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With us for 10 years now, the Aston Martin DB9 will be replaced in 2016 by a new model. Up to this moment, there was a big mystery about what name the new model will bear. However, a recent report informs that the manufacturer has made registrations for trademarks DB10 through DB14.
Earlier in August, the Brits from AutoCar had a little talk with Aston Martin design director Marek Reichman, who declared that the grand tourer's succesor is going to "definitely be a DB… but what number will follow that is yet to be decided." The Aston Martin design chief added that "there'll be a little more revolution in it" and "the next one [after the DB9] will be at least as big a step forward."
The British motoring publication followed with a new report, telling that Aston has applied for the DB14 trademark first, but also made registrations for four other DB names from DB10 through DB13. It's kind of curious how the DB9's succesor will actually be called given the fact that a 4-liter Mercedes-AMG twin-turbo V8 engine will replace the old naturally-aspirated 6-liter V12 motor.
Nevertheless, take into account that ever since tractor manufacturer David Brown bought Aston Martin in 1947, the British sports car marque started to use the DB moniker for its models. Starting with the 1950s, Aston Martin used everything from DB2 through to DB9 with the exception of DB8, so its only natural to presume that DB10 will be the way to go for the all-new model.
The previously mentioned publication tells that "some company executives are reported to be keen on retaining the DB9 name for the new car." Don't know about you, but this mystery got a little bit more mysterious than it was before. In other news, the NHTSA's FMVSS #214 might phase out the DB9 and Vantage from U.S. dealerships because both models don't offer enough side impact protection due to their very old designs.
UPDATE: TF1 mentioned in a tweet that Aston Martin applied for the DB15 trademark as well.
The British motoring publication followed with a new report, telling that Aston has applied for the DB14 trademark first, but also made registrations for four other DB names from DB10 through DB13. It's kind of curious how the DB9's succesor will actually be called given the fact that a 4-liter Mercedes-AMG twin-turbo V8 engine will replace the old naturally-aspirated 6-liter V12 motor.
Nevertheless, take into account that ever since tractor manufacturer David Brown bought Aston Martin in 1947, the British sports car marque started to use the DB moniker for its models. Starting with the 1950s, Aston Martin used everything from DB2 through to DB9 with the exception of DB8, so its only natural to presume that DB10 will be the way to go for the all-new model.
The previously mentioned publication tells that "some company executives are reported to be keen on retaining the DB9 name for the new car." Don't know about you, but this mystery got a little bit more mysterious than it was before. In other news, the NHTSA's FMVSS #214 might phase out the DB9 and Vantage from U.S. dealerships because both models don't offer enough side impact protection due to their very old designs.
UPDATE: TF1 mentioned in a tweet that Aston Martin applied for the DB15 trademark as well.
@worldcarfanscom @MotorTrend @autoevolution Aston Martin has applied for DB15 too : http://t.co/Cg3DRWfikQ
— Matthieu Lauraux (@LaurauxMatthieu) August 21, 2014
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