It’s good-bye to Aston Martin’s Vantage, DB11
The Aston Martin Valhalla (above) was revealed recently and will be an important vehicle for the brand. Photo: Aston Martin
Just as it has launched the Valhalla supercar, Aston Martin has announced it will replace Vantage, DB11 with all-electric cars.
The British automaker is moving away from reliance on V-8 and V-12 engines toward electrification. Aston Martin's first full-electric car will be a replacement for a model in its front-engine sports-car range and will go on sale in 2025, CEO Tobias Moers said.
The automaker is in the process of moving away from its traditional reliance on V-8 and V-12 pure combustion engines and is moving to gasoline-electric hybrid drivetrains, starting with the Valkyrie full-hybrid hypercar, which is due in September.
Deliveries of the Valhalla start in 2023 with a plug-in-hybrid version of the DBX SUV shortly after that then an ‘entry supercar’, the Vanquish Vision, will also be a plug-in hybrid.
The current range of front-engine sports cars including the Vantage and DB11 will then move to full-electric models in the next generation, Moers told Automotive News Europe at the reveal of the Valhalla at Silverstone during the British GP.
The current range cadence of entry Vantage, the DB11, and the high-performance DBS range will be retained, with a halo model sitting above them. "The succession of our traditional sports segment has to be full electric, no doubt," he told Automotive News Europe at an event here.
