The second-generation Vanquish replaced the DBS as Aston Martin's flagship V12 grand tourer, built at Gaydon on the same VH aluminum platform as the contemporary DB9, V8/V12 Vantage and Rapide. It was previewed as a concept at the 2012 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este before going into production later that year. Despite sharing a name with the original 2001-2007 V12 Vanquish, it's an unrelated car: this generation runs a conventional ZF torque-converter automatic rather than that older car's single-clutch automated-manual gearbox, so none of that car's actuator-wear buyer warnings apply here.
Aston Martin revised the car partway through the 2014 model year, swapping the original 6-speed Touchtronic automatic for an 8-speed Touchtronic III and nudging output up slightly. This entry is modeled on that later, longer-running 2014+ spec. The base Vanquish was discontinued after the 2016 model year, when the higher-output Vanquish S took over as the only regular-production Vanquish through 2018.
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No. This generation uses a conventional ZF torque-converter automatic throughout -- a 6-speed for the first couple of years, then an 8-speed 'Touchtronic III' from partway through 2014 on. It's unrelated to the original 2001-2007 V12 Vanquish's electro-hydraulic, single-clutch 'Auto Shift Manual,' which is a completely different transmission with its own separate actuator-wear history. There's no automated-manual clutch actuator here to fail in the same way.
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