Aston Martin trademarks ‘Aeroblade’

Aston Martin has applied for a trademark for the ‘Aeroblade’ name, hinting that it has developed a radical new active aerodynamics technology.

Revealed by car blog Autoguide.com, according to the trademark application the Aeroblade name will be used for “passenger cars and racing cars and parts”.

Despite speculation Aeroblade could be the name of a road-going hypercar that cashes in on the recent sales success of the track-only Vulcan, others suggest Aston Martin is unlikely to break its own naming convention that all its road cars name begins with the letter ‘V’ or come with a ‘DB’ badging.

That said, the recent Cygnet city-car proves that sometimes Aston is prepared to bend its own rules and now is no better time than to surprise its fan base.

Aston is already working on the finishing touches for the DB9-replacing DB11 and it’s well-known that the new car will come with Mercedes-AMG’s 4.0-litre twin-turbo and that, thanks to Brit firm’s technical partnership with the German car-maker, work has already begun on a new platform to underpin its future cars.

Recent spy shots also indicated that future Astons might benefit from the some of the latest S-Class’ switchgear that includes the big Mercedes’ sat-nav too, shedding new light on how the sportscar maker will catch up with its opposition.

We’ll know more when the DB11 is revealed in 2016. There are rumours that the long-awaited coupe might be unveiled this March at the Geneva motor show but Aston Martin has yet to confirm this.