Aston Martin Vantage facelift....

Thank god I heard they finally dumped the Mercedes’ 1995 entertainment system.

I might actually buy one

They should of evolved the old vantage like you get with 911s. Carry the customers and more with them.

New shape . Ungainly.

Steele said:

Thank god I heard they finally dumped the Mercedes’ 1995 entertainment system.

I might actually buy one

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I think cars nowadays rely less on the entertainment system because your phone pretty much has taken over so many functions its pretty useless. The key issue is that they've moved backwards on the styling side. Even jaguar's f type updated with a sleeker headlight design from the larger headlights from the preupdated version... Aston instead went the other way by making the headlights bigger and less sleek than the current vantage? I honestly dont know what they are thinking...

Astons have a long history of looking like Jaguars, and vice versa. It seems to have started with the DB7. My father was Production Manager on the Jaguar XJ220 at TWR Jaguar's facility in Banbury, back in the '80s, before being head-hunted by Ron Dennis to be Production Manager on the F1. They were building Aston Martin DB7s at the same site as the XJ220, too:

Willtord said:

Astons have a long history of looking like Jaguars, and vice versa. It seems to have started with the DB7. My father was Production Manager on the Jaguar XJ220 at TWR Jaguar's facility in Banbury, back in the '80s, before being head-hunted by Ron Dennis to be Production Manager on the F1. They were building Aston Martin DB7s at the same site as the XJ220, too:

The Jaguar that became an Aston Martin

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They were both owned by Ford in the late 90s to early 2000s so that might also lend to some of the styling similarities. But as both are each individually owned brands, this bug eyed "facelift" is actually for the worst... Like any good plastic surgeon would tell you, you do a facelift when you need it not because its time lol.

A big yawn. Tarting up a great design for the sake of change.

It’s a real shame. Unless it’s part of the camouflage & it won’t really look like that.
Here’s hoping!

And the Aston design blunders continue.... 🤦‍♂️ Leave it up to the unimaginative to think lets put some of the DB12 design into the vantage via similar front bumper and headlight... Spied: Updated Aston Martin Vantage's Fresh Face Comes Into View

Willtord said:

So, the Jaguar f-type gets a facelift, from left to right in the photo. Meanwhile, the Aston effectively gets a facedrop, from right to left. One of my favourite expressions: "history. . .there's no future in it!" The right side looks purposeful, focused and aggressive. The left side looks surprised and apologetic, to my eye. If the new Aston design isn't camouflage, it's a no from me.
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A great picture that sums up their design direction. Unfortunately, anytime you see these cars on the road, it means it's almost ready for production... I suspect the new Vantage will look amazingly similar to the Jag F type and the DB12 front end. That to me mushes the two models even closer together and does nothing but confuse people further, especially when they now all use the same AMG v8.... 🤷‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ I mean, two front-engine two-seaters in their line up.. How will they market it now given there is no distinction on powertrain other than output? It just doesn't make sense...