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Aston Martin

will restore the

Vanquish

name on a mid-engined

supercar

due in 2022, previewed by the

Vanquish

Vision concept. To be powered by a less potent version of the

hybrid

twin-turbo V6 powertrain also going in the

Project 003

, the Vanquish will challenge super-coupes like the

Ferrari F8 Tributo

, as well as the next-generation hybrid successors to the

McLaren 720S

and

Lamborghini Huracán

. The Vanquish will be the fourth mid-engined offering from the Gaydon maker, after the

Valkyrie

, Valkyrie AMR-Pro, and

Project 003

, but the first to go into series production.

In spite of the fact that it shares clear lineage with the Valkyrie and Project 003, the Vanquish will make some key departures. The chassis will be fashioned from bonded aluminum instead of carbon fiber. The concept is said to be 85 percent of the final form, with only minor changes to come as

Aston Martin

learns its way around a mid-engined production car for the first time. The forms are fuller, with less of the negative space employed on the hypercars for a “more seductive and less technical appearance.”

Aggressive touches remain, however, as in the fat rear tire leering through a hefty gap between the bodywork and a serious diffuser. And check out those exhaust tips poking McLaren-style out of the bodywork.

Codenamed AM9, the coming coupe departed from Aston Martin’s own expectations in that it got smaller than originally envisioned. Palmer told

Autocar

, “One of

the real learnings with Adrian Newey

is obsession with weight and mass, and package size. Our designers are now pushing our engineers; cars were getting bigger but now we’re heading smaller, with cars packaged around the engine. It’s the reversal of a trend.”

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