Vantage facelift or not??

[Norgrom]

The Vantage is the only one in Astons current line up that hasn't had the facelift with slimmer lighting units. They've announced the V12VS and now the V12VSR...and the brand new line up might start 2015 for 2016... Does anyone think they will get round to doing a facelift to keep volumes up for the last couple of years? It would really benefit...

[Little Donkey]

Norgrom said:

The Vantage is the only one in Astons current line up that hasn't had the facelift with slimmer lighting units. They've announced the V12VS and now the V12VSR...and the brand new line up might start 2015 for 2016... Does anyone think they will get round to doing a facelift to keep volumes up for the last couple of years? It would really benefit...

Not sure how you can improve on perfection. I actually think the early vantages look better than the latest reincarnations. Sometimes, less is more.

[mikey k]

I doubt it
MY09 and MY13 have been significant "face lifts"
So 4 years between both
I can't see then doing another before the new models in MY15/16

[Jon1967x]

I doubt it too. To me a lot of the db9.2 was just raiding the virage parts bin. The std vantage has recently raided the v12 vantage parts bin front and back (in cheaper materials) for a newer look and the v12s is relatively new.

[Norgrom]

Cheers...I hear what you say but I still think - and maybe hope - that they will do a facelift for 2015 to keep volumes going for the final couple of years. They've announced the 2015 Vanquish and Rapides with the new gearboxes...be nice if they do a final 2015 V12VSR with sleeker lights and maybe even that new gearbox....

[KarlFranz]

Can't imagine Aston spending the money to facelift a car that will be replaced starting in 2017 (18MY); especially now that the Vantage and DB9 coupes can't be sold in the USA.

[Jay_Davis]

Agreed, at this point they are not going to do much to the current model. Probably just some special editions, which will not come to the US. 100% of their effort is going to be put into the DB9 and Vantage redesign. The new DB9 needs to start being delivered two years from now, and three years for the Vantage, that's not a lot of time in the car world for a major redo.

[Little Donkey]

KarlFranz said:

..........especially now that the Vantage and DB9 coupes can't be sold in the USA.

Why?

[Jon1967x]

Little Donkey said:

KarlFranz said:

..........especially now that the Vantage and DB9 coupes can't be sold in the USA.

Why?

I think it's due to side impact legislation.

[mikey k]

It's side air bag protection that started to come in in 2010
Vanquish and Rapide comply and Aston reckon they will lose 670 car sales