Aston Martin has filed patent applications for a trademark named ‘Vanguard’ to the patent offices of the United States. Europe and China, CarBuzz reports. There is no data on whether a car by that name already exists – even as a prototype – but we have our ideas.
Nearly a year ago, the British automaker unveiled a strategy it called Racing.Green. According to it, the marque’s first plug-in hybrid – the mid-engined Valhalla hypercar featured in the gallery and the video here – is scheduled to go on sale in 2024. In 2025, the first all-electric supercar is set to follow, and a year after that, only new EVs will be made. The ICE-powered cars will continue to be available into the late 2020s, but will not carry over into the next decade.
In early March, Lawrence Stroll – AM Chairman of the Board and chief investor – said Aston Martin was preparing two new cars to debut, a sports-focused one and an off-roader. One of those could end up with the name ‘Vanguard’, although there has been no confirmation.
Back in March 2022, Stroll said in an interview with Autocar that the company was planning to introduce a new entry-level supercar model that would be a hybrid – a younger brother to the Valhalla flagship, so to speak – and would arrive to the market under a new name. The company has been known for giving names starting with ‘V’ to its most experimental vehicles, like the Victor or the Vulcan.
Last but not least, there is a chance that the automaker simply wanted to hold on to the trademark for the time being while not having any specific plans for it.