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# Aston Martin wants to take on the Porsche 911 GT3
- URL: https://torquecafe.com/car-news-2026-aston-martin-vantage-rs-spied/
- Published: 2026-09-05T20:00:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-05T20:00:35.000Z
- Description: A camouflaged Aston Martin Vantage prototype points to the luxury brand introducing a hardcore, racing-inspired road car.
- Author: Jordan Mulach
- Tags: News, Performance

Aston Martin has been slowly chipping away at making the Vantage a sharper rival to the Porsche 911 and Mercedes-AMG GT, first with the [Vantage S last year](https://torquecafe.com/aston-martin-vantage-s-revealed-to-fight-amg-gt-porsche-911/), and now with what appears to be a GT3-inspired RS version.

Filmed by [*CarSpyMedia*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQhFFU7oUlA&ref=torquecafe.com) at the Nürburgring, the Vantage RS – as it’s been coined – sports a distinctive camouflage livery, which does little to cover up its new additional bodywork.

That includes a new lip spoiler with outer fins, wide side skirts, a larger rear diffuser and a big rear wing, sitting high on the bootlid to push the rear end down at speed.

It appears too that the Vantage’s quad exhaust outlets will move from the outer edges of the rear bumper to the centre, potentially giving the AMG-sourced twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 engine a different note.

We’re yet to see the true extent of the Aston Martin Vantage’s upgrades, but it’s expected to offer significant advantages over the Vantage S.

Revealed last year, the Vantage S produces 500kW and 800Nm from its V8 engine, sending drive to the rear wheels through an eight-speed torque-converter automatic transmission, capable of propelling it from 0-98km/h (0-60mph) in 3.3 seconds.

Under the skin, the Vantage S features Bilstein DTC adaptive dampers, which were retuned compared to the standard car.

[Aston Martin toughens up its AMG GT fighterThe Aston Martin Vantage S has returned as the British carmaker’s true sports car, even if it packs a big German heart.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a9/b3/a9b3e204-3117-4792-9a32-46184029df44/content/images/icon/cropped-favicon-42fa01f1-6db4-4dd7-ac28-0437af2522c2.png)Torquecafe.comJordan Mulach![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a9/b3/a9b3e204-3117-4792-9a32-46184029df44/content/images/thumbnail/2026-aston-martin-vantage-s-1-5924d224-5a88-4d09-a82e-53a6cc06498e.jpg)](https://torquecafe.com/aston-martin-vantage-s-revealed-to-fight-amg-gt-porsche-911/)