The replacement for the Aston Martin DB11 has already started its development. The British firm has been surprised in the first road tests with a mule that has posed in unwanted spy photos of the future sports car that will arrive in 2024, with a high dose of electrification.
Aston Martin is already working on the successor to the DB11. The British brand has been surprised in a remote place in Germany with a very early mule of the future sports car that will replace this model considered to be the access to the Gaydon manufacturer’s range. With six years behind the two-door coupéit is the right time for the brand to begin the development of this model that will arrive in 2024.
The spy photos They show a first mule based on the current model, a mule in which, of course, details of the new model are not visible, but it does reveal a front bumper in which a series of sensors can be seen. The only thing really about a bumper that reproduces the design of the model for sale, including the large air intake that occupies the entire cross section, although It has some perforations in the extremes. Nothing really new for now about the DB11 relay that was confirmed by Tobías Möers and from which an important transformation is expected.
Aston Martin DB11 mule spy photos 2024
“It will be a totally different lineup, I promise you, they will be totally different cars,” were Möers’ words about the future of the brand, already embarked on the ambitious “Second Century” strategic plan announced in 2015, and which will continue to the letter for transform the brand and bring it to the forefront, even under the umbrella of the new owners.
The future Aston Martin DB11 2024 not only will offer a completely new design and very different from the current model, but it will also mean a revolution on the mechanical plane. Aston Martin is bound to resort to the most advanced electrification to avoid the demanding Euro 7 emissions standard, so the first step is to test the improvements implemented at the chassis and platform level and later the prototypes will already show traces of a form of electrification; What minimal, hybrid.
The new sounds strong Mercedes-AMG plug-in hybrid system, exclusive “AMG E Performance” technology, equipped with a powerful six-cylinder in-line engine and an electric motor, which can be adapted to the requirements of the British brand. An important solution that would considerably reduce the development costs of a six-cylinder V-hybrid that Gaydon kept in development. It remains to wait for events but, surely, The prototypes of the new Aston Martin DB11 will not show their hair until well into 2023.