最近谍照记者拍到的一组照片进一步证实，阿斯顿马丁准备终结现行版 Vanquish，而在2018年推出下一代车型。新车很可能称为“ Vanquish S”。新车将配备更具侵略性车身，包括车头更大进气口，边缘新的散流器。侧踏板位置更低。车尾变化更明显，采用了锐利的散流器和一对双排气尾管。新车的车身姿态更威武，但仍很漂亮。先前的谍照还显示，车厂还在开发Volante敞篷版本。预计新车功率进一步增强，车厂已经将旗下Vanquish Zagato搭载的6.0升V12引擎功率增至441千瓦/592马力，因此Vanquish S的功率至少也能达到这个水平。不过，这款车不会很快上市，预计将于2018年发布。新车将采用取自DB11平台，据传轿跑车版本将搭载功率提升版V12双涡轮引擎，功率提升至612千瓦/820马力。标准版Vanquish上一次大幅升级是在去年，当时增加了Touchtronic III八速自动变速器。这次升级后，V12引擎功率进一步提升，预计百公里加速时间将缩短0.5秒。

 

Aston Martin preps Vanquish S as the GT's last hurrah

A new batch of spy photos provides further evidence that Aston Martin intends to give the current Vanquish a fond farewell before the next generation premieres around 2018.

 

Possibly called the Vanquish S, the new model features aggressive additions to the body, including larger intakes in front and new splitters at the corners. The side sills appear a little lower, too. The changes are more obvious at the rear where Aston Martin installs a sharp-edged diffuser and a pair of dual-exit exhausts. The parts give the coupe a meaner attitude, but it still looks quite handsome. Earlier spy shots also showed a droptop Volante under development.

 

More power is a very safe expectation for this final evolution of the current Vanquish. Aston Martin already turns up its 6.0-liter V12 to 592 horsepower (441 kilowatts) in the Vanquish Zagato, so look for at least that much in the S.

 

The Vanquish S might not be on the market very long，and Aston Martin’s product strategy schedules the next-gen model for 2018. The new platform would come from the DB11, and the coupe would reportedly have a tuned version of the brand’s biturbo V12 with as much as 820 horsepower (612 kilowatts), according to one rumor.

 

The standard Vanquish last received a major upgrade in 2015 when Aston Martin added its Touchtronic III eight-speed automatic gearbox. The upgrade and a few more horsepower from the V12 sliced half a second off the sprint to 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour).