One of the surprise debutants of the 2012 edition of the Concorso d'Eleganza, which took place in Lake Como in northern Italy this weekend, is the Aston Martin Project AM310 Concept.
Mind you, this is not one of your run-of-the-mill concept studies but a pre-production version of the DBS replacement that will make its debut later this year before it goes on sale worldwide in early 2013.
With the exception of the two-tone alloy wheels and the visible carbon fiber aero kit and mirrors, this is the same car we showed you a couple of day ago testing on the Nürburgring.
The styling of the DBS replacement has been freshened up in a revolutionary kind of way with design cues from the One-77, especially in the profile with the sharper and more pronounced front and rear fenders, and the use of chrome on the window line, as well as the rounded rear with the stretched 'C' shaped tail lamps.
Aston Martin is keeping quiet about the AM310 simply revealing that it is powered by a 6.0-liter V12 and that it uses a lot of carbon fiber – evidently for the construction of both the bodywork and the chassis.
From what we understand, the next DBS makes use of a more powerful version of the V12 engine as well as a lighter and improved variation of the VH chassis found on the current model. We expect to learn more over the next couple of weeks.
In the meantime, head over the break to check out a gallery, courtesy of our Dutch friends at Autoblog.nl, along with a video from the event, of the new Aston Martin AM 310 Concept.
Photo Credits: Autoblog.nl
10 Comments:
Love the overall shape and profile, the detailing is also mostly exquisite.
Just the front splitter looks a little out of place, a bit too 'tuner'.
I hope it is better in person...I thought it was a mitsubishi eclipse at first glance.
Don't like the rear lights, don't like the front bumper, don't like the wheels.
May I say how tacky this thing is? Or rather repulsive? But over all the body is nice.
rear light must in the part of the spoiler like one77 and loose that rims put only grey color rims and now that is a aston martin
Err so its new because its red?
Surely the Decklid and Spoiler are not carbon, how would you mold that shape?
Rear lights are odd but ok, front bumper is ok, wheels are rubbish.
I guess that is the imac Concept One, a full electric 1000hp car. And that's beautiful.
This looks like Hyundai copied an Aston, nice, but will the moneyed Aston aficionados pull out their checkbooks or keep their current classic Astons and wait for the next iteration to rectify this debatable issue.
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