do those rear wheel arches look wider and more aggressively flared, too? We’ll find out for sure on 12 February.

We already have a decent idea of what the updated car will look like. There are shots of camouflaged prototypes around that show a more pronounced, DB12-esque front-end treatment. In fact, at this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Daytona, an updated version of the Vantage GT3 racer debuted with this new look undisguised.

Aston says the updated Vantage is “a sports car engineered for real drivers,” and “the fastest and most exhilarating” version yet. It’s very much being pitched as a hardcore performance machine compared with the bigger, more relaxed DB12. Aston is yet to confirm any mechanical details or specs, but we’d put very good money on the Vantage continuing to use Mercedes-AMG’s 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 hooked up to an eight-speed torque converter automatic. A decent hike in power over the current base model’s 503bhp is almost a guarantee.

Despite Aston’s talk about the new Vantage being a serious driver’s car, we wouldn’t bank on a return of the Vantage’s short-lived manual gearbox option, and we don’t know if the limited-run V12 version will return either.

Expect to find out a lot more upon the car’s reveal on 12 February, which will take place alongside debuts for the updated GT3 version (which, again, seems odd when it’s already raced) and Aston’s 2024 Formula 1 challenger, the AMR24.