2025 Aston Martin Vanquish V12 teased

Aston Martin has shown off the new twin-turbo V12 that’s destined to power the British brand’s “most exclusive and limited availability models”, which seemingly includes its upcoming coupe flagship.

Extending a 25-year dynasty that was thought to have wrapped up with the release of the limited-edition V12 Vantage Roadster in 2022, Aston Martin says its new V12 is a total redesign and an ‘optimisation’ of the previous 5.2-litre unit employed in the DBS Ultimate.

Power and torque outputs are now rated at 613kW and 1000Nm respectively – up from 566kW/900Nm.

Engineers say they’ve strengthened the block and conrods, redesigned the cylinder-heads, reprofiled the camshafts, developed new intake and exhaust ports, repositioned the spark plugs, increased the flowrate of the fuel-injectors and fitted new low-inertia turbos capable of more boost while reducing lag.

“The new V12 engine… will make its first appearance in a new flagship model; sitting at the heart of a true dynamic disruptor that debuts later in 2024 when further technical details will be shared,” said Aston Martin.

That new flagship model is all but guaranteed to be the reborn 2025 Aston Martin Vanquish, which was spotted testing in March and looks like being a very menacing Ferrari fighter.

There’s been some conjecture around the nameplate of the upcoming coupe, given ‘Vanquish’ was expected to adorn the back of a new mid-engined Aston Martin supercar – a project which has since been axed.

Preliminary media reports touted the new hero coupe as retaining the familiar DBS signature, however, a carefully worded Aston Martin media release this week suggests the Vanquish name will be revived for the first time since 2018, continuing the game of nameplate leapfrog.

“All will be vanquished,” said a passage in the V12 press release.

Aston Martin chief technical officer Roberto Fedeli said V12s had long been symbols of power and prestige, and that the brand’s new engine would mark the dawn of a “dazzling” new era.

While this year’s new Vantage coupe and DB12 grand tourer (and their convertible siblings) will be V8-only, the V12 Vanquish supercar will be Aston’s Martin’s new flagship supercar – excluding the limited-edition Valkyrie hypercar.

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