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There’s no doubt the new Aston Martin Vantage is a capable sports car, but in the eyes of some, it isn’t the prettiest design the brand has put out. Now the marque itself is offering to swap out the car’s grille to quell the moans of owner-naysayers.
Folks who purchased a Vantage and are unhappy with the “Hunter” grille can take their vehicle back to Aston Martin to have it swapped for the new “Vane” grille, introduced last October after the marque got some feedback from some customers.
According to Aston Martin, customers “preferred a softer, more refined, or more traditional front-end choice that closer resembled what one might find on the DB11, in comparison to the standard, more aggressive, muscular Vantage design.”
In 2018, Aston Martin introduced their new Vantage, and along with it came a very polarizing grille. The Vulcan-inspired “Hunter” grille has been very divisive, so much so that it led some companies to offer a more traditional grille as a replacement. However, Aston Martin has listened, and is now providing factory grille swaps for those who wish to do so.
Aston Martin announced in February 2020 that they would offer their “Vane” front grille on the newer Vantage models as part of the 21MY updates. According to Road & Track, Aston Martin stated that it came about as a result of “feedback from customers in some markets,” saying they allegedly preferred a “softer, more refined, or more traditional front-end choice that closer resembled what one might find on the DB11, in comparison to the standard, more aggressive, muscular Vantage design”. And it seems they were right, as many people found it better, if not the perfect solution to the problem.