V8 and V12 engines will remain in Aston Martin until 2035

The British brand has a plan to keep these engines in line with emission standards and is not considering plug-in hybrids.

While pushing the launch of its first fully electric model to the next decade, Aston Martin has committed to something that few brands dare to do: keeping V8 and V12 engines in its lineup until 2035... and possibly beyond.

This promise was made by Adrian Hallmark, Aston Martin’s CEO, who told Autocar that the brand will not abandon these powertrains.

Hybrids yes, but not plug-in

According to the official, “we only need electric vehicles to meet legislative requirements in certain markets a little before 2035,” the deadline by which current UK and EU regulations require that all new vehicles sold have zero emissions.

Until then, Hallmark left little room for doubt: “we will rely primarily on internal combustion engines.” To make this possible, the Aston Martin CEO assured that the brand has a plan to keep the V12 and V8 engines “alive and compliant until the end of that period.”

And reportedly, it will feature hybrid technology, but “probably not in the plug-in version, because we don’t need that; we don’t need the 200 kg penalty,” said the official. Interestingly, this statement contrasts with the mechanics of the Valhalla: Aston Martin’s first vehicle to use plug-in hybrid technology.

And since we’re talking about this model, Hallmark gave some hints about what we can expect throughout its production run, including “a few special and exclusive low-volume editions” and a variant with “a different roof,” which we reported on recently: