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Old Feb 11, 2020 | 08:48 AM
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Question New Vantage Front Grill

Does anyone make an aftermarket slat grill for the new Vantage?
 
Old Feb 11, 2020 | 09:15 AM
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Watch the Aston Martin website tomorrow and you might not need to go aftermarket
 
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Nortbert - don't leave us in suspense - something entirely new and different being announced?
 
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Watch the Aston Martin website tomorrow and you might not need to go aftermarket
what time?
 
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That looks like the same bonnet and lights, so the new grill can be retrofitted to the older cars.. I'll bet there's a big queue!
 
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Not much better IMHO, I give it a 6/10 as last was 5/10...If you look at it on the configurator it looks worse than pic due to the big crease below the lights and looks kinda like a snout. This refresh will not save the vantage slow sales....marketing needs to convene a focus group of enthusiasts to get this right..but it might be too late...

https://configurator.astonmartin.com...option=EC-2033
 
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The configurator makes it look dreadful, but then even the DBS looks weird in there, and thats stunning in real life.. I can't imagine why Aston allow this. The launch pic of the blue car looks way better.
 
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Originally Posted by sf911c2
Not much better IMHO, I give it a 6/10 as last was 5/10...If you look at it on the configurator it looks worse than pic due to the big crease below the lights and looks kinda like a snout. This refresh will not save the vantage slow sales....marketing needs to convene a focus group of enthusiasts to get this right..but it might be too late...

https://configurator.astonmartin.com...option=EC-2033
I agree. It looks gawky and not really better. Actually, in black, it looks amusingly like Darth Vader's mask mouth right down to the cheeks. They need to just look at the DB10 and do that!


 

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Originally Posted by Logannz
The configurator makes it look dreadful, but then even the DBS looks weird in there, and thats stunning in real life.. I can't imagine why Aston allow this. The launch pic of the blue car looks way better.
lighting and camera angle can make a big difference...notice they shot it blue on blue (to confuse your eye )

also playing with the configure more you get a choice of a vaned front grill (new one) or the mesh front grill (old one) so it not a "refresh" perse..not sure if it's no cost option
 
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Originally Posted by brightoncorgi
Does anyone make an aftermarket slat grill for the new Vantage?
Back to the original question... Yes, there is a company called Revenant Automotive who are in the process of prototyping an aftermarket front and rear end for the New Vantage. Their website is down at the moment but you can check them out on Instagram @revenantautomotive.

Here are a couple of renders I downloaded previously.




 
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much better grill, but the rest of the car is still #&@%!(!_
 
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I get looks are subjective but this is crap...the grille of the old on the body of the new version?

I much prefer the current new Vantage the way it is...and I am not speaking out of bias at all.
 


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