When confronted with a performance-oriented style, one often encounters successful manifestations of functionality, especially in terms of aerodynamics and cooling, mixed with pure visual pleasure. When mechanics claim their reasons so much, there is rarely room for irony. Faced with the most refined expression of Aston Martin, however, we catch the “confidential” observation of a designer at an event of the British brand: if the Vanquish were an animal, with that rear it would look like a peacock.
Far from ducktail. The comparison makes you smile, but it also appears well-founded by observing the other sisters present, two Vantages in orange and absinthe green and as many DBX 707s. All modeled around the same curve just below the rear window. On the Vanquish, however, this section rises to a key element. It proves to be a synthesis between the inspiration derived from the Le Mans prototypes of the Sixties and the most advanced downforce profiling, in an extraordinary orchestration of spoilers, truncated cut with contrasting shield, extractor and exhausts. When looking at the car from behind, the emotion is greater than from the front. And seven light blades on each side complete the effect.
Of course, the formal approach also ennobles the view from different angles, starting with the distance between the front end and the windshield pillars: a measure that builds contemporary and at the same time ultra-classic proportions, with a nose designed to place the V12 as far back as possible. In addition, in line with Aston Martin’s intention to consolidate its position in ultra-luxury and thanks to the unprecedented surface language, many details become carefully sophisticated: from the front light clusters to the UV-resistant glass roof, to the opulent luggage set integrated behind the passengers’ shoulders.
There is also no shortage of unexpected design features, such as the lightened bonnet of the active mechanisms for pedestrian impact, thanks to a study of deformation that does not require additional devices. Charm is realized through invisible subtleties. It is no coincidence that Marek Reichman, Executive Vice President of Aston Martin, said: “Our flagship model is a culmination of fearless creativity and human ingenuity”.
