Aston Martin claims its Vantage, DB11 and DBS will be so heavily updated for 2023, they’ll be more like all-new cars.
Company chairman Lawrence Stroll told Autocar Aston’s front-engined sports cars will be receiving updated suspension, engines and transmissions.
They’ll also feature heavily revised styling plus overhauled interiors with fresher technology.
In short, Mr Stroll says the updates will make them “what those cars should have always felt like”.
The updated cars are expected to be revealed this year.
Vantage 
DB11
And fear not, Mr Stroll says the DBS won’t lose its 5.2-litre twin-turbocharged V12 engine.
The Vantage and DB11 will continue to use a twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 sourced from Mercedes-AMG, though they’ll reportedly be uprated in line with more recent AMG models.
They produce 393kW of power following an update for 2022, as well as 675Nm of torque in the DB11 and 685Nm of torque in the Vantage.
The newer DBX, in contrast, produces 405kW and 700Nm, while its hot new 707 variant pumps out 520kW and 900Nm from a tuned version of the Mercedes-AMG twin-turbo V8.
DB11 AMR 
DBS Superleggera
Mr Stroll told reporters that, externally, “there’s no similarity at all to the current cars” apart from “some carry-over” at the rear end.
Inside, the updated cars will finally have a touchscreen, abolishing the old Mercedes-Benz COMAND interface which uses a trackpad.
Aston Martin was bound by the terms of an earlier agreement that it could only deploy Mercedes-Benz technology in its cars once it had been used in Mercedes models for three years.
“Finally, Aston Martin gets touchscreens,” said Mr Stroll.
“How can you have an Aston Martin that sells for £150,000 [A$283,000] with three-year-old technology? It is a silly thing the previous management agreed to.”
DBS Superleggera
Stroll’s comments suggest Aston Martin will move to the newer MBUX interface, though he said the systems will have “a proper English accent” for voice prompts.
He also said he wants the company to sell 4000 units per year of its front-engined sports car range.
Considering one of Stroll’s first actions upon assuming the chairmanship was to reduce oversupply and limit output to meet demand, don’t expect Aston Martin to be filling sprawling lots with sexy two-doors.
The company has been building cars to order since April 2021.
Aston Martin previously announced it will bolster its Vantage range by resurrecting the V12 Vantage.
It’s already teased the model, which wears a classic Aston Martin eggcrate grille. That likely points to the kind of updates we can expect from the regular Vantage.
CEO Tobias Moers said last year the Vantage and DB11 ranges will be expanded, and that the Aston Martin range will receive 11 new models by the end of 2023 including electrified models.
Aston Martin also plans to use the Lagonda nameplate for ultra-luxury versions of its existing models à la Mercedes-Maybach, with the company scrapping plans to reintroduce it as a standalone brand.
It’s all part of a goal to expand the brand’s portfolio and become a “self-sustaining company”, albeit still with close ties to Mercedes-AMG, by 2024 or 2025.
