Aston Martin revealed its AM310 concept – a glimpse at how the next DBS will pan out – at the recent Villa Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este.
It’s fair to say that Aston Martin, while renowned for building some of the most handsome cars to ply our roads, is not the most adventurous when it comes to straying from its tried-and-tested design formula, and the AM 310 concept appears to indicate that the situation is unlikely to change.
The AM 310’s frontal styling adopts a number of elements from the Virage with its narrowed headlamps, sculpted bonnet and more streamlined take on the signature Aston grille. At the rear things become a bit more One-77 with prominent haunches and a slightly tone-down take on the limited-edition supercar’s peripheral strip brakelamps.
That striking body is underpinned by a revised version of Aston’s aluminium VH architecture and power is reportedly provided by a fettled version of the current car’s 6,0-litre V12 developing 427 kW – an appreciable hike up from the current DBS’s 380 kW output – and there have been suggestions that the production version will utilise a rear transaxle to improve weight distribution and, therefore, handling. Otherwise, technical details are sparse.
Expect the next-generation DBS to break cover during the course of 2013.